LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following statements on Feb. 9, 2024: * * * Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II released the following on recent statements from Representative Josh Schriver (R-Oxford). * * * Governor Whitmer Statement "Michigan's story is defined by generations of families from around the world who made this beautiful place their home. Black Americans who fled segregation in the South for a fair s  more