Paper that published Michigan gov's Covid-19 leadership op-ed last year now reports Whitmer is 'in a bind'

Doug P. | 1:47 PM on April 10, 2021

While states like Florida and Texas are open and don’t have mask mandates, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for months shut down in-person dining and other businesses and activities in the state. There is currently in-person dining allowed at 50 percent capacity and there has been a mask mandate since the start of the pandemic in the U.S. But the recently rising numbers in Michigan have the New York Times reporting that the Michigan governor is now “in a bind”:

Michigan’s governor is in a bind. Covid cases are way up. The president isn’t sending extra vaccines. And imposing more restrictions feels politically untenable. https://t.co/7eaWmQK2qL With @juliebosman.

— Mitch Smith (@MitchKSmith) April 10, 2021

Whitmer is now asking for voluntary shutdowns and restrictions in Michigan (the involuntary ones obviously worked wonders).

About a year ago, Whitmer had an op-ed in the Times in which she had some praise for herself, though she was never awarded an Emmy like Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

Doing great! pic.twitter.com/tofloPp2WW

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 10, 2021

Hopefully by the time everything’s said and done some lessons will be learned, but maybe that’s not very likely.

? Prayers up for Whitmer in this difficult time?

I hope her terrible policies aren’t too much of an inconvenience for her. https://t.co/S5fUqU06Np

— The Partyman (@PartymanRandy) April 10, 2021

The Times reported further shutdowns could be “politically untenable” for Whitmer with the election next year.

Have they tried masks? https://t.co/bew3FUNa0x

— Independent Fact Checker SiggmaK (@Siggmak) April 10, 2021

How long before @60Minutes deceptively edits footage to make @GovWhitmer look competent? https://t.co/SPGhHZHoxa

— Extremely Careless (@Shanghaibeast) April 10, 2021