Whitmer Rejects the Idea Her COVID-19 Restrictions Were Too Strict: ‘I Wouldn’t Change a Thing’

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is facing duel losses in court regarding her COVID-19 restrictions. She was also the subject of a kidnapping plot spurred by her actions during the pandemic.

Looking back, Whitmer says she does not regret her actions during the pandemic.

During an appearance on ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday, Whitmer was asked if she believed that her restrictions were too harsh.

“No, I wouldn’t change a thing,” she said. “Studies have shown that the actions we took saved thousands of Michigan lives. I sleep at night knowing that what we did saved people in this state.”

Whitmer also blasted the Michigan Supreme Court’s ruling and accused the judges of engaging in “mental gymnastics” in its ruling against her extension of the restrictions.

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On Apr. 30, Whitmer issued an executive order to extend her emergency declaration — after the Republican controlled-legislature tried to pass legislation that would not have extended the declaration.

However, on Oct. 2, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that Whitmer did not have the authority to extend the order, which led to the end of statewide COVID-19 restrictions. And on Monday, the court rejected