Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she would have accepted an offer to serve as Joe Biden’s running mate — but admitted to relief at not being picked.
“If Joe Biden had called and said ‘I need you to be my partner and be my running mate’ I would have said yes,” she told a FOX affiliate in Detroit. “This election was that important.”
But when asked about her reaction to Kamala Harris ultimately being tapped, Whitmer was candid.
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Whitmer had been on Biden’s shortlist for running mate over the summer.
Biden picked Calif. Sen. Kamala Harris
He had pledged that he would pick a woman as his running mate, and both Whitmer and Harris were seen as frontrunners.
“There might have been a sigh of relief over here at the governor’s residence,” Whitmer said. “I think everyone was pleased with the outcome.”
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