Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is denying a report that she had called Joe Biden's campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon to say that Michigan was no longer winnable for the president.
Politics FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 24, 2024, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer denied a report that she had called President Joe Biden 's campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon to say that Michigan was no longer winnable for the president.
Whitmer's statement comes as many in her party question whether she could step in for Biden and run against Republican Donald Trump this fall. Whitmer and several other top national Democrats have publicly backed Biden since Thursday's debate.“I am proud to support Joe Biden as our nominee and I am behind him 100 percent in the fight to defeat Donald Trump," she said in her statement.
The statement comes after Politico Magazine reported on Monday that Whitmer called Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon on Friday. It cites “someone close to a potential 2028 Whitmer rival for the Democratic presidential nomination” who said Michigan's governor “had phoned O’Malley Dillon with more of an unambiguous SOS: to relay that Michigan, in the wake of the debate, was no longer winnable for Biden.”Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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