text:  Gretchen Whitmer is a very close friend of Joe Biden. Joe Biden wanted Gretchen Whitmer to be his vice president. The party convinced him to take Kamala instead. So Joe Biden could have influence over the 3,900 delegates that he already has, and he could say, listen, I'm bowing out, but we made a mistake taking Kamala Harris as my VP. It always should have been Gretchen Whitmer. She's the person.