Michigan Gov. Whitmer issues statement after Biden drops out of 2024 race
Ken Haddad, Manager, Coverage and Content
FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, May 4, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. Democrats are circulating several high profile names as potential presidential alternatives including Whitmer, the co-chair of the Biden-Harris campaign who is releasing a memoir titled "True Gretch," that hints at her political future this week. However, Whitmer shut down any possibility of stepping into the race this year in an interview with the Associated Press ahead of the book's launch. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (Alex Brandon, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
“President Biden is a great public servant who knows better than anyone what it takes to defeat Donald Trump. His remarkable work to lower prescription drug costs, fix the damn roads, bring supply chains home, address climate change, and ensure America’s global leadership over decades will go down in history,” Whitmer said in a statement. “My job in this election will remain the same: doing everything I can to elect Democrats and stop Donald Trump, a convicted felon whose agenda of raising families’ costs, banning abortion nationwide, and abusing the power of the White House to settle his own scores is completely wrong for Michigan.”
Whitmer has said in recent weeks that she had no plans to run to replace Biden if he were to pull out of the race.