'My name is Gretchen Whitmer': Governor hits back at Trump over sexist coronavirus slur
'I've asked repeatedly and respectfully for help. We need it. No more political attacks, just PPEs, ventilators, N95 masks, test kits. You said you stand with Michigan — prove it'
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Your support makes all the difference.Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer hit back at President Donald Trump on Thursday night after he made derisive comments about her in a TV interview.
“We've had a big problem with the young — a woman governor. You know who I'm talking about — from Michigan. We don't like to see the complaints,” Trump said during an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News.
Trump made the comments shortly after Governor Whitmer requested that a major disaster be declared in Michigan to help deal with the escalating coronavirus outbreak in the state.
“She doesn't get it done, and we send her a lot. Now, she wants a declaration of emergency, and, you know, we'll have to make a decision on that,” the president added. “I don't know if she knows what's going on, but all she does is sit there and blame the federal government.”
Governor Whitmer did not take kindly to the president’s comments, tweeting: “Hi, my name is Gretchen Whitmer, and that governor is me 👋.”
“I've asked repeatedly and respectfully for help. We need it. No more political attacks, just PPEs, ventilators, N95 masks, test kits. You said you stand with Michigan — prove it.”
She also added, pointedly: “PS: I’m happy to work with the VP! We get along well,” posting a video of Vice President Mike Pence praising her performance as governor.
In the video, from a White House coronavirus briefing, the vice president says: “...as I told Governor Whitmer today, who is leading her state through all of this with great energy, we want to partner with her, we want to partner with every governor, and make sure the left hand knows what the right hand is doing in terms of acquiring resources.”
Governor Whitmer has been critical of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, specifically about the lack of both test kits and any “clear and concise guidance from the federal government.”
The president has been feuding with several other governors including Jay Inslee of Washington and Andrew Cuomo of New York.
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