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    • Gov. Whitmer says she’s looking for “shared priorities” with Trump
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    Gov. Whitmer says she’s looking for “shared priorities” with Trump

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    lansing — Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she is focused on finding “some shared priorities” with Republican President-elect Donald Trump and wants to see progress in the coming weeks on a massive economic development project planned for Michigan County. Genesee.

    Whitmer took questions from Michigan reporters Tuesday in Lansing, for the first time since the Nov. 5 election, in which Trump defeated Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and won Michigan by 50% to 48%. The former president’s victory marked a significant political shift in the state from two years ago, when Whitmer was re-elected by 10 percentage points. 54%-44%.

    “I know some of my colleagues have laid out some pretty aggressive strategies,” Whitmer said of working with Trump. “As I think about what a Trump administration will mean for our work… I’m trying to focus on where we can find some shared priorities.

    “Obviously, there will be areas where we disagree. I don’t agree with anyone on everything. And that won’t be a surprise.”

    Additionally, on Tuesday, the governor laid out her most detailed arguments yet in favor of a semiconductor manufacturing project that could bring thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in investment to Mundy Township, as The Detroit News revealed plans for it on September 16..

    The project is expected to require significant government incentives at both the state and federal levels.

    “We know we have a great opportunity,” Whitmer said. “We have a community where good-paying jobs would be welcome. That would be true in almost any community. But this is about the offshoring of supply chains, something that is really important for our economy as a whole, not just in Michigan, but for the country.”

    San Jose-based chipmaker Western Digital Technologies Inc. has been one of the companies in talks with the state to bring a microchip production facility to a mega development site in Mundy Township, southwest of Flint, sources previously told The News.

    Sources have said the project appeared to hinge on Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration approving federal subsidies under the CHIPS Act, a 2022 law designed to attract investment in domestic semiconductor production and reduce the America’s dependence on foreign-made chips for everything from cars to homes. accessories. The law included $39 billion in manufacturing incentives.

    Whitmer told reporters she was hopeful the Mundy Township project (there has been no public announcement yet) could move forward by the end of the year.

    “I’m hopeful about a lot of things,” Whitmer said with a laugh.

    Working with Trump

    Whitmer on Tuesday laid out a different approach to coexisting with Trump, a former Republican president, than some of her fellow Democratic governors have taken in recent days.

    “We’ve worked with the Trump administration before,” Whitmer told reporters. “We’ll figure out how to work with a Trump administration in these last two years of my term.”

    Whitmer gained national political attention in 2020 as she clashed with Trump, who was then president, over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Trump acknowledged having told his then Vice President Mike Pence not “call the woman from Michigan.”

    “I say, if they don’t treat you right, don’t call,” Trump said at the time.

    Whitmer did not explain what specific policy issues she believes she can work on with the incoming Trump administration and did not directly respond to a question about whether she would cooperate with his plans. a mass deportation of people who are in the country illegally.

    In California, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has called a special session there for lawmakers to protect progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency.

    “The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack, and we will not stand by,” Newsom said in a statement last week.

    about the elections

    When asked what Democrats should take away from the Nov. 5 election, Whitmer, who He served as co-chairman of Harris’ presidential campaign.ordered reporters to call the “experts” on what the lessons should be.

    “My big takeaway is that this is still Michigan,” Whitmer said. “We are still a nation that is very divided and I have to do everything I can to… define an agenda in which every person sees that they are valued and have an opportunity here.”

    Plus Trump winning the presidency. Republicans also won a majority of seats in the state House, meaning Democrats will lose their full control of state government in January.

    Further: Genesee Co. semiconductor project looms over outgoing session of Michigan Legislature

    However, Democrats still have until the end of the year to pass bills through their House and Senate majorities. Democratic leaders have been relatively quiet about what their agenda is for the outgoing period between Election Day and December 31.

    “I would anticipate that we will get a number of things done during the outgoing term,” Whitmer said Tuesday, without identifying specific measures that could come up for a vote.

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