{"id":433991,"date":"2021-04-20T09:50:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=433991"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:50:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:50:56","slug":"gretchen-whitmers-office-refuses-to-confirm-where-she-visited-her-sick-father-draws-accusations-of-rampant-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gretchen-whitmers-office-refuses-to-confirm-where-she-visited-her-sick-father-draws-accusations-of-rampant-hypocrisy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s Office Refuses To Confirm Where She Visited Her Sick Father, Draws Accusations Of \u2018Rampant Hypocrisy\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fgretchen-whitmers-office-refuses-to-confirm-where-she-visited-her-sick-father-draws-accusations-of-rampant-hypocrisy%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=433991&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><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s office will not confirm the location of where she visited her sick father, according to the Detroit Free Press.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer traveled out of Michigan to visit her ailing father over a month ago, the Detroit Free Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2021\/04\/19\/gretchen-whitmer-travel-florida-visit-ill-father\/7294359002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> Monday. It was originally speculated that Whitmer visited her father in Florida, but the governor\u2019s office refused to confirm or deny such reports, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Tiffany Brown, a spokeswoman for Whitmer, cited \u201csecurity concerns\u201d as the reason she was unable to confirm. However, Brown did note that Whitmer had made the visit when cases were lower in the state and that the trip was not funded by tax-payer dollars, according to the Detroit Free Press.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer appeared on \u201cMeet the Press\u201d Sunday to discourage Michigan residents from traveling outside the state due to rising Covid-19 cases in Michigan, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/whitmer-michigan-coronavirus-b117-travelers-spring-break-tricia-foster.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She identified the B117 variant, also known as the UK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/news-perspective\/2021\/04\/b117-now-most-common-covid-19-variant-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strain<\/a>, as surging in the state, Fox News reported. The strain is now the most common variant in the United States, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/news-perspective\/2021\/04\/b117-now-most-common-covid-19-variant-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, this is going to come down to whether or not everyone does their part,\u201d Whitmer said on \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d&nbsp;\u201cThat\u2019s the most important thing. This variant, the B117 variant, is what is growing so quickly in Michigan. We have the second most, I think, after Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichigan and Florida are not next to each other. But this is the time of the year that snow birds come home from Florida, where people are going on spring break, and all of these things can contribute to spread. That\u2019s why we\u2019re imploring people to take this seriously, mask up, get tested,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism continues to mount against Whitmer after it was revealed that, despite the warning not to travel, several aides had done so. Tricia Foster, Whitmer\u2019s&nbsp;chief executive officer, traveled to Florida for spring break with her daughter, according to the Detroit Free Press.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services Director, Elizabeth Hertel, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/coronavirus-gretchen-whitmer-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">traveled<\/a> to a popular resort area along the Gulf Coast earlier this month, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mirsnews.com\/welcome.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan Information &amp; Research Service<\/a>&nbsp;(MIRS).<\/p>\n<p>However, Whitmer defended Hertel on a podcast Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\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 Whitmer said, according to MIRS. \u201cWe all need to show one another a little bit of grace. We\u2019re all eager to get out.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/coronavirus-gretchen-whitmer-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:&nbsp;Whitmer\u2019s Health Director Reportedly Vacationed As Michigan\u2019s Coronavirus Cases Surged)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.344827586207\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yesterday MI Governor Gretchen Whitmer blamed MI being the one state with a critical COVID-19 situation on people traveling from Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Today it was discovered she likely traveled to Florida a month ago to visit her father. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VdK5FgHlF4\">pic.twitter.com\/VdK5FgHlF4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGHamilton29\/status\/1384283942027624463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhitmer\u2019s rampant hypocrisy continues to insult hard-working Michiganders who struggle to get past her disastrous handling of the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d said Chis Gustafson, a spokesman for the Republican Governors Association, according to the Detroit Free Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s office will not confirm the location of where she visited her sick father, according to the Detroit Free Press.Whitmer traveled out of Michigan to visit &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276218,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-433991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433991","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=433991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}