LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled out of state more than a month ago to visit her elderly father, a snowbird who has lived in Florida and has a chronic disease, her office said Monday.
The disclosure confirmed reporting by the Lansing-based publication MIRS. It came weeks after the governor warned the public about spring break trips amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
Two of her top aides, including Michigan's health director, vacationed in southern states despite a state recommendation to avoid travel.
Spokesman Bobby Leddy said Whitmer “did not go on spring break" and went to “assist her elderly father, who is battling a chronic illness.” He did not say which state she visited, but the governor said early in the pandemic that