{"id":411236,"date":"2021-04-11T16:28:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T20:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=411236"},"modified":"2021-04-11T16:28:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T20:28:25","slug":"gov-whitmer-claims-layer-of-misogyny-behind-threats-criticisms-against-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-claims-layer-of-misogyny-behind-threats-criticisms-against-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Whitmer Claims \u2018Layer Of Misogyny\u2019 Behind Threats, Criticisms Against Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fgov-whitmer-claims-layer-of-misogyny-behind-threats-criticisms-against-her%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=411236&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1386.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Sunday discerned a \u201clayer of misogyny\u201d in the threats and criticisms leveled against her and female members of her administration.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing Sunday on \u201cFace the Nation,\u201d Whitmer responded to a clip that host Margaret Brennan played of Michigan GOP Chairman Ron Weiser recently calling Whitmer, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson \u201cthree witches\u201d who needed to be burned at the stake politically.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan also quoted Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/shirkey-secret-video-dc-riots-hoax-michigan-gop-spanked-whitmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bragged<\/a> in a secret video that the Michigan GOP had \u201cspanked\u201d Whitmer on the budget, appointments, and other things. Shirkey was met with accusations of \u201csexualizing\u201d Whitmer with such comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey both apologized,\u201d Brennan noted. \u201cBut do you think there should be repercussions for misogynistic, threatening remarks like this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, when you say that they\u2019ve apologized, I don\u2019t know to whom they\u2019ve apologized because I haven\u2019t heard from them,\u201d said Whitmer, who broadcast from a well-decorated room that included a needlepoint throw pillow of Dr. Anthony Fauci.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you this, though, that sadly, in this moment, there have been a lot of death threats. We know that there was a plot to kidnap and kill me; death threats against me and my family. It\u2019s different in what I\u2019m confronting than what some of my male counterparts are. So, yes, I do think that there is a layer of misogyny here that every woman in leadership has been confronting and dealing with to some extent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have time, though, to focus on that, or to go punch-for-punch,\u201d Whitmer concluded. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna do that. I\u2019ve got a job to do, and that is helping get my state through this, helping get our economy back on track, supporting the American Jobs Plan so that helps us do both of those things, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to stay focused on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.96\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;There have been a lot of death threats, we know there was a plot to kidnap me and kill me \u2026 It is different in what I\u2019m confronting than what some my male counterparts are,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovWhitmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovWhitmer<\/a> says of &#8220;misogyny&#8221; she&#8217;s faced <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IwNDjgbOID\">pic.twitter.com\/IwNDjgbOID<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/1381267630359732226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Whitmer was the target of an alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/group-of-men-arrested-for-allegedly-plotting-to-kidnap-michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kidnapping plot<\/a> that led to the arrest of a group of individuals last October.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/threat-of-terrorism-charge-dismissed-but-3-men-will-face-trial-in-whitmer-kidnapping-plot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> on March 30:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20.482642777156\">\n<p><em>On Monday, a judge decided that a trial will go forward for three men that are suspects in the plot to kidnap Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2021\/03\/29\/whitmer-kidnap-plot-suspects\/7043657002\/\">The Detroit Free Press<\/a> reported, \u201cThe men are three of the 14 said to have plotted to target Whitmer in response to her restrictions to slow the novel coronavirus. Six of the men were charged federally, and eight were charged at the state level over two counties.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Judge Michael Klaeren found that there was not enough probable cause in the case against the three men to contain charges for communicating a threat of terrorism. The Detroit Free Press reported, \u201cHis ruling came at the conclusion of their preliminary examination in Jackson County\u2019s 12th District Court.\u201d Two of the three men were already facing charges. The third man, however, was included in a charge by request of the Michigan Attorney General\u2019s office.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigan-democratic-governor-urges-high-schools-and-youth-sports-to-voluntarily-suspend-in-person-activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan Democratic Governor Urges High Schools And Youth Sports To Voluntarily Suspend In-Person Activities<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Sunday discerned a \u201clayer of misogyny\u201d in the threats and criticisms leveled against her and female members of her administration.Appearing Sunday on \u201cFace the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312000,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1386.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Gov. Whitmer Claims \u2018Layer Of Misogyny\u2019 Behind Threats, Criticisms Against Her","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1386.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Gov. 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