Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made a direct appeal to young men who shifted sharply to the right in the most recent election in a speech Wednesday in which she continued to call for each major party to work across the aisle.

The last thing any of us wants is a generation of young men falling behind their fathers and grandfathers,” Whitmer said.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for unity in her State of the State address to a Republican-controlled House and Democrat-controlled Senate on Wednesday night. In her speech, she pointed to “economic uncertainty” and “political division” as the biggest challenges facing the state,

Michigan's Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her seventh State of the State address in Lansing Wednesday night.

During her 7th State of the State address to the Michigan legislature, Governor Gretchen Whitmer pledged to find common ground but also said she would not back down from a fight.