Governor Whitmer Apologized For Violating Social Distancing Rules.
Gov. Whitmer was spotted violating social distancing rules while out to dinner with friends in Lansing. (NBC News)
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
““Yesterday, I went with friends to a local restaurant. As more people arrived, the tables were pushed together,” the governor explained in a statement, according to NBC affiliate WDIV of Detroit. “Because we were all vaccinated, we didn’t stop to think about it. In retrospect, I should have thought about it. I am human. I made a mistake, and I apologize.”
In a photo posted on social media by one of the diners, Whitmer could be seen with at least a dozen diners on Saturday at The Landshark Bar & Grill, a restaurant in East Lansing, the Detroit News reported Sunday. Whitmer’s chief operating officer Tricia Foster was also identified in the photo before it was taken down, according to the newspaper.”
Rules are important and leaders who are supposed to present a model of good behavior need to follow the rules. In this instance, I am sure the public will be forgiving of the Governor as more and more restrictions are lifted and social distancing becomes more of a memory. After the CDC fumbled some its most recent guidelines, it should be no wonder that even the strictest social distancer could be confused.
