CBS Mornings interviewed Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) during the first hour of Monday’s episode. Unsurprisingly, it was a shallow conversation intended to promote the governor and her book True Gretch, as well as give her a chance to prattle on about the apparently numerous positive expectations surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.
Co-host Vladimir Duthiers began by fan-girling about Whitmer’s accomplishments and her book, weirdly declaring his excitement about the governor’s “leather and lipstick” outfit on the cover picture and exclaiming, “I love that. It’s your armor.”
Duthiers followed up with a question about Whitmer’s potential as a vice presidential pick for the Democratic ballot. Just like Maryland Governor Wes Moore, she responded with the appropriate reassurance that she was “not a part of the vetting” and would “stay as governor until the end of my term at the end of 2026.” She dutifully added that, “the vice president has got a great group of people from whom she's gonna pick her running mate."