Democrat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has wished President-elect Donald Trump the “better of luck” in his subsequent time period and known as on him to “unite individuals.”
Whitmer, who simply known as the previous president a “charlatan” and “weak” in October on ABC’s This Week, launched the peace-making assertion on social media the day after the election:
“The American individuals have spoken. I want President-elect Trump one of the best of luck,” she wrote. “After a peaceable switch of energy, I hope he leads by making an attempt to unite individuals, together with those that didn’t vote for him or help him. That’s what a president should do for the great of our nation.”
She then went on to thank President Joe Biden for his “management” and Vice President Kamala Harris for “operating an unimaginable marketing campaign”:
In the remainder of the thread, she congratulated new elects to the Michigan state authorities earlier than closing out with a message to remind her followers that “our nation is filled with patriots” belonging to all events:
As governor of the nice state of Michigan, my job stays the identical regardless of who’s within the White Home. I’m centered on getting issues completed that make an actual distinction in individuals’s lives. With the brand new majority within the Michigan State Home, that work will proceed.
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Now that the election is behind us, let’s keep in mind that our nation is filled with patriots—Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. Should you love Michigan, you need to love your fellow Michiganders—it doesn’t matter what. Our mutual respect and customary humanity shouldn’t be up for debate.
As we transfer ahead, let’s keep in mind that we’re a nation of fine, variety those that have extra in widespread with one another than not. Lastly, let’s root for the success of the brand new administration and maintain working collectively to get issues completed.
As a result of we’re People—that’s what we do.
Trump gained Michigan with 49.8 p.c of the vote over Harris’s 48.3 p.c, with greater than 95 p.c of the votes counted, the New York Occasions reported.
In 2020, Biden gained the state with 50.6 p.c over Trump’s 47.8 p.c.
