{"id":2211900,"date":"2024-04-02T23:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T03:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-accuses-trump-of-trying-to-score-political-points-from-someone-elses-pain\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T23:32:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T03:32:32","slug":"whitmer-accuses-trump-of-trying-to-score-political-points-from-someone-elses-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-accuses-trump-of-trying-to-score-political-points-from-someone-elses-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitmer accuses Trump of exploiting &#8216;someone else&#8217;s pain&#8217; for political gain"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhitmer-accuses-trump-of-trying-to-score-political-points-from-someone-elses-pain%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211900&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Gov. Gretchen Whitmer accused former President Donald Trump\u2063 of exploiting a tragedy\u200d for political gain. During a visit \u2062to Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump criticized the\u2062 Biden administration and Whitmer, focusing on \u2062immigration policies. Whitmer condemned Trump&#8217;s actions\u2062 and accused him of \u200dprioritizing politics over empathy. \u2064Your summary effectively captures\u200d the\u200d key\u2064 points\u2062 of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer accusing former\u2062 President Donald\u2063 Trump of using\u200d a tragedy for political purposes \u2064during his visit to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Trump&#8217;s \u200ccritique of the Biden administration and Whitmer, specifically on immigration policies, was met with condemnation from Whitmer, who \u2063criticized Trump for placing politics above empathy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gretchen-whitmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Gretchen Whitmer\">Gretchen Whitmer<\/a> (D-MI) accused former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> of trying to \u201cscore political points\u201d off of a tragedy over comments he made about the murder of Ruby Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>In a visit to Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump bashed the Biden administration and Whitmer over several policies, mainly their stances on immigration. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2950334\/trump-biden-whitmer-michigan-over-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"comments\">comments<\/a> focused on the murder of Garcia, comments Whitmer took issue with in an appearance on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe former president was in Grand Rapids today, and he was capitalizing on a horrible tragedy that happened here,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is a family that is grieving the loss of Ruby Garcia. And she was a real person with a real story and it is a horrible story that that happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whitmer: Trump torpedoed a deal that would have had the strongest border security in decades in this country. He told Republicans to walk away and they did. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F49o3oYaKt\">pic.twitter.com\/F49o3oYaKt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1775332057264128289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She went on to criticize Trump\u2019s record as president, even accusing him of being weak on border security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot abide when someone comes in and just tries to score political points off of someone else\u2019s pain and perpetuates a problem instead of actually trying to solve it,\u201d Whitmer added.<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan governor was referring to comments Trump made on Tuesday when he blamed the death of Garcia on Biden\u2019s immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the Trump administration, this monster had been deported, thrown out of the country, wasn\u2019t going to be able to come back,\u201d Trump said. \u201cCrooked Joe Biden took him back and let him back in and let him stay in, and he viciously killed Ruby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The alleged murderer was an illegal Mexican immigrant who had been deported previously.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) called out former President Donald Trump for exploiting a tragedy for political gain. During his visit to Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump criticized the Biden administration and Whitmer, particularly on their immigration policies. 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