The East Lansing bar Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was photographed visiting on Saturday will not face repercussions for its violations, according to a local health official.
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At a press conference on Monday, Whitmer admitted that she willfully attended the Landshark Bar on 101 E Grand River Ave, East Lansing with friends in violation of Michigan’s indoor dining rules.
“I am human. I made a mistake, and I apologize,” she said in a statement.
“Last week Whitmer refused to immediately end her ridiculous restrictions, like a maximum of 6 patrons per table for indoor dining,” Tori Sachs, executive director of Michigan Freedom Fund, told Breitbart News.
“Now Whitmer has once again completely disregarded her own rules. Whitmer orders rules she and her staff don’t follow themselves while Michiganders and businesses suffer. Whitmer must end her restrictions immediately.”
23 May 2021
Michigan. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) apologized after Breitbart News busted her Sunday for violating her own coronavirus orders at an East Lansing bar.
Breitbart News obtained a photo showing Whitmer and her appointed chief operations officer, Tricia Foster, among a group of 13 people at the Landshark, a dive bar in the college town, on Saturday:
Whitmer’s office refused to acknowledge it to Breitbart News, but released a statement to Eric Lloyd of 9 & 10 News:
REACTION: After a photo surfaced of @GovWhitmer at a table in an East Lansing bar with a dozen other people, seemingly against her own COVID orders, her press secretary released this statement from Whitmer:@9and10Newspic.twitter.com/fePStJvfK8
Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer slammed after being pictured breaking state Covid rules in crowded unmasked bar
Updated: May 23 2021, 23:39 ET
MICHIGAN Gov Gretchen Whitmer has come under fire after she was pictured violating state Covid rules as she sat unmasked with a large group of friends in a crowded bar.
In an image published to Facebook, Whitmer was seen inside an East Lansing bar and restaurant with 12 others huddled around three tables that had been pushed together.
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Whitmer was seen inside an East Lansing bar and restaurant with 12 others, including her chief operations officer, Tricia Foster (right)Credit: Facebook
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Whitmer s own health department demands that no more than six people can be seated together at one time and groups of patrons must remain six feet apartCredit: AP