Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she was considering extending social distancing guidelines in response to Michigan residents who protested her stay-at-home restrictions on Wednesday.
Whitmer called the protest in the state’s capital “irresponsible” during a Thursday night interview with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow.
“We might have to actually think about extending stay-at-home orders, which is supposedly what they were protesting,” Whitmer said.
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WATCH: Gov. Whitmer tells @Maddow that Wednesday’s protest at Michigan’s Capitol is the “kind of irresponsible action that puts us in this situation where we might have to actually think about extending stay-at-home orders, which is supposedly what they protesting.” pic.twitter.com/WxVtTVEeia
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Thousands of Michigan residents streamed into Lansing on Wednesday to demand that the governor ease restrictions meant to stem the spread of the coronavirus and let them get back to work.
“When you see a, you know, a political rally — that’s what it was yesterday — a political rally like that, where people aren’t wearing masks, and they’re in close quarters, and they’re touching one another, you know that that’s precisely what makes this kind of a disease drag out and expose more people,” Whitmer said.
Wilmer said on Friday she hoped to start reopening parts of the economy on May 1. Her stringent stay-at-home order is set to expire on April 30.
