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Gretchen Whitmer
American
Politician
Born:
Aug 23
,
1971
Because
Education
People
Think
Women
You
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I do believe ultimately the role is of our state government to ensure every child in this state has a great public school education.
Gretchen Whitmer
Education
Government
Great
School
Believe
Every
State
State Government
Our
Ensure
Ultimately
Role
Child
Public
Public School
Together we can build the Michigan we believe in, because we still have what we need most - the strength, the talent, the vision and the grit of the incredible people of this state.
Gretchen Whitmer
Strength
Together
People
Vision
Build
Believe
Incredible
State
Talent
Most
Because
Still
Michigan
Grit
Need
The goal is to make sure everyone has got their lead pipes replaced, and I know that's moving forward in the city of Flint. My job is to make sure that we have accountability and ensure we are getting the job done.
Gretchen Whitmer
Moving Forward
Job
Accountability
Everyone
Ensure
City
Lead
Know
Make
Sure
Got
Goal
Replaced
Pipes
Done
Getting
Moving
Flint
Forward
There's not one path for everyone, but everyone deserves a path that's right for them.
Gretchen Whitmer
Path
Everyone
Them
Deserves
Right
I'm not married to a 45-cent gas tax.
Gretchen Whitmer
Married
Tax
Gas
Our students are not broken. Our teachers are not broken. It's our system that has been broken.
Gretchen Whitmer
Broken
Our
System
Has-Been
Students
Been
Teachers
And for government and a bunch of men in government, frankly, to get between a woman and her provider is downright dangerous, especially when most of them can't even spell endometriosis, much less tell you what it means.
Gretchen Whitmer
Government
You
Woman
Dangerous
Men
Spell
Frankly
Tell
Between
Most
Provider
Bunch
Get
Them
Much
Means
Less
Even
Downright
Her
I make more meals than most men do in a week.
Gretchen Whitmer
Men
More
Week
Most
Make
Than
Meals
There have been too few women in leadership because they haven't had the opportunities.
Gretchen Whitmer
Leadership
Women
Opportunities
Few
Too
Had
Because
Been
Few Women
Community colleges are in every district in this state, they serve Republican and Democratic families and non-partisan and non-political families as well.
Gretchen Whitmer
Community
Every
State
District
Colleges
Democratic
Well
Non-Political
Families
Republican
Serve
At a time when too many people want to separate us by building walls, we here in Michigan are going to get back to building bridges together.
Gretchen Whitmer
Time
Together
People
Walls
Too Many People
Building
Too
Back
Get
Michigan
Going
Want
Us
Separate
Many
Bridges
Here
Let's fix our roads, and be the state that's not paralyzed by partisanship, but works together. And create the blueprint for rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure.
Gretchen Whitmer
Together
State
Our
Paralyzed
Roads
Crumbling
Partisanship
Fix
America
Blueprint
Infrastructure
Create
Works
Rebuilding
You can't expect anyone to hand something to you. And I'm OK with that.
Gretchen Whitmer
You
OK
Something
Hand
Expect
Anyone
I grew up going to football games with my dad and we were just sports fanatics.
Gretchen Whitmer
Sports
Football
Football Games
Were
Up
Going
Just
Grew
Fanatics
Games
Dad
You can get a lot done when you don't care about credit. My name was not on Medicaid expansion, but it never would have happened without the work that I did. The best leaders are the ones that want results, not credit.
Gretchen Whitmer
Work
Best
You
Care
Would
About
Results
Never
Leaders
Name
Without
Lot
Expansion
Get
Did
Done
Want
Happened
Medicaid
Credit
But ultimately, at the end of the day, people want leaders who they respect and who they believe in and who can get things done.
Gretchen Whitmer
Day
Respect
People
End Of The Day
Believe
Leaders
Ultimately
End
Get
Done
Want
Who
Things
I'm proud to be a Michigander, but I look around at the Michigan that my kids are growing up in and it doesn't look like the Michigan that I think of when I talk about my pride.
Gretchen Whitmer
Pride
Think
Kids
About
Like
Look
Talk
Around
Proud
Up
Michigan
Growing
Growing Up
I know that the DeVos agenda has absolutely devastated our public school system in Michigan.
Gretchen Whitmer
School
Our
System
Absolutely
Devastated
School System
Know
Michigan
Public
Agenda
Public School
We have to make it easier to afford to go into education in the first place, so you don't leave with crippling debt that you never have a chance to pay back because you're not making enough money.
Gretchen Whitmer
Education
You
Money
First
Pay
Enough
Enough Money
Back
Easier
Crippling
Never
Make
First Place
Because
Making
Leave
Go
Debt
Afford
Place
Chance
I ran on fixing the roads... I ran on cleaning up drinking water.
Gretchen Whitmer
Cleaning
Water
Drinking
Ran
Drinking Water
Roads
Up
Fixing
We need to ensure that everyone's got a path to getting a license, so they've got identification.
Gretchen Whitmer
Path
Everyone
Ensure
License
Identification
Got
Getting
Need
So many of these decisions are made in a vacuum with a bunch of men sitting around a table deciding what a woman's rights should be, what our access to health care, trying to control women by controlling our bodies.
Gretchen Whitmer
Health
Rights
Woman
Women
Care
Made
Men
Control
Controlling
Our
Table
Health Care
Around
Access
Bunch
Trying
Sitting
Deciding
Decisions
Bodies
Should
Many
Vacuum
But over 20 years ago I was a victim of rape. And thank god it didn't result in a pregnancy. Because I can't imagine going through what I went through and then having to consider what to do about an unwanted pregnancy from an attacker.
Gretchen Whitmer
God
Thank God
Result
Unwanted
Victim
Consider
About
Having
Through
Over
Because
Years
Years Ago
Thank
Going
Pregnancy
Then
Imagine
Obviously, Detroiters pay the worst when it comes to car insurance, but car insurance is expensive for Michiganders across the state. I hear about it in all communities.
Gretchen Whitmer
Car
Pay
State
Worst
About
Obviously
Insurance
Hear
Expensive
Across
Communities
I talk about jobs. I talk about education. I talk about making government work for people. That's really the dinner-table issues that I hear from Michiganders in every part of our state.
Gretchen Whitmer
Work
Education
Government
People
Every
State
Our
Jobs
About
Part
Talk
Making
Issues
Hear
Really
Governor Granholm had all the right values but didn't have the right background.
Gretchen Whitmer
Values
Background
Had
Governor
Right
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