Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) launched a new Substack blog on Monday to reflect on the current state of American politics and offer hope to her party ahead of the midterm elections this year.
In her first blog post in a newly launched Substack, she celebrated her bipartisan achievements since she took office as a state lawmaker in Michigan 25 years ago. She played a significant role in lobbying her colleagues to pass a Medicaid expansion law, called the Healthy Michigan Plan, in 2013 under then-Gov. Rick Snyder.
Some of her Democratic peers were hesitant to pass the bill because they “didn’t want to hand the other team the win,” she said, but she didn’t want to let the partisan divide get in the way.
“Over one
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