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catbyte

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Wed Oct 5, 2022, 04:43 PM Oct 2022

Michigan Republicans beg Whitmer to zip it on abortion rights

Susan J. Demas, Michigan Advance
October 05, 2022

When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave her keynote address at the Mackinac Policy Conference in May, it suddenly became clear how many pundits had misjudged this particular political moment.

You would have expected the Democrat to earn some polite applause at the traditionally stuffy confab dominated by CEOs, lobbyists and legislators, one where her predecessor, Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, always seemed most at home.

But rather than play it safe by tossing out a few platitudes about growing Michigan’s economy and calling it a day, Whitmer decided to use the platform to talk about abortion, even before the U.S. Supreme Court sent shock waves by dumping Roe v. Wade.

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Being governor is about understanding real problems and how to solve them. Gretchen Whitmer got a long time ago that abortion is a kitchen-table issue for people. And she seems completely at peace with her decision that this is the ground to fight on, win or lose.

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Michigan Republicans beg Whitmer to zip it on abortion rights (Original Post) catbyte Oct 2022 OP
Shout it from the rooftops, Big Gretch! Meadowoak Oct 2022 #1
(It's gotten so sad that anonymous sources have taken to complaining to the media about how frustrat Demovictory9 Oct 2022 #2
Recommended mobeau69 Oct 2022 #3
Regain abortion rights. GreenWave Oct 2022 #4
Susan Demas is a hell of a reporter. gibraltar72 Oct 2022 #5

Demovictory9

(33,683 posts)
2. (It's gotten so sad that anonymous sources have taken to complaining to the media about how frustrat
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 04:51 PM
Oct 2022

(It’s gotten so sad that anonymous sources have taken to complaining to the media about how frustrated the campaign is over Whitmer’s “incessant” focus on abortion).

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