How Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is Leading During “A Really Heavy Time”

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Gretchen Whitmer might be one of the most down-to-earth politicians in America — the governor from Michigan began her conversation with Kara with a bawdy joke about menstruation that she takes with her to the debate stage, and at no point during the interview did she hesitate from cursing. But with the calls for President Biden to resign growing louder, the Governor is an unenviable position. She’s considered a rising star within the party, and potential presidential candidate by some, but as a co-chair for the Biden/Harris re-election campaign she has to toe the line without seeming unaware of concerns that Biden just isn’t up to the task. Governor Whitmer and Kara discuss the Democratic party’s current conundrum, as well as her new memoir, True Gretch, the infamous foiled attempt to kidnap and assassinate her, the best way for Biden (or any Democrat) to win Michigan’s 15 electoral votes, and her campaign slogan for 2028. Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or find Kara on Threads/Instagram @karaswisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for the show comes from Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about Joy and Justice produced by Vox Creative.
0:08.0	Ainez Bordeaux is a self-described Hellraiser and she became an activist ever being caught up in the criminal legal system.
0:14.4	When she couldn't afford her bond and without a trial, Einez was sent to the St. Louis Detention
0:19.3	Facility known as the workhouse, notorious for its poor living conditions.
0:24.0	Here how she and other advocates fought to shut it down and won on the first episode of this special
0:28.8	three-part series, Out Now.
0:31.0	Subscribe to Into the Mix a Ben and Jerry's podcast. Hi everyone from New York magazine in the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:53.0	This is on with Kara Swisher and I'm Kara Swisher.
0:55.9	My guest today is Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who is just out with a memoir this week
1:00.6	called True Gretch, what I learned about life, leadership, and
1:03.5	everything in between. I actually wrote a blurb for this book, full disclosure,
1:07.6	something I don't usually do, I don't even like blurbs. Let me read it for
1:11.6	you. This wonderful and yes exquisitely
1:14.1	wacky how to be a shark motherfucker guide by that woman from Michigan is a
1:18.7	must read for badass ladies everywhere and for everyone who aspires to be one.
1:23.2	I laughed, I cried and now God help me, I am a happy half wit.
1:27.5	If you didn't already know, Governor Whitmer is a woman of many nicknames, some of them
1:31.9	are actually unkind.
1:33.8	Nonetheless, she turned the moniker invented by political opponents
1:37.2	into merch and laughed all the way to the ballot box.
1:40.6	The one from her supporters, like Big Gretsch from Detroit rapper G-Mac Cash
1:45.1	She just adds to her playlist. because that's big grits. We ain't even about the stress. We got big grits.
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