Compassion For Michigan Gov. Whitmer Surfaces Amid Florida Trip Pouncing

Gretchen Whitmer's two-day zip to Florida last month is a hot topic among her defenders, as well as detractors.

"She went to visit her sick father -- it's not like she went to Cancun," posts Detroit News reader Camille Krol of Detroit.

The visit to her reportedly ailing dad, confirmed Monday without reference to the March dates or location, stirs predictable outcries from political rivals. "Gretchen Whitmer's blatant display of hypocrisy is an insult to every single Michigander impacted by her lockdown orders and travel warnings," the Michigan Republican Party's communications director, Ted Goodman, posted Monday night. "They tried to keep it a secret because for Whitmer, it's rules for thee, but not for me."

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Whitmer's belatedly disclosed decision to fly south before her first Covid shot April 6 stirs compassion, along with more numerous critiques, in media site comments and on social media. "Nothing would stop me from visiting my sick father," Metro Times reader Monica L. Jones of Detroit posts on Facebook.

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