{"id":427209,"date":"2021-04-15T12:50:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=427209"},"modified":"2021-04-15T12:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:50:46","slug":"top-michigan-officials-traveled-to-other-states-after-whitmer-expressed-concern-about-travel-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-michigan-officials-traveled-to-other-states-after-whitmer-expressed-concern-about-travel-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Michigan Officials Traveled To Other States After Whitmer Expressed Concern About Travel: Reports"},"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\">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%2Ftop-michigan-officials-traveled-to-other-states-after-whitmer-expressed-concern-about-travel-reports%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=427209&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-2036.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Two top officials in Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s administration traveled to other states in recent days, even after Whitmer expressed concern about people traveling to other states.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan is currently \u201cin the midst of an alarming surge that is far worse than what any other state is experiencing,\u201d The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/us\/coronavirus-us-cases.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe state accounts for more than 10 percent of the country\u2019s daily cases, and is home to 16 of the 17 metro areas with the nation\u2019s worst recent case rates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/michigan-elizabeth-hertel-gretchen-whitmer-travel-coronavirus\">reported<\/a> that, according to state records, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel was in a popular resort area in Alabama last week. Just a few days before, Tricia Foster, the governor\u2019s chief operating officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2021\/04\/09\/top-whitmer-aide-florida-trip-stirs-controversy\/7168872002\/\">posted<\/a> pictures of herself visiting Florida after Whitmer expressed concern about traveling to Florida because of its lack of a mask mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer responded to Foster\u2019s travels by saying, \u201cWe\u2019ve never had any travel restrictions in Michigan, and I\u2019ve just encouraged people that if they travel to be safe, mask up, get vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all need to show one another a little bit of grace,\u201d she added. \u201cWe\u2019re all eager to get out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The administration said that it would not \u201cdiscuss the [Hertel]\u2019s personal schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sheer brazenness of Gov. Whitmer and her staff is truly something else,\u201d Michigan GOP spokesman Ted Goodman told Fox News. \u201cThe fact that our Governor and her top staff think it\u2019s appropriate to travel out of state on vacation as Michigan faces the worst COVID numbers of any state in the country just reveals the arrogance and condescending nature of this administration. Whitmer\u2019s position on the draconian lockdown orders is simple \u2014 rules for thee, but not for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer told reporters earlier this month that she was \u201cconcerned\u201d about travel between states, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s why we are really encouraging people to get vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer has come under intense scrutiny over her handling of the pandemic, including a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2021\/04\/09\/vaccine-distribution-delays\/\">report<\/a> in The Washington Post that indicated that when Whitmer recently asked the Biden administration for more vaccine doses, Michigan \u201cappeared not to have ordered 360,000 doses then available \u2014 a single-day snapshot that nonetheless puzzled federal officials who advised her to work with experts to make sure Michigan\u2019s supply was being deployed effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of offering data and science to explain her past and future policies to deal with the unprecedented COVID surge, Gov. Whitmer is blaming Michiganders and refusing to take any responsibility,\u201d Goodman told The Daily Wire. \u201cGov. Whitmer\u2019s incompetence and incoherent lockdown strategy failed Michiganders and we are paying the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido told ABC Detroit last month that Whitmer could potentially face criminal charges over her handling of the pandemic as it relates to people who died in nursing homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we find there\u2019s been willful neglect of office if we find there\u2019s been reckless endangerment of a person\u2019s life by bringing them in then we would move forward with charges against the Governor,\u201d Lucido <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-prosecutor-indicates-criminal-charges-possible-against-gretchen-whitmer-over-nursing-home-deaths\">said<\/a>. \u201cOf course, we would. Nobody\u2019s above the law in this state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two top officials in Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s administration traveled to other states in recent days, even after Whitmer expressed concern about people traveling to other states.Michigan is currently &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312231,"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-2036.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Top Michigan Officials Traveled To Other States After Whitmer Expressed Concern About Travel: Reports","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427209","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-2036.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Top Michigan Officials Traveled To Other States After Whitmer Expressed Concern About Travel: Reports","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427209","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}