Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was caught on a hot mic on Monday exploring and referring to Discovery Channel’s annual special ‘Shark Week’ seconds before her speech was broadcast live on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
“It’s not just Shark Week … it’s Shark Week mom f — er,” Whitmer says, making it explosive, making it barely audible. She drew laughter from those in the room before adding, “I learned about the whole mic.”
The moment was captured on a livestream when the first governor of the major battlefield state stood on a stage at trade union UAW Local 652 headquarters in Lansing. It happened while she was waiting to deliver her live speech to the almost completely virtual DNC, and the comment was not broadcast live on television during the Milwaukee, Wisc.-based convention, WKBW reported.
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Although the context was unclear, Discovery Channel’s ‘Shark Week’ ended over the weekend.
As soon as her speech began, Whitmer focused on the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the president of fighting his “fellow Americans” instead of the virus.
“In recent months, we’ve learned what’s essential: rise to the challenge, not deny it. We’ve learned who’s essential. Not just the richest among us. Not a president who’s fighting his other Americans instead. of fighting the virus that is killing us and our economy, ”she said. “It’s the people who are endangering their own health to take care of the rest of us. They’re the MVPs.”
Once on the presidential nominee Joe Biden’s vice presidential list, Whitmer signed up for free COVID-19 tests; universal access to a secure vaccine; and the resources for children and educators to “return safely to school.”
“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will lead by example. Science, not politics or ego, will drive their decisions. They know: the health of our people goes hand in hand with the power of our economy,” she said.
The governor also drew a contrast between Trump and the Obama administration’s response to the near-collapse of the auto industry in Michigan, claiming that “a million jobs were in the pipeline” when the then president Barack Obama and Vice President Biden “save the auto industry.”
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Whitmer’s pre-speech quip was cut by the political newsletter The Recount and shared on Twitter. In an apparent reference to the moment, Lieutenant-Governor of Michigan Tweeted Garlin Gilchrist II Whitmer Tuesday, asking “What week is it?” She responded with a GIF of a shark swimming in the ocean during the special.
