The property owned by Whitmer and her husband is about 25 minutes from Traverse City. "I love it when karma comes around, even if just in small doses.". The post was shared 500 times, Barrett said. During her news conference today, Whitmer called the phone call "a failed attempt at humor," saying he jokingly asked if being married to her would "get him moved up in the queue.". "It didn't, and to be honest I wasn't laughing either when it was relayed to me because I knew how it would be perceived. Fox News' Marisa Schultz contributed to this report. “Yet, what did her family try and do?" Gretchen Whitmer's husband urged a business to get his boat in the water in time for Memorial Day weekend, according to social media posts, while she was publicly telling cooped-up residents to resist flocking to popular vacation areas during the coronavirus pandemic.

LANSING – Gov. State of the 2020 battlegrounds: Can Biden snap GOP's winning streak in Georgia? State Sen. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, said Monday that he felt he unknowingly became part of a cover-up of the incident, having removed his Facebook post about the incident Friday night after officials in Whitmer's office reached out to him through the Senate Republican leader's office to say the allegations made by an owner of the boat company were untrue. Whitmer spokeswoman Tiffany Brown refused to comment on the matter on Monday, saying the administration wouldn't address "every rumor that is spread online. Michigan Gov. On Friday, Whitmer extended the stay home order through June 12, while announcing further easing, including gatherings of up to 10 people with social distancing and increased access to retail stores. Though polls show broad support in Michigan for the stay home order and other actions Whitmer has taken to control the spread of COVID-19, she has also faced severe criticism, demonstrations, and even death threats.

But the lawmaker said he eventually deleted it after the governor's office reached out to the staff of Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, asking for the post to be removed and contending the comments were false. ELK RAPIDS, Mich. -- Michigan Gov. Reports claim Mallory tried to use their boat during Memorial Day weekend despite his wife's coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Michigan Gov.

State Sen. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, wrote his own Facebook … Dowker's staff explained that they were backed up and couldn't immediately launch the boat.

Frank Luntz Explains the 'Number One Complaint' from His Focus Group. The reported call from Mallory came after Whitmer announced she was easing her stay-at-home order in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula, but cautioned at a May 18 news conference that Michiganders who do not live Up North should think "long and hard" before heading up there and risking the spread of COVID-19. During a recent demonstration outside the governor's official residence in Lansing, "my family had men with rifles standing" outside their front window, she said. "I wasn’t laughing either when it was relayed to me, and I knew how it would be perceived," Whitmer said. Whitmer's husband told this 'joke' to gain special favors from businesses? Three days later, a marina owner wrote on Facebook that the governor’s husband, Marc Mallory, had asked its workers to get their nearby boat in … ", "Well our office personnel had explained this to the man and he replied, 'I am the husband to the governor, will this make a difference?'". Gretchen Whitmer acknowledged Tuesday that her husband … ELK RAPIDS, Mich. -- Michigan Gov.

Some families are worried they may not get their boats in the water at all this summer and for the governor’s husband to allegedly try to pull rank has added to the frustration, Cole said.

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"We have seen an explosion of rampant rumors about and violent death threats against my family and me," Whitmer said. MICHIGAN POL ALLEGES WHITMER TRIED TO COVER UP HUSBAND ALLEGEDLY INVOKING HER OFFICE FOR FAVOR FROM MARINA, “My husband made a failed attempt at humor last week when checking in with a small business that helps with our boat and dock up north," Whitmer said at a press conference Tuesday. (The Detroit News), Gov. The alleged incident drew international attention, including an article in London's Daily Mail. She said he regrets it and so does she, saying, "I wish it wouldn't have happened.". And we’re not going to make it a practice of addressing every rumor that is spread online,” Whitmer spokeswoman Tiffany Brown said.

Barrett, who looked into the situation further, said he now believes the governor's office had made him an "unwilling" accessory in an attempted cover-up of the situation. Gretchen Whitmer dropped her name while pleading to get his boat in the water for Memorial Day weekend. Whitmer, a Democrat, and Mallory own a property in the Elk Rapids area in the northern part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula.

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