The coronavirus restriction Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer violated over the weekend will be rescinded.
The state’s newest COVID-19 rules, which go into effect June 1, will forgo the previous rule that restaurant and bar tables must be limited to six people, with tables being six feet apart, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday.
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Whitmer, who has apologized for violating the rule, said the guidelines were “made well before the weekend” and were not reactionary to her mistake, according to the Detroit News.
Over the weekend, Whitmer was spotted at the Landshark Bar & Grill in East Lansing. A photograph of the group with Whitmer showing tables pushed together and no masks being worn was briefly posted on social media.
“Throughout the pandemic, I’ve been committed to following public health protocols,” Whitmer said Sunday in a statement. “Yesterday, I went with friends to a local restaurant. As more people arrived, the tables were pushed together. Because we were all vaccinated, we didn’t stop to think about it.”
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“In retrospect, I should have thought about it. I am human,” she added. “I made a mistake, and I apologize.”
The six-person maximum requirement will be lifted at the same time indoor capacity limits will be raised to 50%. Indoor capacity limits and the state’s broad mask mandate will be fully lifted July 1 for those who received the vaccine.
A number of other Democratic politicians, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, have also been caught violating coronavirus restrictions.
