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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday denounced as shocking and reckless a call by a Trump administration official for Michigan residents to “stand up” over new coronavirus restrictions she announced Sunday.
“It’s incredibly reckless, considering everything that has happened, everything that is happening,” Whitmer said in a call with Capitol reporters.
On Sunday night, Whitmer announced a three-week closure of indoor service in bars and restaurants, the closure of Detroit casinos, and the suspension of in-person learning for high school and college students, beginning Wednesday, along with other measures aimed at reducing the increase in coronavirus numbers.
Shortly after Whitmer’s press conference, Scott Atlas, President Donald Trump’s top coronavirus adviser, tweeted: “The only way this stops is if people get up. You get what you accept. “
In October, federal and state officials arrested 14 men in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer and put her on trial for “treason.” The evidence in the case suggests the men were connected to armed anti-government groups and viewed Whitmer as “a tyrant” due to the emergency orders he had issued to control the coronavirus.
