Kept Their Own Pandemic Rules? Mon May 24, 2021 Governor Whitmer is apologizing for breaking her own pandemic rules. Again. More accurately, like Governor Newsom in California, she's apologizing for getting caught. The last time it was her husband's boat. Last Monday, Whitmer announced that she was lifting some lockdown restrictions in areas before Memorial Day weekend. But “if you don’t live in these regions … think long and hard before you take a trip into them,” she said. “A small spike could put the hospital system in dire straits pretty quickly. That’s precisely why we’re asking everyone to continue doing their part. Don’t descend on [waterfront] Traverse City from all regions of the state.”