Gov. Whitmer joins CNN anchor Chris Wallace for talk at University of Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – Michigan Governor, Gretchen Whitmer, spoke on the College of Michigan Wednesday night time, alongside CNN anchor Chris Wallace. Their dialog was part of the college’s sequence “Democracy in Disaster: Views from the Press.”

The 2 mentioned the Legislature, the present divide in politics, and a subject on the minds of many faculty college students: gun violence.

Whitmer informed the group of scholars that out of all her powerful instances in workplace, the times within the wake of the Oxford and Michigan State College faculty shootings have been the toughest. 

“It’s maddening that on this nation, and on this nation solely within the U.S., the primary killer of younger folks is weapons,” she mentioned. 

Whitmer mentioned with the brand new Democratic majority, she hopes to see extra gun security measures grow to be legislation.

“There’s a number of work that’s taking place. I signed a billion-dollar tax aid bundle earlier this week, to provide working folks and retirees some tax aid. I imply, we’re not even 60 days in and these are guys are cranking out the coverage that we ran on.”

The governor pointed to the current passing of a invoice to incorporate the LGBTQ neighborhood in civil rights legal guidelines, and the vote to repeal the state’s abortion ban as dwelling on the values she ran on. 

“Younger folks, and expertise throughout the globe, wish to be in locations the place they will reside their true selves and be affluent and profitable, and revered and guarded underneath the legislation,” Whitmer mentioned.