Democrat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Florida one month ago for personal reasons, MIRS News reported Monday.
While Communications Director Tiffany Brown wouldn’t say where the Democratic governor traveled, a source tells MIRS that Whitmer’s father, Richard Whitmer, has a home in Florida.
“Her dad was fully vaccinated, and the governor is tested regularly and has never tested positive for COVID,” Brown told MIRS, noting the governor traveled at her own expense and that utilized no state resources. …
Brown said Gov. Whitmer wasn’t on spring break but was assisting “her elderly father who is battling a chronic illness.”
Richard Whitmer, a former chief executive of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan insurance, collected $1.547 million in compensation in 2002, according to a 2003 MIRS story.
The revelation comes on the heels of the governor defending two of her top advisers visiting Florida and Alabama for spring break. Just days earlier, Whitmer called on Michiganders to forego traveling to Florida due to coronavirus variants.
Whitmer’s spokeswoman said the governor went on a “personal trip.”
That is similar to language Whitmer herself used when she addressed details about Chief Operating Officer Tricia Foster and Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Director Elizabeth Hertel jetting off to sunnier climates.
“What directors do on their personal time is their business, so long as they are safe,” Whitmer claimed.
On April 2, just days before Foster purportedly left the state, Whitmer urged Michiganders to avoid spring break trips to Florida, WVPE reported: