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>> Laura: WHAT DOES
DESPERATION LOOK LIKE?
IF YOU ARE MICHIGAN GOT GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER IT IS MILLIONS
OF TARGETED REPUBLICAN WASN’T
EVEN WON HER PRIMARY YET.
SPENDING AT LEAST $2 MILLION ON
THIS LAST-MINUTE ATTACK AD
AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN.
>> DANGEROUS BUDGET PLAN COULD
SLASH UP TO $500 MILLION FROM
STATE POLICE ACROSS MICHIGAN.
THE MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF
POLICE ORGANIZATIONS SAYS THE
APPROACH COULD HAVE DEVASTATING
IMPACT ON POLICE BUDGETS LEAVING
LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIPPLED.
THE DEVASTATING PLAN WOULD MEAN
LESS COPS ON THE STREET MAKING
MICHIGAN LESS SAFE.
>> Laura: FEWER COPS, NOT LESS
COPS BUT SHE’S ATTEMPTED TO
PAPER OVER HER OWN DECISIONS,
HERE SHE IS BACK IN 2020.
>> THE YOU LOOK AT BUDGET, THEY
ARE OVERWHELMINGLY FOCUS ON
POLICING AND CORRECTIONS SYSTEMS
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
>> WOULD YOU SUPPORT THE
DEFUNDING MOVEMENT?
>> IF YOU DO ALL THOSE OTHER
THINGS YOU DON’T NEED ALL THAT
MONEY GOING INTO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE SPIRIT OF IT, I DO SUPPORT
THAT SPIRIT OF IT.
>> Laura: JOINING ME IS TUTOR
DIXON WHO IS LEADING IN THE
PRIMARY IN MICHIGAN.
GREAT TO SEE YOU TONIGHT.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT
GRETCHEN WHITMER SUDDENLY HAD A
CHANGE OF HEART ON THE DEFUND OF
THE MOVEMENT?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT BUT SHE’S A
GREAT GASLIGHT OR.
SHE’S TELLING US THAT SHE
INCREASED AUTO JOBS IN THE STATE
AND THAT’S A COMPLETE LIE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO ATTACK ME
BECAUSE THEY ARE SCARED OF ME.
SHE KNOWS I’M LEADING IN THE
POLLS BUT I FIND THIS REALLY
INTERESTING IN A STATE OF
MICHIGAN BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION HASN’T
GOTTEN INVOLVED IN ANY
REPUBLICAN RACES YET SO FAR THIS
CYCLE EXCEPT FOR HOURS AND THIS
IS A VERY POINTED ATTACK.
MORE THAN $2 MILLION GOING INTO
AN AD IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS OF
THE PRIMARY, JUST TO GET ME OUT
OF THERE.
SHE’S DEFINITELY AFRAID, THEY
ARE AFRAID, THEY ALREADY SEE SHE
IS THE MOST VULNERABLE GOVERNOR
IN AMERICA, THEY ARE STILL
PITCHING HER TO BE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES IN 2024.
THEY DON’T WANT HER TO GET
KICKED OUT AND THEY KNOW I CAN
DO IT.
>> Laura: I’VE NEVER HEARD OF
THIS SCENARIO BEFORE WHERE AN
INCUMBENT GOVERNOR AND HER
ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS ARE
SPENDING $2 MILLION AGAINST
ANOTHER CANDIDATE WHO HASN’T WON
THE PRIMARY YET.
THEY ARE TOTALLY THREATENED BY A
SMART, ATTRACTIVE WOMAN WITH A
CORPORATE BACKGROUND IN THE
STEEL INDUSTRY TO RUN AGAINST
HER.
MICHIGAN LIVE IS REPORTING THAT
ABOUT 56% OF THE 9.5 SHE RAISED
FROM INDIVIDUALS IS FROM
MICHIGANDERS, 24,300 DONORS BUT
IT ALSO GOT MONEY FROM NEARLY
31,600 DONORS FROM OUTSIDE THE
STATE.
I’M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT
DONORS WHO MIGHT BE OUTSIDE THE
STATE LINE, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
MAP.
THEY ARE FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
THEY ARE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT
THEIR LOCKDOWN LOVER
GRETCHEN WHITMER GOING DOWN IN
FLAMES AND I THINK THEY’RE MOST
WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
>> OF COURSE, SHE HAS A TERRIBLE
RECORD, WE ARE COMING OUT WITH A
MESSAGE THAT REALLY RESONATES
WITH THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN.
WE WANT TO BRING BACK OUR
EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT’S BEEN IN
DECLINE FOR MANY YEARS, WE WANT
SAFE CITIES, THAT’S THE BEST
PART I’M CONSTANTLY TALKING
ABOUT PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO
POLICING, MAKING SURE OUR CITIES
ARE SAFE AND INCENTIVIZING
POLICE OFFICERS TO COME TO THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN BECAUSE WE
NEED THEM DESPERATELY AND
BECOMING INVESTMENT FRIENDLY TO
OUR JOB CREATORS.
SHE HAS A TERRIBLE RECORD ON IT,
SHE SUPPORTS THE SPIRIT OF
DEFUND THE POLICE.
SHE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT MONEY
SPENT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
SHE’S USING HER OWN ATTACK
AGAINST US -- IT’S VERY COMICAL,
IT’S VERY FLATTERING BUT I NEED
HELP.
>> Laura:
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--------------- TO WE NEED A
CONSERVATIVE FEMALE GOVERNOR IN
ONE OF OUR BATTLEGROUND STATES
AND HE WOULD BE IT.
TUESDAY IS PRIMARY, RIGHT?