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Leftists have already made it abundantly clear that they don’t feel bound to observe the rules they impose upon us. Remember Nancy Pelosi’s hair salon appointment while the salons were closed to other women in 2020 because of the COVID-19 hysteria? Pelosi’s nephew Gavin Newsom was likewise caught dining at a fancy French restaurant in defiance of his own COVID protocols. And now another star of the contemporary Left, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-FBI Kidnapping Hoax), took Thursday evening off to head in to Detroit, where she caught a performance of the musical “Jagged Little Pill” at the Fisher Theatre. This would have been an utterly unremarkable incident were it not for the fact that while Whitmer was enjoying her fun-filled evening out, 700,000 Michiganders were without power, smack in the middle of winter. This, once again, is how the Left governs.
An Instagram user inadvertently blew the whistle on Friday, when she posted a photo of herself with Whitmer, adding the caption: “Met the Governor, I can now say I have the key to the city. #dearborn #dearbornheights #detroit.” The first and only comment on the post, however, was less bubbly: “Oh hell nah. Tell her to get her a** to f**king work on the power.”
The commenter had good reason to be annoyed with Whitmer. The far-Left governor certainly was behaving like an entitled monarch indifferent to the suffering of her hapless subjects. The Detroit Free Press reported Thursday that “the freezing rain and ice storm that blew through Michigan downed trees and limbs, cut power to about 700,000 homes and businesses, closed schools and offices, suspended the QLINE, delayed air travel, caused car crashes and killed a firefighter in Paw Paw, who was electrocuted.”
Detroit’s DTE Energy, which had “nearly a half-million customers without power at one point Thursday” said on that day that most of its customers should have their power back by Sunday. Consumers Energy, which serves the other 200,000 customers whose power was knocked out, likewise said that the lights would come back on Sunday. That meant that these 700,000 people were facing up to four days without power from the time the storm hit and began knocking out the electricity on Wednesday night. And this happened in February. Yet Gretchen Whitmer thought it would be a fine time to take in a play.
What was Whitmer thinking? The lone Instagrammer who posted her photo seems to have been the only person who noted that she was enjoying an evening out while hundreds of thousands of her citizens were freezing without heat in their homes, so maybe she thought that the ever-sycophantic far-Left establishment media would cover for her, given her impeccable far-Left credentials, no matter what. And she would have gotten away with it, had it not been for the star-struck citizen who asked for, and then posted, a photo with the governor.
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࿗Infidel࿘ says
A majority of them did vote for Whitmer, and it wasn’t a narrow margin. So if they’re now floundering while Whitmer lives the high & mighty life, I can’t say I’m very sympathetic towards them
somehistory says
This reminds me of disaster movies. Much like Jaws, other movies where monsters are devouring the populace, the “mayor” of each city being attacked, wants to keep the lid on the trouble because he/she is not directly affected.
The mayor won’t allow the sheriff or scientist to tell the people there is a danger present, one that might lead to their deaths, because the mayor expects to get some money from tourists, or votes from the people in a new election, or both.
whitmer doesn’t care about the people who voted for her, and she doesn’t care about those who didn’t. she’s one of those people who believes she is better than the regular joe and jane who can suffer, while she has her fun. She’s not giving them thought and won’t until it’s election time again.
Mark Spahn says
What do you want a governor to do when there is a power outage in his (or her) state? Are there not already power-company personnel who know what to do? Will the involvement of a politician speed recovery, or delay it?
Keith O says
True, but she should at the very least be seen to be doing something, not going out enjoying herself at the cost no doubt of the taxpayers!
The optics of her actions are not good.
We had a prime minister who went on holiday whilst the east coast of Australia was having the worst bush fires in history. He is now the ex prime minister!!!
somehistory says
Governors have the authority to ask for help from other cities, states or to ask the president to send in help from other places. They can also call in their guards who can deliver emergency supplies, etc.
She should be near a phone to do that, not out on the town.
OLD GUY says
The ruling class and elite are not effected by problems of their subjects. Power outage, Chemical spills, illegal immigrants, illegal drugs, crime, etc. Not their problem.