Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Julia Pickett Michigan Governor Office Via AP
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Friday he has asked Vice President Mike Pence not to call governors he says have not been “appreciative” enough of his efforts on coronavirus – a group of critics that included a governor he referred to only by gender,
“Don’t call the woman in Michigan,” Trump said at a press conference while discussing Pence’s work as head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
That governor – Gretchen Whitmer – replied on Twitter that “right now, we all need to be focused on fighting the virus, not each other.”
“I’m willing to work with anyone as long as we get the personal protective equipment we need for the people of Michigan,” she said.
Earlier this month, Trump attacked Whitmer in a tweet after she told MSNBC that “the federal government did not take this seriously early enough.”
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