# Michigan Candidate on Midterm Politics and Rejecting Division

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118053497077907604
- Source account: [@clashreport](https://x.com/clashreport)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:34
- Published: 2026-11-04
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5hjkiD4ggiWx/en/michigan-candidate-on-midterm-politics-and-rejecting-division

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5hjkiD4ggiWx/en/michigan-candidate-on-midterm-politics-and-rejecting-division) I didn't realize that the president and vice president were gonna turn me into the main character of the midterms. I didn't run for that.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5hjkiD4ggiWx/en/michigan-candidate-on-midterm-politics-and-rejecting-division?t=6) I, I ran really because I wanna serve this great state in the same way that I've been serving in, in different roles in public health.

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5hjkiD4ggiWx/en/michigan-candidate-on-midterm-politics-and-rejecting-division?t=11) And, you know, to see the, just the excitement I think has a lot less to do with me- Yeah ... and, and a lot more to do with the dynamics of the race.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5hjkiD4ggiWx/en/michigan-candidate-on-midterm-politics-and-rejecting-division?t=18) Right. They ran a very ugly campaign, and they purposely tried to divide us, and I think what Michiganders showed is just how big we really are.

[0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5hjkiD4ggiWx/en/michigan-candidate-on-midterm-politics-and-rejecting-division?t=25) Mm. We reject that kind of division. Mm-hmm.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5hjkiD4ggiWx/en/michigan-candidate-on-midterm-politics-and-rejecting-division?t=27) We believe in a politics that puts us in the driver's seat, and we wanna be able to afford our gas and groceries. It's really not that hard.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5hjkiD4ggiWx/en/michigan-candidate-on-midterm-politics-and-rejecting-division?t=32) Right.