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| Michigan Governor Says Husband’s Request Was ‘Failed Attempt at Humor’ | Michigan Governor Says Husband’s Request Was ‘Failed Attempt at Humor’ |
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| Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan said on Tuesday that her husband was joking when he tried to use his relationship with her to get their boat moved into the water before Memorial Day weekend. | Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan said on Tuesday that her husband was joking when he tried to use his relationship with her to get their boat moved into the water before Memorial Day weekend. |
| Some conservatives have criticized Ms. Whitmer, a Democrat, for coronavirus-related restrictions that they considered too severe. She ordered residents in April not to travel to vacation homes within the state but has since dropped that rule. | Some conservatives have criticized Ms. Whitmer, a Democrat, for coronavirus-related restrictions that they considered too severe. She ordered residents in April not to travel to vacation homes within the state but has since dropped that rule. |
| “My husband made a failed attempt at humor last week when checking in with a small business that helps with our boat and dock up north,” Ms. Whitmer said at a news conference. | “My husband made a failed attempt at humor last week when checking in with a small business that helps with our boat and dock up north,” Ms. Whitmer said at a news conference. |
| “Knowing it wouldn’t make a difference,” she said, “he jokingly asked if marrying — if being married to me might move him up in the queue.” | “Knowing it wouldn’t make a difference,” she said, “he jokingly asked if marrying — if being married to me might move him up in the queue.” |
| Ms. Whitmer said that her husband, Marc Mallory, regretted the move and that she wished it had not happened. She said that “he thought it might get a laugh. It didn’t.” | Ms. Whitmer said that her husband, Marc Mallory, regretted the move and that she wished it had not happened. She said that “he thought it might get a laugh. It didn’t.” |
| The governor, considered a possible vice-presidential running mate for Joseph R. Biden Jr., has been the target of demonstrators, who last month crowded the State Capitol in Lansing. She has also been called out by President Trump, who said she stood in the way of reopening the country. | |
| Ms. Whitmer’s comments about her husband came after The Detroit News reported on Mr. Mallory’s request, which NorthShore Dock mentioned in Facebook posts that are no longer public. | Ms. Whitmer’s comments about her husband came after The Detroit News reported on Mr. Mallory’s request, which NorthShore Dock mentioned in Facebook posts that are no longer public. |
| “There was a gentleman on hold who wanted his boat in the water before the weekend,” wrote Tad Dowker, the business’s owner, according to The News. “Being Memorial weekend and the fact that we started working three weeks late means there is no chance this is going to happen. | “There was a gentleman on hold who wanted his boat in the water before the weekend,” wrote Tad Dowker, the business’s owner, according to The News. “Being Memorial weekend and the fact that we started working three weeks late means there is no chance this is going to happen. |
| “Well our office personnel had explained this to the man and he replied, ‘I am the husband to the governor, will this make a difference?’” | “Well our office personnel had explained this to the man and he replied, ‘I am the husband to the governor, will this make a difference?’” |
| The company said in a statement that Mr. Mallory was respectful and understanding when it said it could not schedule the installation early, according to The News. | The company said in a statement that Mr. Mallory was respectful and understanding when it said it could not schedule the installation early, according to The News. |
| Ms. Whitmer said she did not go to her family’s second home in northern Michigan over Memorial Day weekend. She said her husband went and stayed one or two nights. | Ms. Whitmer said she did not go to her family’s second home in northern Michigan over Memorial Day weekend. She said her husband went and stayed one or two nights. |
| “My husband did go to our place in Antrim County and raked some leaves and came home,” she said. “We did not all pile in the car to go enjoy our second home, although that would have been permitted if we had.” | “My husband did go to our place in Antrim County and raked some leaves and came home,” she said. “We did not all pile in the car to go enjoy our second home, although that would have been permitted if we had.” |