Gretchen Whitmer broke the rules. Nobody cares.

“Because we were all vaccinated, we didn’t stop to think about it,” she said. “In retrospect, I should have thought about it. I am human. I made a mistake, and I apologize.” Translation: “Ugh, you got me, can I take the L and move on, perchance?” Okay, Cockburn has to ask: Isn’t everybody bored with these by now? We’re 14 months into coronavirus by now, so we know a few things. We know that none of these social distancing rules really matter that much. Florida and Texas were more lax than Michigan, and it didn’t matter; Michigan’s greater neuroticism per capita didn’t save it from having more deaths per capita as well. And we definitely know that powerful people don’t give a hoot about actually following these rules. All the way back in April 2020 Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot was defending her special haircut privileges on the grounds she was the “public face” of the city. Denver’s mayor flew to Mississippi for Thanksgiving after telling the hoi polloi to stay home. California Governor Gavin Newsom dined lavishly at the French Laundry. When caught, he insisted the dinner was outside and therefore acceptable. When photos came out revealing otherwise, he…well, he didn’t have to do anything, because California is a one-party state and come on, what are they gonna do, recall him?