WASHINGTON — When the president arrives in Michigan on Thursday to tour a Ford manufacturing plant outside Detroit, it is all but certain that the state’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, won’t be on the tarmac to greet him. In fact, Whitmer told Yahoo News in a phone conversation on Tuesday that “at this juncture” nobody at the White House had yet contacted her, some 48 hours ahead of Trump’s arrival in her state.
While she was not one of the first governors to order a statewide lockdown, Whitmer’s measures were among the strictest, leading to critical coverage on Fox News and other pro-Trump outlets. Gateway Pundit, a far-right site known to traffic in disinformation, made the false claim that Whitmer was keeping Michiganders from purchasing American flags.
This appears to have had little effect on Whitmer’s determination to see the lockdown measures continue. “I’m not fearful,” the governor says, praising the protection she is offered by the Michigan State Police. But the danger is real: Last week, a man in Detroit was arrested for threatening to kill her.
Whitmer says that in calls with other governors and the White House coronavirus task force, she has asked that “everyone with a platform take it upon themselves to do their part to bring down the heat.” That the reference is to Trump she does not need to say. Whitmer says it is “highly unlikely” that the University of Michigan’s famed “Big House” football stadium will see its 107,000 seats filled with fans in the fall. “It kills me to have to say that, because I love a Big Ten football game as much as anybody,” the governor says. She will have two of her own children enrolled at the flagship campus in Ann Arbor this fall, though it is not entirely clear yet whether the school will be open to in-class instruction.
I'm confident she can skip the welcome without him being offended.
build a wall
Hahahaha
Sit down woman.
Lol I’m not a Trump fan but this is amazing. Liberal pettiness is just a fucking joke now
How petty.
It just burns the liberals that Trump is POTUS. Liberals will really lose their minds when we re-elect Trump. MAGA2020
I yes, I feel you too.
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