Dishonesty and hypocrisy surrounding Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) secret “personal” trip to Florida are threatening the one-time rising star’s political future.
Like other Democrat governors, Whitmer opted to impose harsh restrictions in an attempt to deal with the coronavirus in 2020. After a spike in cases towards the end of the year, she reimposed many orders through her Department of Health and Human Services after her executive orders were ruled unconstitutional in October.
In early April 2021, as coronavirus variants were growing around the country, Whitmer warned Michiganders not to go to Florida for spring break.
But what she did not say at the time was that on a Friday morning, March 12, the governor who previously was on Joe Biden’s shortlist for vice president, took an unannounced trip to Florida for four days. She returned Monday evening, March 15. Whitmer was not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 at the time of the trip.
After news stories broke (including one reported exclusively by Breitbart News) that two of Whitmer’s top aides traveled to Florida and Alabama for spring break, Whitmer’s office admitted to MIRS News on April 19 that the governor had traveled to Florida for “personal” reasons, a key claim that would complicate her future attempted explanations about the trip.
She’s just the John Kerry mindset in a skirt!