By Zachary Gorchow
President of Michigan Operations
Posted: January 26, 2022 4:49 PM

Governor Gretchen Whitmer provides an annual small gift to supporters at the time of her State of the State speech.

One year it was a throw blanket with the state of Michigan's geographic borders, for example.

This year, the governor is offering a toast of sorts. Ms. Whitmer provided recipients with a margarita kit – a pint of tequila, a jar of margarita mix from Petoskey-based American Spoon and a lime.

The tequila is Casamigos. Outside of hosting a tequila party in college using El Toro, I don't know a lot about tequila, so I had to look it up. It's a company based in White Plains, New York, that works with a distiller in Mexico. George Clooney apparently likes it, or at least that's what the company's website says.

"Here's to you!" Ms. Whitmer says in a card accompanying the gift. "Thank you for all you've done having mine and all Michiganders' backs. Enjoy my favorite drink!"

The card has a disclaimer that Ms. Whitmer's 501(c)4 fund, Michigan Transition 2019, paid for the gift.