Gretchen Whitmer: “My father suggested that I go do an internship down at the…”

“But when I was the age, I thought I was going to be a sports broadcaster. That's what my master plan was. And when I was at Michigan State, right down the road from the state Capitol, My father suggested that I go do an internship down at the Capitol that so few people understand government, and state government in particular, was so accessible and that I should go check it out. Maybe I hate it, but maybe I learned something and fall in love with it. And I'm really glad that he suggested that. It changed everything for me.” (08:11–08:24)

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