{"id":1875623,"date":"2023-03-13T13:26:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T17:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-whitewashes-her-authoritarian-lockdowns-with-whopper-about-seed-sale-ban\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T13:30:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T17:30:18","slug":"michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-whitewashes-her-authoritarian-lockdowns-with-whopper-about-seed-sale-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-whitewashes-her-authoritarian-lockdowns-with-whopper-about-seed-sale-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Whitewashes Her Authoritarian Lockdowns With Whopper About Seed Sale Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-whitewashes-her-authoritarian-lockdowns-with-whopper-about-seed-sale-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1875623&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<p>Michigan\u2019s Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tried to do harm management on her Covid-19 observe report by pretending she didn\u2019t ban the sale of seeds and gardening instruments throughout the starting of her authoritarian lockdowns in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were moments where we, you know, had to make some decisions that, in retrospect, don\u2019t make a lot of sense, right?\u201d Whitmer instructed CNN\u2019s Chris Wallace this week. \u201cIf you went into the hardware store, if you go to the hardware store, we didn\u2019t want people, you know, all congregating around the gardening supplies. People said, \u2018Oh, she\u2019s outlawed seeds.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MICHIGAN GOV. WHITMER ON COVID LOCKDOWNS: &#8220;We had to make some decisions that in retrospect don&#8217;t make a lot of sense, right? [\u2026] We didn&#8217;t want people, you know, all congregating around the gardening supplies. [\u2026] It was February in Michigan, no one was planting anyway\u2026&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WyOOAXsegZ\">pic.twitter.com\/WyOOAXsegZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1635103145893462016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Whitmer tried to sofa her false characterization of the order by begrudgingly admitting it \u201cmaybe was a little more than we needed to do.\u201d Her confession, nonetheless, was removed from apologetic and did not seize the harm she did to her state.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer then pretended her <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/04\/14\/in-name-of-coronavirus-michigan-governor-bans-seed-sales-but-allows-lottery-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">order banning the sale of seeds<\/a> in large shops was justified as a result of \u201cit was February in Michigan, no one was planting anyway,\u201d however Whitmer didn\u2019t even announce the restrictions on items within the gardening part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/whitmer\/news\/state-orders-and-directives\/2020\/04\/09\/executive-order-2020-42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">till April 9, 2020<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Initially of what the Previous Farmer\u2019s Almanac known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/spring-2020-earliest-spring-in-over-100-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cthe earliest spring in over 100 years,\u201d<\/a> Whitmer known as for all \u201cgarden centers and plant nurseries\u201d in shops with 50,000 sq. toes or extra to be closed off \u201cby cordoning them off, placing signs in aisles, posting prominent signs, removing goods from shelves, or other appropriate means.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re not buying food or medicine or other essential items, you should not be going to the store,\u201d Whitmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/blog\/transcripts\/gov-gretchen-whitmer-coronavirus-briefing-transcript-april-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mentioned<\/a> at a press convention on the day she signed the order.  <\/p>\n<p>Landscaping, lawncare, tree service, irrigation, and different out of doors upkeep firms had been additionally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/resources\/orders-and-directives\/eo-and-ed-questions\/executive-order-2020-42-faqs-no-longer-effective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instructed to cease working<\/a> and promoting any items which are \u201cnot groceries, medical supplies, or items that are necessary to maintain the safety, sanitation, and basic operation of residences\u201d inside 5 days of the enactment of the order. <\/p>\n<p>Days after Whitmer\u2019s order hit the books, backyard facilities and plant aisles all throughout the state had been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotBertram\/status\/1635112962901053441?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">roped off <\/a>to stop the general public from buying food-growing provides, together with seeds.  <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>By April 15, 2020, the pretend fact-checkers at Politifact dedicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2020\/apr\/15\/facebook-posts\/covid-order-doesnt-ban-gardening-or-sale-seeds-and\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">operating interference<\/a> on behalf of Whitmer, whom they eagerly mentioned might be \u201ca\u00a0potential\u00a0running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden,\u201d by score claims that the Democrat banned the sale of seeds as utterly \u201cfalse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Politifact\u2019s supply? A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/0,9753,7-406-98178_98455-525278--,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doc<\/a> from the governor\u2019s workplace that reassured the general public \u201cthe order does not prohibit homeowners from tending to their own yards as they see fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That clarification meant nothing to the Michiganders getting ready to plant their gardens or those that wanted new provides to maintain up with the altering seasons. They had been nonetheless prohibited from going to large shops and buying the out of doors instruments vital for rising meals and tending a house. <\/p>\n<p>To place it merely, Whitmer didn\u2019t simply drive lethal lockdowns that wrecked her constituents\u2019 psychological well being. She additionally saved the folks in her state from shopping for items for an exercise that&#8217;s linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/bf.kendal.org\/2020\/06\/22\/the-many-benefits-of-gardening\/#:~:text=Physical%20Benefits&#038;text=The%20pulling%2C%20digging%2C%20reaching%2C,%2C%20some%20cancers%2C%20and%20more.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bodily<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/27\/how-gardening-helped-me-quit-my-antidepressant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">psychological well being advantages<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Now Whitmer needs the general public to purchase her confession that her workforce went excessive on lockdowns. Not solely is it three years too late, but it surely\u2019s additionally clearly a cop-out. <\/p>\n<p>Whiter isn&#8217;t sorry for locking up her state, wreaking havoc on the financial system, and subjecting her constituents to the worst government-induced psychological well being disaster in historical past. If she had been, she wouldn\u2019t lie about stopping her state from promoting and shopping for seeds at shops primarily based on arbitrary sq. footage. <\/p>\n<p>She additionally wouldn\u2019t be boasting that she \u201clistened to the best experts in the world\u201d as justification for her errors. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer disputes the accuracy of information which exhibits Michigan&#8217;s loss of life price throughout her restrictions on public gatherings was far greater than Florida, which did not have restrictions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0hUGiEk1mH\">pic.twitter.com\/0hUGiEk1mH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Analysis (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1635095055084969986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p>   Jordan Boyd is a employees author at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has additionally been featured in The Every day Wire, Fox Information, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor College the place she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Comply with her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/13\/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-whitewashes-her-authoritarian-lockdowns-with-whopper-about-seed-sale-ban\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-whitewashes-her-authoritarian-lockdowns-with-whopper-about-seed-sale-ban\">Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Whitewashes Her Authoritarian Lockdowns With Whopper About Seed Sale Ban<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan\u2019s Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tried to do damage control on her Covid-19 track record by pretending she didn\u2019t ban the sale of seeds and gardening tools during the beginning of her authoritarian lockdowns in 2020. \u201cThere were moments where we, you know, had to make some decisions that, in retrospect, don\u2019t make a lot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":1898099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[7965,7008,8338,12182,4619,4601,4340,21482,21481,12025,21483],"class_list":["post-1875623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-authoritarian","tag-ban","tag-gov","tag-gretchen","tag-lockdowns","tag-michigan","tag-sale","tag-seed","tag-whitewashes","tag-whitmer","tag-whopper"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}