Michigan governor’s husband under fire for asking to take his boat out during lockdown

Whitmer said her husband made a ‘failed attempt at humor’ in asking if boat could be put in the water by Memorial Day weekend* Coronavirus – live US updates* Live global updatesMichigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has come under fire this weekend as allegations have arisen that her own husband has been trying to flout her strict shutdown rules – in what she says was a “failed attempt at humor”.Affectionately nicknamed “Big Gretch”, Whitmer