Gretchen Whitmer: “We know that there will be efforts to compromise the…”

“Do you believe the federal government will allow free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028? Well, we're going to work hard to make sure that Michigan's ready, and we take every election seriously. We know that there will be efforts to compromise the election or to dissuade people from showing up, to scare people away, to threaten people. We cannot let that stand. And so we are going to be prepared. And we are going to also, as we did in elections passed, work with other states that are anticipating a lot of the, you know, nefarious efforts that.” (23:26–23:37)

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