US EditionWhitmer jokes about Oval Office photo, says she regrets shielding face with folder
- Gretchen Whitmer, the Governor of Michigan, expressed regret for hiding her face with a folder during a photo op with President Donald Trump, saying, "I kind of wish I hadn't put my folder up in front of my face".
- Whitmer defended her visit to the Oval Office as necessary for securing federal aid, stating, "If I can get either of those things, it's all worth it".
- Democratic insiders view Whitmer as a promising presidential candidate, though critics have accused her of enabling Trump during executive orders that target political enemies.
- The situation highlights a rift within the Democratic Party over engagement strategies versus resistance tactics, as Whitmer chose a diplomatic approach while peers opposed Trump openly.
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Jonah Goldberg: Whitmer’s party should learn from what she did in the Oval Office
Kudos to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. She managed to generate the most negatively iconic photo of a Democrat since Michael Dukakis wore a helmet atop a tank. Whitmer, long considered a promising presidential prospect by Democratic insiders, was at the White House to discuss state business. But when President Trump’s aides whisked her into the Oval Office, it was not for the planned one-on-one with the president, but for a photo op during whic…
Whitmer's Desperate Folder Fumble Shows What Democrats Really Think of Trump
In politics, there are moments of authenticity that reveal more than a thousand carefully crafted speeches ever could. These unguarded instances, when the polished veneer... The post Whitmer’s Desperate Folder Fumble Shows What Democrats Really Think of Trump appeared first on Patriot Journal.
Whitmer says she was surprised to be on camera in Oval Office visit - WDET 101.9 FM
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she was caught by surprise last week to walk into the Oval Office for a meeting with President Donald Trump to find she was in a televised press conference. The New York Times published a striking photo of Whitmer trying to hide her face behind a blue folder. She told the Detroit Economic Club that people ask “what was going through your mind at that moment and it was ‘I don’t want my picture taken.’ That’s all it was.…
‘DUKAKIS IN THE TANK For The 21st Century’: J-Mart COOKS Whitmer
Rare is the instance where you see blue-on-blue crime on the Legacy Media’s Sunday shows, but Politico’s Jonathan Martin gives us that rare outlier, in reaction to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s face-shielding hijinks at The White House. In so doing, Martin hearkened back to another classic own-goal. Watch as J-Mart uses historical precedent to cook Whitmer, citing then-Massachusetts Governor Mike Dukakis’ ill-fated tank run during the 198…
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