Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been mocked after her audio “mysteriously” minimize out as she was being questioned throughout a stay interview about her strict COVID-19 lockdown orders.
The Democrat, 51, was grilled throughout a distant FOX 2 Detroit look on Monday on whether or not she had any regrets concerning the controversial pandemic measures she put in place.
“I’m sorry,” Whitmer instantly interjected as she appeared to the touch her earpiece.
An individual who was off-camera with the governor might then be heard saying: “Oh s–t, I feel we misplaced …”
When the host requested Whitmer to proceed, the governor stared blankly on the digital camera and stated to the off-camera particular person: “Did I try this once I touched the ear factor? It began to fall out.”
“Governor, are you able to hear me? Gov. Whitmer?” one of many hosts requested.
The governor continued to look on the digital camera earlier than the studio finally minimize her feed and one of many hosts acknowledged that Whitmer “looks as if she’s having some audio issues there.”
The ordeal sparked fast ridicule from Whitmer’s Republican gubernatorial opponent, Tudor Dixon, who solid doubt on the purported audio gaffe.
“We hope Gretchen Whitmer can get again on air to reply this query about her disastrous COVID insurance policies (or will the tools mysteriously malfunction once more?)” Dixon tweeted alongside a clip of the interview.
Whitmer didn’t return to this system to reply the query.
The governor was closely criticized all through the pandemic after she imposed measures that forced people to stay at home, and colleges and most companies to shutter their doorways.
She was hit with a number of lawsuits over the restrictions and confronted fierce backlash from Republicans who urged her to reopen the state.
Dixon, her GOP challenger, has made the Democrat’s COVID restrictions the centerpiece of her gubernatorial marketing campaign.
