‘My job in this election will remain the same:’ Whitmer

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Lawmakers, citizens and others are reacting in turn to President Joe Biden’s decision Sunday to drop out of the 2024 race. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has now weighed in.

Whitmer, who has served as co-chair in Biden’s re-election campaign, made the following statement Sunday on the social media platform ‘X:’

“President Biden is a great public servant who knows better than anyone what it takes to defeat Donald Trump. His remarkable work to lower prescription drug costs, fix the damn roads, bring supply chains home, address climate change, and ensure America’s global leadership over decades will go down in history. My job in this election will remain the same: doing everything I can to elect Democrats and stop Donald Trump, a convicted felon whose agenda of raising families’ costs, banning abortion nationwide, and abusing the power of the White House to settle his own scores is completely wrong for Michigan.”

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer statement on X, July 21, 2024

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