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Despite having called a twenty-cent gas tax increase “ridiculous” at the 2018 gubernatorial debate,<ref>[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/06/whitmer-flak-calling-gas-tax-hike-ridiculous/3081060002/ Whitmer takes flak for calling 20-cent gas tax hike ‘ridiculous’]</ref> Whitmer called for a forty-five-cent gas tax increase five months later as governor, claiming that it would fix roads in [[Michigan]].<ref>[https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/03/07/governor-whitmer-gas-tax-increase/3080369002/ 7 questions about Gretchen Whitmer's Michigan gas tax increase]</ref>

Despite having called a twenty-cent gas tax increase “ridiculous” at the 2018 gubernatorial debate,<ref>[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/06/whitmer-flak-calling-gas-tax-hike-ridiculous/3081060002/ Whitmer takes flak for calling 20-cent gas tax hike ‘ridiculous’]</ref> Whitmer called for a forty-five-cent gas tax increase five months later as governor, claiming that it would fix roads in [[Michigan]].<ref>[https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/03/07/governor-whitmer-gas-tax-increase/3080369002/ 7 questions about Gretchen Whitmer's Michigan gas tax increase]</ref>

On September 27, 2018, Governor Whitmer tweeted, "I believe Dr. Ford"<ref>https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/09/28/i-believe-dr-ford-whitmer-and-others-respond-to-the-kavanaugh-hearings</ref> when [[Christine Blasey Ford]] made an unproven and unreliable sexual assault allegation against [[Brett Kavanaugh]]. However, in 2020, she said that she "believed Joe Biden," and that “just because you’re a survivor doesn’t mean that every claim is equal," when Tara Reade made a far more severe and more credible sexual assault allegation against 2020 Democrat Presidential Nominee Joe Biden.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michigans-whitmer-says-she-believes-joe-biden</ref>

On September 27, 2018, Governor Whitmer tweeted, "I believe Dr. Ford," when Dr. Ford made an unproven and unreliable sexual assault allegation against Judge Kavanaugh. However, in 2020, she said that she "believed Joe Biden," and that “just because you’re a survivor doesn’t mean that every claim is equal," when Tara Reade made a far more severe and more credible sexual assault allegation against 2020 Democrat Presidential Nominee Joe Biden.<ref>https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/09/28/i-believe-dr-ford-whitmer-and-others-respond-to-the-kavanaugh-hearings</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michigans-whitmer-says-she-believes-joe-biden</ref>

==Political Views==

==Political Views==