Print this article Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spoke about promoting civility in state politics during an address to Detroit business leaders. Whitmer, who has faced criticism from Republicans for her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 presidential election, urged the Detroit Regional Chamber on Friday to play a role in softening the political discourse in the Wolverine State. “I think that it's really important in this moment that the chamber and the members of the chamber lean in and hold people who espouse rhetoric that is dangerous accountable and play a real role here,” she said, according to the