Right or wrong, Gretchen Whitmer is not acting based on data

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer burst onto the national political scene in the spring of 2020 by arguing loudly with President Donald Trump and ordering some of the strictest and longest COVID-19 lockdowns in the country. She created statewide mandates that regulated virtually every public interaction among Michigan’s 10 million people.

But that same governor, once thought of as a candidate for vice president, is missing in action in 2021.

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