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Whitmer pushes back on Michelle Obama: America is ready to elect a woman president
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) pushed back on former first lady Michelle Obama’s remarks that the U.S. was not ready to elect a woman president. Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” about Obama’s past comments, Whitmer responded, saying, “Listen, I have got a lot of colleagues who I think are pr
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Both outlets frame the story around Gretchen Whitmer pushing back on Michelle Obama’s earlier view that voters are not ready to elect a woman president. NBC News centers its exclusive Meet the Press interview and, in one version, adds that Whitmer says the country could elect a woman in 2028 and does not rule out running herself. The Hill focuses more squarely on the rebuttal itself, and is the only outlet here to foreground Obama in the headline.
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