I'm proud to be a Michigander, but I look around at the Michigan that my kids are growing up in and it doesn't look like the Michigan that I think of when I talk about my pride.

Lots of women candidates get compared to one another because there's so few women in office and positions in corporate America.

There have been too few women in leadership because they haven't had the opportunities.

At a time when too many people want to separate us by building walls, we here in Michigan are going to get back to building bridges together.

There was a time when the United States government earned the trust of its people. There was a time when most people believed that the United States government was protecting them.

If the government ever imposes a tax on books - and I wouldn't put it past them - I'm in dead trouble.

Democracy is a good client.

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