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RandySF

(70,652 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:07 PM Mar 2020

Biden defends Michigan governor after Trump criticism

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday defended Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) after she came under withering criticism from President Trump.

“Facing a dangerous abdication of leadership from Donald Trump during this pandemic, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been a tenacious fighter for Michigan families,” Biden said in a statement released by his presidential campaign.

The statement comes amid a weekslong feud between Whitmer and Trump, with the governor making public pleas for the Trump administration to provide assistance for the state to obtain medical equipment amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Whitmer has hammered what she says was a slow response by Trump at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak. She also claimed in an interview with a local media outlet Friday that vendors that have contracts with the state are being told “not to send stuff to Michigan.”



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/489954-biden-defends-michigan-governor-after-trump-criticism

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Biden defends Michigan governor after Trump criticism (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2020 OP
It boggles the mind that people will die because of the small-mindedness of this heinous criminal in Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #1
She's a great Governor, Good for Joe! William769 Mar 2020 #2
She's my Governor & DownriverDem Mar 2020 #3
Thank you, Joe Biden.. trump wants to kill us all who Cha Mar 2020 #4
+1 2naSalit Mar 2020 #6
Remember? "Christie: Obama delivered on Sandy" TomCADem Mar 2020 #5
I think about these very words in that interview... 2naSalit Mar 2020 #7
Vote trump out rockfordfile Mar 2020 #8
It's not "a feud," The Hill DarthDem Mar 2020 #9
 

Ferrets are Cool

(21,957 posts)
1. It boggles the mind that people will die because of the small-mindedness of this heinous criminal in
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:09 PM
Mar 2020

the WH.

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William769

(55,830 posts)
2. She's a great Governor, Good for Joe!
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:15 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

DownriverDem

(6,648 posts)
3. She's my Governor &
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 08:38 PM
Mar 2020

she's fighting for us all the way. Her team comes on TV every day to update us, encourage us & comfort us. Glad Joe is coming forward about this.

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Cha

(305,440 posts)
4. Thank you, Joe Biden.. trump wants to kill us all who
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 09:43 PM
Mar 2020

don't worship him. he has to Get GONE!

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TomCADem

(17,760 posts)
5. Remember? "Christie: Obama delivered on Sandy"
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 09:54 PM
Mar 2020

I am looking forward to having a President who is focused on the needs of the people, rather than trying to turn a disaster into an opportunity to settle personal grudges as Trump does.

https://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/chris-christie-hurricane-sandy-aid-president-obama-090729

On the six-month anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday dismissed GOP criticism of his kind words for President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the storm and said that the president has delivered everything he promised.

“No,” he said flatly on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” when asked whether he regretted working with and lauding Obama after the devastating storm — something that occurred right ahead of the 2012 election and outraged some conservatives.

“Listen, the president has kept every promise that he made,” Christie said. “What I was saying at the time was, I was asked how the president was doing, I said, he’s doing a good job, he’s kept his word. And so everybody knows that I have about 95 percent level disagreement with Barack Obama on issues of principle and philosophy. But the fact is we have a job to do. And what people expect from people they elect is to do their job.”

Christie, a potential 2016 GOP contender, was snubbed by some in the conservative establishment after Sandy. For example, he wasn’t invited to speak at CPAC, a conference that typically features a who’s who in conservative politics. But the outspoken New Jerseyan waved off that cold reception, saying that Washington focuses too much on partisanship rather than on “getting the job done.”
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2naSalit

(92,753 posts)
7. I think about these very words in that interview...
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:45 PM
Mar 2020

which I saw, every time MF45 fails us... which is far too often, like daily.

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DarthDem

(5,364 posts)
9. It's not "a feud," The Hill
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:57 AM
Mar 2020

It's a person trying to do her job being attacked by someone who isn't doing his.

Thanks, Mr. Biden, for exposing this and calling it for what it is.

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