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TexasTowelie

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Mon Nov 18, 2019, 07:10 AM Nov 2019

Whitmer: Betsy DeVos is unpopular, Trump tweets are 'dumb'

WASHINGTON — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer doesn’t mince her words when she talks about President Donald Trump, Betsy DeVos and Republicans in the Michigan Legislature.

The Michigan Democrat on Friday described all of them as hurdles she’s facing in achieving some of her top policy goals on issues like health care, trade, infrastructure and education. Whitmer spoke at an event hosted by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a liberal policy group based in Washington, D.C.

Following Trump’s 2016 win in what had long been considered a blue state, Whitmer said she’s working to make sure come 2020, “That we are prepared, that we ensure that people turn out to vote, their votes get counted and that we never see an outcome like we saw in the last presidential [election].”

She pointed to low voter turnout in 2016 as a critical factor in Trump winning the state.

Read more: https://www.michiganadvance.com/2019/11/15/whitmer-betsy-devos-is-unpopular-trump-tweets-are-dumb/

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