Gretchen Whitmer for President in ‘28

By Shlomo Maital

    As an Israeli, I have no business writing this blog about who should be US President in 2028 (although, my wife is an American/Israeli citizen).  So, take this with a grain of salt. 

     Gretchen Whitmer for President in 2028!   She is the twice-elected Governor of Michigan – the second time, by an 11% margin !  in a battleground purple state.  She was the intended victim of an assassination plot (no, not a kidnapping!) by far-right criminals, sent to jail. (They planned to ‘try’ and kill her, not kidnap her). 

      She saved lives in her state by imposing lockdowns, during COVID, when right-wing radicals vilified her for it.  She implemented a progressive agenda that was astonishing, in a state that initially had both legisltures run by Republicans (she turned both blue!).  She has worked bi-partisan with some really tough Michigan Trumpists.

      Whitmer is ‘term limited’, and ends her governorship in 2026 – just in time to make a primary run for President. 

       Go for it, Gretchen!  It’s time the US had a female President.  Had it not been for fatal missteps,  it could have been Hillary.