Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom defend their decision to close down their states during COVID

Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom defend their decision to close down their states during COVID pic.twitter.com/IZsBWYKAXE

Whitmer: "Everyone was so pissed off that I pulled kids out of school... We were doing what we thought was the right thing to do at the time."

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