Gretchen Whitmer Wants to Chat – Just Not in Michigan
Last week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer went to Texas to film an episode of Financial Audit, a YouTube show where the host, Caleb Hammer, goes through each guest’s finances and gives them tips to help get out of debt. Whitmer came on the show to discuss Michigan’s budget and financial outlook, something she rarely speaks about in her home state.
Despite being the governor of Michigan, Whitmer hardly seems to be home anymore, spending much of last month traveling around the country stumping for Democrat politicians and taking most of September to travel abroad on the dime of her corporate allies.
Even though the show typically focuses on a person's current financial situation, Gretchen Whitmer decided to run through previous budgets instead of the budget she signed into law only a few weeks ago.
Interestingly, the governor seemed visibly unhappy with what Hammer refers to as “bulls*it” spending in the budget passed under the Democrat trifecta. Though Whitmer signed the budget and could have used the line-item veto on any of these items, she blames Democrat legislators for including millions for projects like the Grand Rapids Ballet and the Potter Park Zoo. She also did not have an issue with giving $20 million to her friend and donor, Fay Beydoun, who spent the taxpayer money on luxuries like a $4,500 coffee maker and $15,000 first-class flight to Budapest.
Earlier in the interview, Whitmer claims she is a centrist, but goes on to say that she’s “proud to be progressive”:
When Hammer called out the insanity of Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 lockdown policies, Whitmer deflected, saying, “none of us wants to go back and relive that”:
“While Gretchen Whitmer might want us to forget that she’s a radical progressive who locked down our state for two years and allowed her Democrat allies in the legislature to waste billions in taxpayer dollars, we won’t,” said Gabe Butzke, a spokesperson for Michigan Forward Network. “It’d be great if she’d remember which state she was the governor of and came back to finally answer questions from the people here in Michigan.”
