{"id":538151,"date":"2021-05-24T09:50:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=538151"},"modified":"2021-05-24T09:50:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T13:50:26","slug":"whitmer-apologizes-for-violating-her-own-indoor-dining-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-apologizes-for-violating-her-own-indoor-dining-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitmer Apologizes For Violating Her Own Indoor Dining Restrictions"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fwhitmer-apologizes-for-violating-her-own-indoor-dining-restrictions%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=538151&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--><ul>\n<li><strong>Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer apologized Sunday after she was caught dining maskless indoors with a dozen people, violating her own COVID restrictions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Photos first reported by Breitbart News showed Whitmer dining with at least a dozen other people at The Landshark Bar &amp; Grill in East Lansing, Michigan.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cYesterday, I went with friends to a local restaurant. As more people arrived, the tables were pushed together,\u201d the governor said. \u201cBecause we were all vaccinated, we didn\u2019t stop to think about it. In retrospect, I should have thought about it. I am human. I made a mistake, and I apologize.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer apologized Sunday after she was caught dining maskless indoors with a dozen people, violating her own COVID restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Photos posted over the weekend showed <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/covid-gretchen-whitmer-democrat\/\">Whitmer<\/a> dining with at least a dozen other people at The Landshark Bar &amp; Grill in East Lansing, Michigan, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/23\/exclusive-photo-gretchen-whitmer-violates-own-coronavirus-orders-at-dive-bar\/\">first reported Sunday<\/a>. The publication reported before the photos were taken down that Whitmer\u2019s chief operating officer Tricia Foster was also present at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/0,9753,7-406-98178_98455-559589--,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 15 order<\/a> mandates that no more than six people may be seated at the same table. The governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/business-watch\/masks-lift-whitmer-faces-pressure-speed-easing-covid-limits\">has faced<\/a> heavy criticism throughout the pandemic for strict COVID restrictions that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/business-watch\/desperation-growing-michigan-restaurants-after-new-covid-limits\">have forced<\/a> many Michigan restaurants and businesses to shutter their doors. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/whitmer-florida-trip-not-vacation-father\/\">(RELATED: Whitmer: March Trip To Florida Was To Help Father, \u2018Not A Vacation\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class>\u201cYesterday, I went with friends to a local restaurant. As more people arrived, the tables were pushed together,\u201d the governor said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2021\/05\/23\/gov-gretchen-whitmer-issues-apology-after-violating-mdhhs-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC affiliate WDIV of Detroit<\/a>. She did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cBecause we were all vaccinated, we didn\u2019t stop to think about it,\u201d she continued. \u201cIn retrospect, I should have thought about it. I am human. I made a mistake, and I apologize.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/05\/26\/gretchen-whitmer-husband-special-treatment-boat-memorial-day-coronavirus\/\">(RELATED: Whitmer Does Not Deny That Her Husband Sought Special Treatment Over Boating On Memorial Day Weekend)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The governor was fully vaccinated as of April 29, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/05\/23\/whitmer-apologizes-after-photo-shows-her-bar-violating-own-order\/5234477001\/\">the Detroit News reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week Whitmer refused to immediately end her ridiculous restrictions, like a maximum of 6 patrons per table for indoor dining,\u201d Tori Sachs, executive director of Michigan Freedom Fund, told Breitbart. \u201cNow Whitmer has once again completely disregarded her own rules. Whitmer orders rules she and her staff don\u2019t follow themselves while Michiganders and businesses suffer. Whitmer must end her restrictions immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7198304\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"41\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7198304\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7198304 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1266878474-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1266878474-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1266878474-213x120.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1266878474-620x349-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1266878474-768x432-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1266878474-1536x864-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1266878474-2048x1152-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7198304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this screenshot from the DNCC\u2019s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the virtual convention on August 17, 2020. The convention, which was once expected to draw 50,000 people to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is now taking place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Handout\/DNCC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class>Whitmer also came under fire in late April and early May when reports surfaced that she had traveled to Florida in March to visit her father. Shortly after her trip, she appeared on \u201cMeet the Press\u201d and urged people to \u201ctake this seriously, mask up\u201d and \u201cget tested\u201d \u2014 and to specifically avoid traveling for spring break in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The governor defended her trip in May, saying that no tax dollars were used to pay for the weekend trip, emphasizing that it was neither \u201ca vacation\u201d nor \u201ca gift,\u201d and saying that she merely traveled to Florida to care for her father, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc12.com\/2021\/05\/12\/whitmer-recent-trip-to-help-father-in-florida-was-not-a-vacation\/\">according to local outlet ABC 12<\/a>. She also said that she continued her governor\u2019s business throughout the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer also drew fire in January when she traveled to President Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration after she had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/0,9753,7-406-98178_98455-547899--,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently issued<\/a> a \u201cgatherings and face mask order\u201d requiring Michigan residents to limit their gatherings to 25 or fewer people. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/22\/democrat-governors-joe-biden-inauguration-covid\/\">(RELATED: These Democratic Leaders Spurned Their Own COVID-19 Rules To Attend The Inauguration)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite that order, Whitmer attended the inauguration attended by about 2,0000 people, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/an-inauguration-like-no-other\/2021\/01\/13\/090b2e0e-5153-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html\">according to an estimate from the Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who watched would have seen that we were spaced out, we were outside, and we were masked up,\u201d Whitmer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/22\/democrat-governors-joe-biden-inauguration-covid\/\">said afterwards<\/a>. \u201cI have been following the same directives I\u2019ve asked everyone else to. I can\u2019t stand those people that have one rule for others and a different one for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer apologized Sunday after she was caught dining maskless indoors with a dozen people, violating her own COVID restrictions. 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