Gretchen Whitmer: “Our approach in Michigan is to try to keep the temperature…”

“First I'll just say, you know, I appreciate the work that my colleagues in Illinois and California and of course Minnesota are doing. They are under extreme stress and I stand in solidarity with them. I will also say that my, Our approach in Michigan is to try to keep the temperature down, to keep open lines of communication. and that's what we're going to continue to do and hopefully we'll continue to be successful. But I know in these moments there's a lot of unpredictability.” (25:16–25:23)

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