Commentary: Gov. Whitmer Busted for Traveling After Blaming COVID Cases on People Traveling To Florida

COVID doesn’t care whether you’re going on spring break or visiting your ill father.

If variants spread by being out-of-state is a concern, which Democratic Michigan Gov. 👤Gretchen Whitmer says it is, then she should realize viruses don’t care about why you’re in another state. This is particularly true if you’ve told people to steer clear of one particular state and — well, what do you know! — you end up there.

But like every politician under COVID who declares certain fruits forbidden, Whitmer doesn’t plan on refraining from eating that fruit herself. According to the Detroit Free Press, Whitmer’s office confirmed she traveled to another state over a month ago to visit her ill father. She didn’t say which state it was, although a state political newsletter noted that he has a home in Florida.

The reason Whitmer’s spokeswoman, Tiffany Brown, said she wouldn’t give details involving the date or the state she’d traveled to was due to “ongoing security concerns.”

“The governor did not go on spring break, and she has not left the state in over a month,” Brown’s statement read, according to WJBK-TV.

“In the past six months she has left the state three times, once for the inauguration, once to assist her elderly father who is battling a chronic illness, and once to visit with Michigan’s National Guard troops.

“All trips were very brief, two full days or less, closely followed public health guidelines, and were made when Michigan’s daily positivity rate was in the low single digits. Due to ongoing security concerns, we will not comment further on the governor’s personal schedule.”