Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer Fires Back After Trump Slams 'Young Woman Governor'

[mfcorey1]

President Donald Trump on Thursday once again said the nation’s governors should be “doing more” to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and not rely so heavily on the federal government for help.

He claimed most governors “have been fantastic,” but then took a few potshots at Washington’s Jay Inslee (D) and Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer (D), whose name he either forgot or simply didn’t want to mention.

“We’ve had a big problem with the young, a woman governor, you know who I’m talking about from Michigan,” he told Sean Hannity of Fox News in a telephone interview. “We don’t like to see the complaints.”


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gretchen-whitmer-donald-trump_n_5e7d7887c5b6256a7a27e138

[DarthDem]

1. K&R

For viz.

[mr_lebowski]

2. Hey shithead, you know how you avoid complaints?

BY NOT COMPLETELY SUCKING.

You should try it sometime.

[smirkymonkey]

3. He is such an asshole.

Has there ever been a president or a world leader who has behaved this way? He is such a petty, vindictive little prick.

[steve2470]

4. He is such a fucking thin-skinned baby

Aw, Governor Whitmer hurt your feelings, and now you're going to punish her ?

How old are you, Trump, 5 years old ?

[Layzeebeaver]

5. although I'm an expat in the U.K...

...she’s MY governor, since I’m originally from Pontiac.

I fully support her. Considering the level of crap she has to deal with from her predecessor’s, the republican in the state legislature and the incumbent human stain in the White House, I think she’s doing an admirable job.

Keep fighting Gov. Gretchen!

[sinkingfeeling]

6. This shows what a whiny, incompetent fool henis:

“We don’t like to see the complaints.” 

Not that we're working on resolving distribution issues.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Trump is aware she is VP material

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Twumpy's feewings were hurt again

What a big baby.

[IronLionZion]

9. Sounds like he wants to lose Michigan in November

Might as well lose PA and Wisconsin while he's at it. Deliberate obstruction in a way that kills people in those states is not something voters would forget.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

10. The operative part of that post was "We don't like to see the complaints."

By "we", Trump means "I". Trump is an extreme narcissist. He has a psychological need for adulation; if he doesn't get it, he feels hurt. He was seeing those news outlets and listening to the governors, needing to hear someone say that he's doing a good job. He's not hearing that, and is upset. His fragile ego can't differentiate between someone who criticizes him and someone who hates him, since to him they're the same thing.

[imblue]

11. The don is always threatened by those smarter than he is.

[Sanity Claws]

12. She is a governor

He doesn't identify Cuomo as that middle-aged man governor. Why does he use gender to identify the Michigan governor? It is because he does not think of women, particularly young women, capable of that role.

[Tanuki]

14. I had the same reaction. Would he try to "other-ize" some other politician

as "the Jewish governor," "the Black governor," etc.?

[Skittles]

16. what do we expect from a pussy-grabber

he is a sick, SICK man

[Martin Eden]

13. "federal aid will flow only to states that 'treat us well'"

Kiss his ass or your people die?

Malignant narcissism at its most virulent.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Federal aid will only flow to swing states critical for reelection

Face it. Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Ohio will get the ventilators, and amid much fanfare and trumpeting