Posted on 04/09/2025 9:57:20 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
WASHINGTON — Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer backed the idea behind President Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs Wednesday morning, but argued that levies should be “used like a scalpel.”
Whitmer, seen by many as a possible contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, told an audience in the nation’s capital that “I understand the motivation behind the tariffs,” the application of which has sent the stock market into free fall.
“Here’s where President Trump and I do agree,” the 53-year-old said. “We do need to make more stuff in America. More cars and chips. More steel and ships. We do need fair trade.”
While Whitmer — whose campaign efforts for Kamala Harris in 2024 included a cringe-inducing video of a “Dorito Communion” — said the tariff approach has to be “done right,” she also admitted under questioning from journalist Gretchen Carlson that “I haven’t really thought about” how her duties would be different from Trump’s.
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You know, I have just been waiting for Whitmer to weigh in on this issue.
Waiting with worms on my tongue.
They know they are loosing the narrative on tariffs and are now trying to triangulate.
They also likely see the tariffs are working quicker than expected and need to get ahead of it fast to impede any more success.
New leftist tactic “I agreed with him to a point, but now he’s acting like Hitler”
That made me laugh
What does she know about economics?
Let’s see
“ After graduating from high school, Whitmer enrolled at Michigan State University to study communication, with the intent of becoming a broadcaster for ESPN.[7] She graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in communication.
Then MSU for law degree
Ok. Compared with Trump- Wharton school of finance. Self made billionaire businessman
Nothing.
(Gretchen Whitmer)
BE THOU SILENT
THOU GODLESS REPROBATE
DEMOCRAT ABORTION WITCH 🧹🧹🧹
She might want to talk to the UAW......................
She is just another used Trojan the democrats have no use for.
She can’t come out hard against them.. The Auto Union has endorsed these tariffs and the upper midwest, PA, MI and WI stand probably the most to gain by them... So, because she is a democrat she can’t endorse them, but she can’t go hard agains them either, so this is her “middle ground” trying to threat the needle so to speak.
“We democrats have said we wanted to do these for 40 years but Trump is doing it all wrong.”
Oooops, too many pics.
Are you kidding she’s from the media (Groundhog Day News)anti Trump.
George Santos looks more feminine than Gretchen...
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