Governor Barbie is coming to Michigan … in a pink Corvette

“Barbie has had a bunch of careers over time, from clothier to physician to engineer, however she has by no means been governor,” mentioned Whitmer. “I’m thrilled to be asserting the primary Barbie Governor so that each little one can envision a future as a public servant and chief within the nice state of Michigan. From signing laws increasing elementary rights and freedoms, to main the way forward for mobility and electrification, this Barbie is attending to work guaranteeing everybody could make it in Michigan.”   

Whitmer has develop into a nationwide fixture in U.S. politics, along with her title being on now president Joe Biden’s record for attainable vice presidential candidates in 2020. She now co-chairs his re-election marketing campaign and hasn’t dominated out the potential for working for president herself. (Barbie has executed it at the very least six occasions).

Governor Barbie will probably be showing in a sequence of Whitmer social media posts Thursday, driving in between engagements in a pink Barbie Corvette, a automotive originating from Flint.

She will probably be attending a press convention, a bipartisan invoice signing and posting a photograph of herself exterior the Michigan State Capitol, all of which will probably be viewable on the governor’s social media.

In the meantime, Whitmer will probably be in Traverse Metropolis signing the state’s “actual world” training price range for Fiscal Yr 2024, which incorporates funding at no cost breakfast and lunch for Okay-12 college students, and key investments in literacy and funding for early literacy packages, amongst different investments.

The governor’s workplace is using cultural pleasure for the “Barbie” film, which formally is premiering to the general public Friday, to garner consideration for not solely what modifications are occurring in Michigan, however to encourage the youngsters of Michigan to “dream massive,” in keeping with a launch from the governor’s workplace.

Whether or not she’s caring for animals at her veterinary apply or exploring Mars (she’s forward of mankind on that entrance, too, and was decked out in fuchsia), Barbie sends the message she will be able to do every part she units her thoughts to, and she or he’ll put on pink whereas doing it.