Gretchen Whitmer: “We kept abortion legal. We gave the all the volunteers and…”

“And it became very clear that it was important for us to mobilize. I filed a lawsuit. We kept abortion legal. We gave the all the volunteers and donors time to collect signatures and go to the ballot. We amended our constitution successfully and now abortion is enshrined in the Michigan constitution. All of that being said, throughout the campaign, I'd often get the question, well, you talk about abortion so much, shouldn't you talk about the economy?” (27:49–28:03)

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