A GOP 'report card' on Whitmer’s pandemic response has gone viral. Here are the facts. Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press Michigan gov. urges halt of high school classes Replay Video UP NEXT A viral Facebook post from Republican legislators in Michigan criticizes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s response to the coronavirus pandemic amid the latest COVID-19 surge in the state. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Republicans have characterized Whitmer’s approach as draconian, and now they claim that her response “has failed Michigan.” In a COVID-19 response "report card," the state House Republicans tick off various metrics and give Whitmer a failing grade on the state’s economic and health outcomes.