Gov Whitmer gets schooled by Trump-Dems be warned

[SunSeeker]

47. I think you're confusing me with NNadir--that's who you had directed your question to.

I was not "skipping over" your question. The reason I replied to your question to NNadir about Whitmer's speech is to address what I think is the main reason people are upset with how her White House visit went down, and I think bickering over her speech misses the main point. People are upset because she allowed herself to get played as an Oval Office prop. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/disaster-gretchen-whitmers-talk-tariffs-meeting-trump-anger-fellow-dem-rcna200530

Even Whitmer realized it was a disaster, trying to cover her face from the cameras in this now viral photo from that day:

https://www.newsweek.com/gretchen-whitmer-accused-trying-hide-viral-oval-office-photo-2059183

But if you must know specifically what I personally (I can't speak for NNadir) didn't like about her speech, it is that she was giving Trump way too much credit, and even adopting Trump’s vomitous "Golden Age" talking point (as if him gilding up the Oval Office wasn't bad enough) and the "cut red tape" bullshit.

Let’s cut red tape and unleash the extraordinary potential of American industry. Let’s give more hardworking people a fair shot at a decent life. And let’s usher in, as President Trump says, a “Golden Age” of American manufacturing.
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Thankfully, Republicans, Democrats, and industry leaders came together to do something about it. During President Trump’s first term, we started a serious national conversation about semiconductor manufacturing. A few years later, Congress passed bipartisan legislation to bring chip manufacturing back home. I’m grateful to so many in our congressional delegation who fought hard to get it across the finish line.

https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2025/04/09/whitmers-build-america-build-address-as-prepared-for-delivery

We didn't lose manufacturing because of "red tape." That is a right wing talking point. We lost manufacturing because workers in other countries are willing to work for pennies on the dollar compared to American workers. And she made it sound like Trump was responsible for the CHIPS Act, but it was one of Biden’s signature achievements. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIPS_and_Science_Act

In fact, Trump is trying to undermine the CHIPS Act by illegally taking the billions the Act allocated for bringing microchip manufacturing back to the US.

But other than that, her speech was fine. Like I said, her speech was not the main issue.