By Jeff Charles - March 21, 2021

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer could be facing scrutiny over her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, as it relates to elderly residents in nursing homes. Like New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, she made decisions that could come back to haunt her in the not-so-distant future.

Fox News reported:

The state of Michigan is facing a lawsuit whose plaintiffs are seeking information on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s coronavirus-related executive order regarding the state’s nursing home residents.

Whitmer could soon find herself under scrutiny similar to that faced by a fellow Democrat, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Michigan men taking the legal action against Whitmer say.

In an article published in USA Today, plaintiffs Steve Delie and Charlie LeDuff laid out the details of their lawsuit against the governor, decrying the fact that she has been less than transparent regarding her executive order about nursing homes.

“It shouldn’t take a lawsuit to obtain this critical data,” they wrote. “Gov. Whitmer made the same policy choice as Gov. Cuomo, forcing contagious senior citizens into close proximity with other medically vulnerable people. In fact, her policy, a similar version of which is still in effect today, went even farther, forcing some non-senior patients into nursing homes, including a 20-year-old. Michigan citizens deserve to know why she did this, and whether our governor is telling the truth about the consequences.”

The lawsuit seeks to compel Whitmer’s office to disclose information about her handling of the matter. The plaintiffs referenced the revelation that Cuomo’s administration deliberately underreported the number of COVID deaths in New York nursing homes to avoid political scrutiny. They argued that New Yorkers and Michigan residents deserve to know the truth about the decisions . . .

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