At a news conference after being elected Michigan governor, Jocelyn Benson said voters picked leaders who will work for the people, "not the powerful, wealthy, and well-connected." She said Michiganders gave a clear mandate to lower costs, grow the economy and improve public schools, and pledged to work with legislators on both sides of the aisle from day one.
The receipt
- Who
- Jocelyn Benson
- Where
- news conference - day after election night, Detroit
- Original footage
- WOOD TV8 · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 35 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 9 on Instagram
Read the transcript
And indeed, Michiganders elected leaders who will work for the people, not the powerful, wealthy, and well -connected, who will work for the citizens, and not Donald Trump. Michiganders have given us a clear mandate to work for them, to lower costs, to grow our economy, to improve our public schools, and get things done. And we will meet that mandate working hand in hand with our legislative leaders and everyone in the legislature on both sides of the aisle frankly from day one because we want to implement a vision from Michigan that includes everyone or the people who work hard can afford to build a life
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.