Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer referred to women as “people with a period” in a brief address to TikTok on Monday. Whitmer, who is up for re-election on Tuesday and facing Republican challenger Tudor Dixon, made the statement while discussing menstrual products. Democrats in Washington and across the country have come under fire for refusing to refer to women as such, often creating complicated definitions to include transgender people.

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