Michigan has experienced one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the country. And Gov. Gretchen Whitmer would like to convince everyone that her leadership has nothing to do with it at all.

The Democratic governor has faced a good deal of criticism for imposing excessive restrictions and extending her state’s shutdown into mid-June without approval from the state legislature. Whitmer admitted in an interview with Axios on HBO this week that her actions have “not come without a cost” but that they “worked.”