Silence of the Dems

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Democrats haven’t been this unsure about which way the wind was blowing since, what, 2005? At least in 2017, they had Trump to howl at. Now? Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
Peter Hamby
January 28, 2025

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It’s hard to think of a worse time for a Democrat to go on a book tour, but Gretchen Whitmer is out there braving the cold. The Michigan governor, and putative presidential wannabe, has just published a “young adult” version of her book True Gretch, a slim autobiography with “lessons for anyone who wants to make a difference.” (True Gretch, which sounds like a spoof Puck headline, really is an inexcusable title for a memoir…) Whitmer showed up Monday on CBS This Morning to hawk the book, and offered a few lessons on how to talk like a Democrat who isn’t totally sure what to say after her party got shoved into a locker by Donald Trump.