In the hotly contested race to see who the worst governor in the United States is quickly becoming a blow out for Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan with Michelle Lynn Lujan Grisham, now a distant second, but still on the race. But Whitmer has destroyed gardening all over Michigan after she extended her draconian shut down order, which includes a ban on buying seeds or plants, effectively killing that industry in her state.
She has become unpopular with constant protests against her plans to destroy the economy in Michigan, while driving unemployment through the roof. There is a petition to recall her that has about 320,000 signatures so far. It’s ridiculous that you can go to home Depot and buy a hammer but you can’t buy seeds and plants in that very same store.
Whitmer is now extending the state of emergency to May 28th. This will shut businesses permanently and throw all of the employees out of work and will reduce the amount of tax revenue the state will collect. She must anticipate that because she is now looking to increase taxes on those fortunate enough to still have jobs. And when the unemployed finally do find jobs, they will have to bear the burden of increased taxes.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday extended Michigan‘s state of emergency and disaster declaration through May 28, hours before it was set to expire and after hundreds of protesters, some of whom were armed, gathered in the state Capitol building to voice their displeasure with the Democratic governor.
Whitmer also took shots at the Republican-controlled legislature for refusing to extend the order earlier in the day.
“By refusing to extend the emergency and disaster declaration, Republican lawmakers are putting their heads in the sand and putting more lives and livelihoods at risk,” she said in a statement. “I’m not going to let that happen.”
In a rejection of the governor, the state House and Senate adopted resolutions Thursday to legally challenge her authority and also approved a bill to allow some of her mandates but not her stay-at-home order, which expires May 16.
No lawsuit had been filed as of Thursday night, MLive reported.
Whitmer said she planned to veto the bill and won’t sign any bills that “that constrain her ability to protect the people of Michigan from this deadly virus in a timely manner,” her office said, according to The Detroit News.