Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) says she regrets trying to hide from photographers during a visit to the Oval Office last week, calling the awkward moment a lapse in judgment.
Speaking Monday at the Detroit Economic Club, the Democratic governor addressed the viral photo that showed her holding up two blue folders in front of her face as photographers entered the room on April 9, where she was waiting to meet with President Donald Trump.
“What was going through your mind at that moment?” the Detroit Economic Club moderator asked Whitmer.
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“You asked me what was going on in my mind at that moment,” Whitmer said when asked about the incident. “It was, ‘I don’t want my picture taken’ — that’s all it was.”
“I kinda wish
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