Michigan's Queen of lockdown violates her own stay-at-home order and heads to Washington with her kids

Posing in front of Betsy Ross flags

“Because we’re special, you aren’t”

Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer tweeted a photo from the ceremony and later said she "left with the feeling of great hope and optimism and determination." The inauguration, however, violated Whitmer's most recent "gatherings and face mask order," which states that outdoor gatherings must be limited to 25 or fewer people. Around 2,000 people attended the inauguration, according to a Washington Post estimate. 

"Anyone who watched would have seen that we were spaced out, we were outside, and we were masked up," Whitmer said Wednesday evening. "I have been following the same directives I've asked everyone else to. I can't stand those people that have one rule for others and a different one for themselves."

But Whitmer's public health guidelines state that outdoor public gatherings may never consist of "more than 25 people," even with masks and social distancing required at such events. Indoor dining is also still banned in Michigan. Whitmer recently issued thousands of dollars in fines to restaurants and bars in violation of the order.

I’m not saying these lockdown orders make sense — they don’t. But a politician who’s destroyed the livelihood of tens of thousands of her citizens should at least obey the rules she’s imposed.while she herself remained on the public dole should at least pretend to follow her own rules.