Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been thought-about a rising star within the Democrat celebration, presumably even a presidential candidate, however that could possibly be over now.
Whitmer was on the White Home this week to satisfy with Trump to debate varied points. This shouldn’t be an enormous deal. Governors work with presidents on a regular basis with the intention to get issues achieved for his or her states. However Whitmer ended up being photographed within the Oval Workplace and a few Democrats are completely livid about this.
Democrats are so purist of their anti-Trump views that you just can not even be seen in the identical room because the president, even when it’ll profit your constituents indirectly.
FOX Information stories:
Gretchen Whitmer angers Democrats, suffers ‘large embarrassment’ with Trump assembly at White Home
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is underneath hearth from fellow Democrats after showing alongside President Donald Trump throughout a White Home signing ceremony, sparking accusations that she was used as a political “prop.”
“Only a f—ing catastrophe,” mentioned one Democratic operative, who often helps Whitmer however spoke anonymously to NBC Information.
“It feels prefer it removes a number of the momentum she had as a politically savvy swing-state Dem.”…
CNN senior reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere referred to as the second a “large embarrassment,” whereas CNN host Audie Cornish mentioned bluntly, “This doesn’t appear to be the politics of resistance.”
Dovere additionally insinuated that the scenario was arrange by the Trump workforce, saying, “She [Gov. Whitmer] went for this assembly with the president, and he used her as a prop.”
Critics mentioned the second undercut Whitmer’s persona as a rising Democratic chief, particularly as Trump praised her on digital camera, calling her a “superb individual” who had achieved “a wonderful job” in Michigan.
Whitmer even mentioned that she agrees with Trump on some issues. The horror!
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer throws her help behind President Trump’s tariffs:
“I perceive the motivation behind the tariffs…We do have to make extra stuff in America…We do want honest commerce!”
pic.twitter.com/msWjFLF3nI— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 10, 2025
The Democrats are usually not going to have the ability to get by the subsequent 4 years with out coping with Trump in any respect. They’d higher get used to the thought of assembly and speaking with the president.
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