Gretchen Whitmer: “There's no way to win election [without spending large sums…”

“It's obscene. It's wild. And so I get why people are pissed and then are criticizing folks for taking big money. Same time you're trying to save democracy. Right. There's no. There's no way to win election [without spending large sums of money]. I would love more than anything to say and instead of $80 million on a campaign, going to make sure we're going to dedicate all of this to scholarships for kids or, you know, pay it.” (50:24–50:28)

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