Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: President Biden 'can win Michigan'

[Uncle Joe]

Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday she supports President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee "100%" and believes he can win Michigan in November against Republican Donald Trump.

Whitmer, who's considered a rising star among Democrats and who serves as co-chairwoman of Biden's reelection campaign, issued a statement after the national news outlet Politico suggested she possibly had said that Michigan "was no longer winnable for Biden" after he made a number of missteps in a debate Thursday night against Trump.

A Whitmer aide, on the condition that they not be identified, said the comment, which was sourced by Politico to "someone close to a potential 2028 Whitmer rival," was false.

"I am proud to support Joe Biden as our nominee and I am behind him 100% in the fight to defeat Donald Trump," Whitmer said in a statement Monday. "Not only do I believe Joe can win Michigan, I know he can because he’s got the receipts: he’s lowered health care costs, brought back manufacturing jobs and is committed to restoring the reproductive freedom women lost under Donald Trump."

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