Michigan Drops the COVID Rule That Gov. Whitmer Just Broke

‘I AM HUMAN’

She says the decision to roll back the restriction on table size at restaurants was made before her flub.

Published May 24 2021 9:36PM EDT

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Two days after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer violated a social-distancing restriction at a restaurant, she announced the state would be dropping that rule next week.

Tracy Connor

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Michigan Drops the COVID Rule That Gov. Whitmer Just Broke

She says the decision to roll back the restriction on table size at restaurants was made before her flub.

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Tracy Connor