Michigan Governor's Office
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled out of state more than a month ago to visit her ailing father, Dick Whitmer, who lives in Florida.
Michigan Republicans are criticizing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for quietly leaving the state more than a month ago to visit her ailing father who lives in Florida amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and without being vaccinated.
Whitmer's spokesman confirmed Monday that she traveled "once to assist her elderly father who is battling a chronic illness" within the past six months when Michigan's COVID-19 testing positivity rate "was in the low single digits."
"The governor did not go on spring break, and she has not left the state in over a month," Whitmer Press Secretary Bobby Leddy said in an email. "In the past six months she has left the state three times, once for the inauguration, once to assist her elderly father who is battling a chronic illness, and once to visit with Michigan's National Guard troops."