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Why It Should Be Whitmer

The girlboss queen really is the flailing party’s best shot

By Kaylee McGhee White · July 6, 2024 ·

Photo via Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Twitter

Let me preface this by saying that I have never voted for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer nor will I ever. My parents raised me better than that.

But there are plenty of women who will, and that alone makes Whitmer one of the Democratic Party’s best candidates for the presidency and thus a potential replacement for President Joe Biden.

It’s no secret Whitmer wants the job. She may have denied reports this past week that she’s been floating her name, and she may have issued yet another sycophantic social media post endorsing Biden, but Whitmer can’t hide her ambition. In her latest Biden endorsement post, for example, Whitmer linked her political action committee’s fundraising page, not Biden’s.

Kaylee McGhee White is editor-in-chief of Independent Women Features, a Steamboat Institute media fellow, and a columnist for Michigan Enjoyer.

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