(Source: MIRS.news, Published 12/19/2024) At 12:36 p.m. Wednesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released a 30-second video clip on social media in which she said her administration will stay focused in 2025 on “kitchen table issues” and fighting for working families.

In what would appear to be the Governor giving up on the Democratic trifecta's ability to pass her priorities in its last days of existence, Whitmer is looking ahead to the next session when Rep. Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) is presumed to ascend as speaker.

“Since I took office, I've been focused on getting things done that make a real difference for working families. When we deliver on the kitchen table issues, we make people's lives easier and better,” Whitmer said on X. “That's why we're fixing the damn roads, putting hundreds of dollars back in people's pockets at tax time with the Working Families Tax Credit, feeding students free breakfast and lunch at school, lowering the cost of pre-K and community college, and protecting our clean air and water.”

“In 2025, we'll stay focused on these fundamental issues and fight for working families.”

In another signal that the Governor may be moving on from the Democratic trifecta's lame duck disintegrating, Whitmer's political action committee, the Fight Like Hell PAC sent out a fundraising text alert around noon Wednesday drawing attention to the Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) story from Dec. 2 on how he said gay marriage should be illegal. She wrote that “we're going to need to fight like hell to make sure we don't lose our progress.”

“Will you pitch in any amount to Fight Like Hell PAC to power our grassroots movement to elect candidates who will ensure equality and justice for everyone?” Whitmer wrote. “Let's work together to protect the rights we've fought so hard to win.”

MIRS learned that the Governor told the legislative leaders Tuesday that, unless the Legislature produces some of her priorities in lame duck – economic development reforms and a long-term road funding package, for starters – they shouldn't expect that she's going to sign the Legislature's bills.