'The Interview': Gretchen Whitmer Wants a Gen X President — in 2028

“采访”:格雷琴·惠特默希望在2028年任命X世代总统

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2024-06-22

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The governor of Michigan isn’t saying it should be her, but she’s not saying it shouldn’t be, either.

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  • From the New York Times, this is the interview.

  • I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro.

  • There is one thing that's certain about this year's election.

  • Whatever the result, it will be the end of an era, opening the door to a new generation of political leaders.

  • And for Democrats, there are few politicians buzzier than Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmerdeh.

  • After serving in the Michigan state legislature, Whitmer was elected to the governorship in 2018.

  • And when Covid hit, she became a national lightning rod for some of the restrictions she put in place, taking hits from Trump, whose rhetoric she blames for inspiring an assassination attempt against her.

  • But it was what Whitmer achieved in 2022 that really cemented her as a political force.

  • That year, she was reelected on the back of a reproductive rights ballot referendum.

  • She also achieved something that hadn't happened in nearly 40 years.

  • In Michigan.

  • With the help of redistricting, she gave Democrats a trifecta, with both the state House and the Senate flipping to blue.

  • In the past few years, Whitmer has leveraged that majority to enact a progressive wish list of policies, including basic but meaningful gun control legislation, a new clean energy plan,

  • and she's also been pushing for educational reforms like universal pre k and free community college.

  • Whitmer is she is term limited, though her governorship will end in 2026, and theres a lot of speculation about whats next for her.