Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration refused to answer questions from legislators Thursday about her coronavirus nursing home policy.
The committee chairman indicated the letter claimed MDHHS has "The greatest data out there," but did not share any of it.
Johnson said the data reported by the Whitmer administration indicated Michigan has the 14th highest coronavirus-related death rate in the country per 100 residents.
The U.S. Department of Justice attempted to get data from Whitmer's administration in August, and the governor issued a joint statement with now-embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The pair argued there were partisan motivations for probing the large coronavirus-related percentage of nursing home deaths.
"This is nothing more than a transparent politicization of the Department of Justice in the middle of the Republican National Convention," Whitmer and Cuomo, who is embroiled in his own nursing home death scandal, said, according to the Daily Gazette.
"At least 14 states - including Kentucky, Utah and Arizona - have issued similar nursing home guidance, all based on federal guidelines, yet the four states listed in the DOJ's request have a Democratic governor," Whitmer and Cuomo claimed.
Friday, February 26, 2021
Whitme Refuses to Answer Questions About Nursing Home Policy
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