Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer focused on how essential workers amid the coronavirus pandemic can inspire unity across the country in her speech during the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

“Over the past few months, we learned what’s essential: rising to the challenge, not denying it. We’ve learned who is essential, too. Not just the wealthiest among us. Not a president who fights his fellow Americans rather than fight the virus that’s killing us and our economy. It’s the people who put their own health at risk to care for the rest of us,” said Whitmer, who is also a national co-chair of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign.