Whitmer says protesters' 'irresponsible actions' can lead to extension of stay-at-home orders
Source: The Hill
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Thursday night said the protests that took place in her state Wednesday demanding an end to her stay-at-home order could result in an extension of social distancing measures like it. Whitmer, during an interview with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, said that the protests are the kind of irresponsible action that puts us in this situation where we might have to actually think about extending stay-at-home orders, which is supposedly what they are protesting."
Protesters, led by the Michigan Conservative Coalition, stormed the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday demanding an end to the stay-at-home order, which they claimed was infringing on their personal liberties.
Whitmer said that kind of behavior could result in a resurgence of the disease, which has hit her state particularly hard. As of Thursday evening, Michigan has reported 29,263 cases and 2,093 deaths. The thing that Im concerned most about, and that I think my fellow governors are as well, is a resurgence, Whitmer said.
When you see a political rally thats what it was yesterday a political rally where people arent wearing masks and theyre in close quarters and they're touching one another, you know that thats precisely what makes this kind of disease drag out and expose more people.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/493279-whitmer-says-protestors-irresponsible-actions-can-lead-to-extension-of
bucolic_frolic
(43,281 posts)Trump fears a Biden-Whitmer ticket because Trump must have Michigan. Democrats take a very big piece of the electoral puzzle if they grab Michigan.
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)Never.
ffr
(22,671 posts)Like mama always said.
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)... and curfew them. Or quarantine. Or both.
bluestarone
(17,030 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)I liked what she said and her overall demeanor. Liked, but not greatly impressed.
I know it was only one quick interview, but I was trying to imagine her as a VP candidate... or someday, a President.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)you have to explain things to them at their level of comprehension. "Now children, the more you do that the worse you are making it. Now I am going to have to double the time because of your irresponsible behavior. Now go home and write a 500 word essay about what you have learned".
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)It was humorous, but in reality it was a mistake on the Governor's part - that will not fly.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)It'll go in one ear and out the other. They only hear their Dear Leader.
kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)Some of these yahoos could be sued in the future for violating state laws if the virus spread and count starts getting bigger .
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)The people who herded them there need to be arrested.
You can't back down to zombies either.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,364 posts)The DeVos family is entrenched in government, from Secretary of Education, to the administration's hired mercenaries (Blackwater and all its various names).
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Take these MAGAmorons to the woodshed.