Donald Trump said during Saturday’s rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that he would like to run against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the presidential election.
“Well, you have a terrible governor here who did a terrible job,” Trump said.
“I’d like to run against her,” he added.
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New: Trump says Michigan has a “terrible governor” and name-dropped Michigan Gov. @gretchenwhitmer as he polled the crowd for who they’d like to see face him in November.
“I’d like to run against her,” Trump said. “… I’d be very happy with her.”
: Hannah Gillery, TDN |… pic.twitter.com/bGoXBcsw2Q
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) July 20, 2024
Trump polled his Grand Rapids, Michigan, crowd, asking them who they wanted him to run against. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Gretchen Whitmer were all booed very loudly. Trump then reminded everyone that Whitmer let her husband do “whatever he wanted” during her lockdown. pic.twitter.com/XpHEBAJw2B
— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) July 20, 2024
From The Detroit News:
Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he’d like to run against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this fall while ribbing Democrats on a Grand Rapids stage about their ongoing intra-party debate over President Joe Biden’s ability to stave off a second Trump presidency.
Trump criticized efforts by Democratic leaders to nudge Biden into retirement and polled the crowd about who they’d like him to run against — Vice President Harris or Biden — before panning Whitmer, who is regularly mentioned in political circles as a potential replacement presidential candidate.
“Welcome to Michigan, Donald Trump and JD Vance. Here’s what you need to know,” Whitmer said Saturday morning in conjunction with a video posted to social media.
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Welcome to Michigan, Donald Trump and JD Vance. Here’s what you need to know: pic.twitter.com/AiRALGWtpC
— Gretchen Whitmer (@gretchenwhitmer) July 20, 2024
The enormous crowd at the Grand Rapids rally shows Whitmer is wrong about Michigan.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump stuns American with this massive crowd at his Michigan rally. Governor Gretchen Whitmer released a video earlier today alluding to the people of Michigan not accepting Donald Trump. It appears she was wrong. pic.twitter.com/SDFzXHsgen
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) July 20, 2024
Gretchen Whitmer released a video earlier today saying the people of Michigan don’t accept Donald Trump.
It looks like she was dead wrong. pic.twitter.com/naIkAVF3Xu
— JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) July 20, 2024
The Hill reports:
Whitmer has been among a handful of Democrats floated as potential replacements for Biden amid lingering questions over the president’s candidacy. The Michigan governor has disavowed the speculation that she’s eyeing the presidency this cycle.
The former president also quipped about Democrats’ uncertainty over their presidential nominee, saying, ”Number one, they have no idea who their candidate is, and neither do we. That’s a problem.”
Trump wasn’t the only one that took a jab at Whitmer. Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Trump’s running mate, also dinged the Michigan governor while introducing Trump, calling her a “problem.”
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