Democrats Criticize Gretchen Whitmer’s White House Visit | EUROtoday

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) known as out Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) after she stated in a speech Wednesday she agreed with President Donald Trump’s motive on tariffs.

“The ‘tariff hammer’ winds up hitting your own hand rather than the nail,” Polis posted Wednesday on X, together with a video of Whitmer’s speech. “Tariffs are bad outright because they lead to higher prices and destroy American manufacturing. Trade is inherently good because both parties emerge better off from a consensual transaction. While sanctions (Russia, Iran) can have a geopolitical national security role, it should always be considered eyes wide open that sanctions harm both ourself and others.”

In her “Build, America, Build” deal with Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Whitmer stated she agrees with Trump on his “motivation behind the tariffs.”

“I understand the motivation behind the tariffs, and I can tell you here’s where President Trump and I do agree,” she stated. “We do need to make more stuff in America — more cars and chips, more steel and ships. We do need fair trade.”

In the speech, she laid out her technique for bringing extra manufacturing to America.

“Let’s give more hard-working people a fair shot at a decent life,” she stated. “And let’s usher in, as President Trump says, a ‘Golden Age’ of American manufacturing.”

But some had been important of Whitmer for her remarks. While she didn’t explicitly point out Whitmer, Michigan state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D) wrote Thursday on X, “There is no middle ground to be found with an administration that is wiping its ass with the constitution.”

Some different high Democrats instructed NBC News they thought Whitmer was “played” by Trump when she appeared within the Oval Office whereas Trump signed government orders in entrance of the press, together with one instructing federal companies to probe former authorities officers who questioned Trump’s false declare that the 2020 election was stolen.

“She’s really done an excellent job,” Trump stated about Whitmer, who was on the White House to talk to Trump privately about points concerning Michigan, throughout the signings. “Very good person.”

A spokesperson for Whitmer instructed NBC News the governor was “surprised” she was introduced into the Oval Office “without any notice of the subject matter.”

“Her presence is not an endorsement of the actions taken or statements made at that event,” a spokesperson stated.

Whitmer later instructed reporters that she disagreed “with a lot of stuff that was said” within the Oval Office, however she stayed “because I needed to make the case for Michigan, and that’s my job.”