Michigan Gov. Whitmer faces fierce backlash over strict stay-at-home order

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

DETROIT — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed one of the most restrictive stay-at-home orders in the country late last week in hopes of containing the coronavirus outbreak in her state — one of the hardest hit.

The backlash has been immense.

Michiganders, many from the more conservative areas of the state, believe Whitmer's latest order went too far. They accused her of stripping them of their constitutional rights. Online, they pledged to protest, signed petitions calling for her recall and joined Facebook groups dedicated to having the order curtailed.

Whitmer's executive action extended her prior stay-at-home order through the end of April and toughened it up.pes of containing the coronavirus outbreak in her state — one of the hardest hit.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/michigan-gov-whitmer-faces-fierce-backlash-over-strict-stay-at-home-order/ar-BB12BSih?li=BBnb7Kz

[The Magistrate]

1. One Questions, Sir, How Fierce This Tempest In A Tea-Party Is....

"Defeat of a hated enemy is something to be for."

[SheltieLover]

2. They are impeding truckers!

LOCK THEM UP!

There is another thread on this bs protest!

Yet they will be first to complain when stores aren't stocked. 🤬

[link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1058&pid=4648|

[sweetloukillbot]

3. Already seen people complaining here they couldn't buy gardening supplies... nt

[Maven]

4. This story is a perfect example of how conservatives plant "stories" and get the MSM to pick them up

The writers betray themselves right in the third paragraph:

"Michiganders, many from the more conservative areas of the state..."

Then there's this:

"Prominent conservatives circulated a petition to have her recalled — one that generated more than 200,000 signatures — while more than 300,000 Facebook users joined a group titled "Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine" in recent days."

More:

That event, hosted by the Michigan Conservative Coalition and the Michigan Freedom Fund — a DeVos family-linked conservative group — is set for Wednesday. More than 3,000 Facebook users have pledged to attend."

And:

"Meanwhile, Michigan Republicans like Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and House Speaker Lee Chatfield decried Whitmer's order..."

So, what do we really have here? An article about conservative groups, Trump and elected Republicans using a public health crisis to mobilize against a Democratic governor in a swing state. But you'd never know that from the headline. Instead of something like "Prominent conservative groups mobilize against Whitmer over stay-at-home order" it's "Gov. Whitmer faces fierce backlash" as though there's a grassroots resistance to her leadership on this issue. It's like money laundering, only for right-wing narratives instead of cash.

The article is 90% sourced from Republicans and conservative groups and told from their point of view. It doesn't even bother to quote any public health officials.

This is a failure of journalism. This is a supposedly neutral news source participating in a conservative hit job against an elected Democrat. We need to call it out wherever we see it.

[DFW]

5. So, make an exception

Idiots who want to congregate in megachurches can do so if, once they enter, they stay there for three weeks under quarantine, and tend to any infected people of their congregation on their own. Give them what they want, and see how long it takes for them to realize they maybe should have wanted something else.