.@GovWhitmer: "With the election behind us, now is the time for us to find common ground and come together. It's time for us, both as a nation and and a state, to come together, because we still have a lot of work to do. We have a common enemy. It's #COVID19." #Election2020
.@GovWhitmer says she recently sent a letter to legislative leaders asking them to codify MDHHS' mask mandate for public spaces.
"It will send a resounding message that every one of us has to do our part," she says. #COVID19
.@GovWhitmer: "The Legislature has said time and time again they want to have a role. If they really want to be a partner in fighting this virus, we invite them to take this step as the very first thing they do when they reconvene." #COVID19#MILeg
.@GovWhitmer asks families to start thinking about the holiday season, including Thanksgiving.
"What are you going to do to stay safe? How can you stay connected with your loved ones without all coming together and potentially exposing one another to #COVID19?"
.@DrKhaldun: If we don't change our behavior, we could be seeing up to 100 deaths a day by December.
She says cases of #COVID19, hospitalizations and outbreaks are all up. Outbreaks include small social gatherings and notes workplaces should keep employees virtual if possible.
.@GovWhitmer: "People are tired. We're all tired of wearing masks. We are all tired of dealing with COVID. And yet, ignoring the problem is making it worse. We have to acknowledge COVID is a reality." #COVID19
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.@JocelynBenson says she's here tonight to ask everyone to be patient. She says Michigan will count every vote, regardless of what any candidate says or what speculation is. #Elections2020#ElectionNight
Decision Desk HQ is projecting that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has won re-election, fending off challenger @AmyMcGrathKY. #ElectionNight#Election2020
AP says John Hickenlooper has won his U.S. Senate race in Colorado, a key seat for Democrats' hopes of retaking the U.S. Senate. #ElectionNight#Election2020
Democratic vice presidential nominee @KamalaHarris has landed in Detroit to get out the vote on #ElectionDay. We're rolling to the first stop. #Election2020
.@KamalaHarris to reporters on why she's spending part of #ElectionDay in Michigan: "I'm just here to remind people in Detroit that they are seen and heard by Joe and me, and also that they may actually decide the outcome of this race.” #Election2020
.@KamalaHarris' message to those concerned about #ElectionDay unrest: "I strongly believe that we, whoever we vote for, will defend the integrity of our democracy and a peaceful transfer of power, and that there are certain lines that, whoever you vote for, we just won't cross."
Vice President Mike Pence kicking off his final rally of #Election2020 recounting the night before the 2016 election, when he and President @realDonaldTrump were also in Grand Rapids for a rally stretching into the wee hours of #ElectionDay.
VP @Mike_Pence says the president had to "remind" @JoeBiden that he supports the Green New Deal (Biden has said he doesn't), and says that Biden stating his own stance on fracking means he's accusing the president of lying. #ElectionDay
VP @Mike_Pence, attacking @JoeBiden, says burning buildings and looting isn't protesting — something Biden himself said yet again just earlier tonight, as he has many times over the past few months. #ElectionDay