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Tom Barrett: “Governor Whitmer vetoed [a bill that passed unanimously in…”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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Battleground Michigan: the GOP's Tom Barrett in MI-7

Published | Video Starts at 14:21

I shared with you off camera earlier that shortly after that took place, I had a bill in the state legislature that passed unanimously in both chambers. Every Republican and every Democrat voted for it. Governor Whitmer vetoed [a bill that passed unanimously in both chambers] simply out of spite toward me. because of that. But she seems like such a nice lady. I'm kidding. She does not, actually. But also. So she's bad on immigration because. (14:21–14:26)

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Asserts that Governor Whitmer vetoed a unanimously passed bill out of spite.

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