ELITE HYPOCRISY #5: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Breaks Her Own COVID Lockdown Rules

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/whitmer-administration-rescinds-rule-she-ignored-at-bar

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer oversaw one of the strictest lockdowns in the United States due to the large number of COVID cases in Michigan. These lockdowns were controversial due to their wide reach and the fact that many things that could help social distancing, such as fishing and gardening, were banned.Based on a phone call made by her husband, Marc Mallory, to a local marina, the couple attempted to put their boat in the water and take it out for Memorial Day weekend. This violated her own warnings to the public to avoid going to the waterfront and other vacation areas that weekend.When the marina owner said he was unable to get the boat ready by Memorial Day weekend, Mallory stated that he was the husband of the governor and asked if that would help to resolve the situation. When confronted by the press about Mallory’s actions, Whitmer’s office initially warned against misinformation. But then the story changed.At a press conference, Whitmer said, “Knowing it wouldn’t make a difference, [Mallory] jokingly asked if being married to me might move him up. He regrets it. I wish it wouldn’t have happened. And that’s really all we have to say about it.”