By Marlene Lenthang For Dailymail.com
Published: 02:13 GMT, 17 February 2019 | Updated: 02:14 GMT, 17 February 2019
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is hitting back at the critics who picked apart her body and appearance instead of focusing on her State of the State address.
The 47-year-old Democrat took to the podium for the speech on Tuesday night in Lansing and was inundated with inappropriate comments by social media trolls focusing on her 'curvy' figure.
Then local news outlet Fox 2 Detroit published a story on people's reactions to the body-focused comments.
Whitmer lashed at the outlet for perpetuating the sexist discourse, writing 'That Fox 2 News story was way out of line'.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, 47, is hitting back at a local news outlet and social media trolls for criticizing her body during her State of the State address
She slammed the Fox2News story exploring the trolling comments on her body saying 'That story was way out of line...I'm touch, I can take it'
She said critics missed the point of her speech, which was to see the humanity in one another. She encouraged women experiencing similar bullying assuring them, 'I've got your back'
'Boys have teased me about my curves since 5th grade. My mom said "hold your head high and don’t let it bother you." That @Fox2News story was way out of line. I’m tough, I can take it,' she tweeted on Thursday evening.
'In my speech I was encouraging people to see the humanity in one another in
