Whitmer: I'd Handle Schools Differently, But Didn't Know COVID Was Respiratory, Kids Were Low Risk, Overall, 'I'm Proud'

On Tuesday's broadcast of CNN's "The Lead," Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) stated that she would handle the coronavirus pandemic differently if she knew then what she knows now, but "We did not know it was respiratory in nature. We didn't know that it would be people on the other end of the age spectrum who would be most vulnerable. And so, I think that the education stuff, we would've been able to do a lot more to help our kids." But overall, "I'm proud of what we did, and I can tell you, the people of Michigan, I think, by and large, we got through this as well as we could and we're seeing our economy growing and there's a lot of good stuff going on, but it was a tough time."