Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan became enamored with the COVID-19 pandemic early on, or, more accurately, with the opportunity the outbreak afforded her to exercise more authority over the citizens of her state.
As the pandemic persisted throughout spring and summer, Whitmer — like many other Democratic governors — continually expanded lockdowns and other restrictions to the point where a sizeable portion of her citizens regularly expressed their displeasure through protests and other actions.
Republicans who dominate the state legislature also flexed some muscle of their own; they took Whitmer to court over her endless lockdowns and won because she was blatantly violating the state’s constitution and Michigan law.
No matter; when she lost in court, Whitmer just had her state health agency issue the same mandates, all under the premise of ‘following COVID science.’
Meanwhile, Whitmer, like other Democratic governors, went on to ignore her own mandates and restrictions. In recent weeks, Whitmer was busted partying it up in a Lansing restaurant without social distancing and without masks, in violation of her own state’s health guidelines, because the rules never really did apply to her anyway, don’t you see.
Now she’s in hot water over her use of a private jet ostensibly to visit her sick father in Florida, after telling Michiganders they should avoid traveling because muh COVID.