Gretchen Whitmer (D) Sunday for new COVID-19 safety restrictions — even as Donald Trump’s health adviser Scott Atlas ominously urged people to “rise up” against them. “Big Gretch” — Michiganders’ nickname for their governor immortalized in a rap by Detroit’s GmacCash — was trending on Twitter as supporters hailed her three-week emergency order imposing new restrictions against the surging COVID-19 pandemic, despite Trump administration intimidation. “The only way this stops is if people rise up,“Atlas, who has no formal training in treating infectious diseases, snapped about the new rules on Twitter. “You get what you accept.”Whitmer responded on CNN: “We know that the White House likes to single us out here in Michigan, me out in particular. I’m not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals.”Whitmer’s supporters were there for her.

Source: Huffington Post November 16, 2020 12:56 UTC