Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) shaded former President Donald Trump on Tuesday’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live” as she revealed what her tagline could be if she have been ever within the solid of one of many “Real Housewives” franchises.
“Some people call me ‘that woman from Michigan’; I call it ‘getting shit done,’” Whitmer mentioned.
The tagline is a reference to the time Trump known as Whitmer “the woman in Michigan” after Whitmer known as out the federal authorities for its lack of assist through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“She has no idea what’s going on,” Trump mentioned of Whitmer throughout a White Home briefing in March 2020. “And all she does is say, ‘Oh, it’s the federal government’s fault.’ And we’ve taken great care of Michigan.”
He continued: “I say, ‘Mike, don’t call the governor of Washington; you’re wasting your time with him. Don’t call the woman in Michigan. It doesn’t make any difference what happens.’”
Quickly after Trump’s remarks, Whitmer went on “The Daily Show” sporting a bedazzled shirt that learn “that woman from Michigan.”
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Throughout August’s Democratic Nationwide Conference, Whitmer once more referenced the insult.
“Donald Trump called me ‘that woman from Michigan’ as an insult,” Whitmer mentioned. “Being a woman from Michigan is a badge of honor. Like women across America, we just G.S.D. Get stuff done.”
Throughout her look on “Watch What Happens Live,” Whitmer additionally shaded far-right activist Laura Loomer, when Whitmer pretended to not know who Loomer is. Loomer joined Trump at a 9/11 memorial ceremony, regardless of persevering with to push conspiracies concerning the terror assaults, and on the previous president’s airplane earlier than his debate earlier this month.
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