LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, II, issued statements Wednesday reacting to the end result of the Nov. 5, 2024 Presidential Election.
Whitmer served as co-chair for the presidential marketing campaign of Kamala Harris. Harris was the Democratic nominee and misplaced in Michigan and nationally to former President Donald J. Trump.
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Listed here are their statements:
“The American individuals have spoken. I want President-elect Trump the most effective of luck. After a peaceable switch of energy, I hope he leads by attempting to unite individuals, together with those that didn’t vote for him or don’t help him. That is what a president should do for the nice of our nation.
“I wish to thank Vice President Kamala Harris for working an unimaginable marketing campaign. I used to be proud to help her and grateful to the numerous workers and volunteers who put their all into this marketing campaign as a result of they love our nation. I additionally wish to thank President Joe Biden for his management within the White Home, and congratulate Senator-elect Elissa Slotkin, Consultant-elect Kristen McDonald Rivet, and Michigan State Supreme Courtroom Justice-elect Kyra Harris Bolden and Justice-elect Kimberly Ann Thomas on their victories.
“As governor of the nice state of Michigan, my job stays the identical regardless of who’s within the White Home. I’m targeted on getting issues finished that make an actual distinction in individuals’s lives. With the brand new majority within the Michigan State Home, that work will proceed. As governor, I’ve signed greater than 1,400 bipartisan payments and 6 balanced, bipartisan budgets. I’m prepared to work with anybody who’s severe about fixing issues, and I sit up for collaborating with the incoming majority on our shared targets from infrastructure to financial growth. I wish to thank Speaker Joe Tate for his management over the past two years and for all the pieces he and his caucus did on the basic, kitchen-table points.
“Now that the election is behind us, let’s do not forget that our nation is filled with patriots—Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. Our youngsters go to the identical faculties; we cheer for a similar groups; take heed to the identical music; and love our household and our neighbors equally. In case you love Michigan, you could love your fellow Michiganders—it doesn’t matter what. Our mutual respect and customary humanity usually are not up for debate.
“As we move forward, let’s remember that we are a nation of good, kind people that have more in common with each other than not. Finally, let’s root for the success of the new administration and keep working together to get things done. Because we’re Americans—that’s what we do.”
Emailed assertion of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on the end result of the Nov. 5, 2024 election
And from Lt. Gov. Gilchrist:
“Via a protected, safe election, Michiganders have made their voices heard. My greatest needs to President-elect Trump, and my because of Vice President Kamala Harris for working an unimaginable marketing campaign.
“I’m additionally pleased with the motion we constructed by means of Democratic campaigns up and down the poll that’s dedicated to creating a distinction and delivering actual change for Michigan households. Numerous Michiganders made the selection to get entangled, train their civic rights, and articulate their imaginative and prescient for a vivid future the place everybody can succeed. Working collectively to realize that imaginative and prescient goes past any single day, election, or occasion—it’s an unfinished venture we should move on to future generations.
“Let us continue Standing Tall for Michigan.”
Emailed state of Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, II on the end result of the Nov. 5, 2024 election
