Gretchen Whitmer, meet federalism

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer believes that the lack of a unified federal approach to the coronavirus pandemic has made things worse. The states are on their own, she told Fox News on Sunday, which has created a “more porous situation” that has allowed the virus to spread.

“I’m grateful for the help that we’ve gotten,” Whitmer told Fox News on Sunday, but “not having a national strategy where there is one policy for the country as opposed to a patchwork based on who the governor is” simply is not sustainable, she added.

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