Michigan Won’t Issue COVID-19 Lockdown Amid Spring Surge, Whitmer Says

Michigan Won’t Issue COVID-19 Lockdown Amid Spring Surge, Whitmer Says
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is seen at Beech Woods Recreation Center in Southfield, Mich., on Oct. 16, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said her state won’t carry out another COVID-19-related lockdown amid a spring spike in cases, following Republican-led lawsuits in 2020 that argued she overstepped her constitutional authority.

“I have been sued by my legislature. I have lost in a Republican-controlled Supreme Court, and I don’t have all of the exact same tools [that I had 15 months ago],” Whitmer, a Democrat, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on April 18.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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