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    Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer feeds podcaster Dorito in viral video

    Idris Bevan Posted on

    A recent social media post recorded Gov. Gretchen Whitmer putting a nacho cheese Dorito in a podcaster’s mouth, replicating a TikTok trend and sparking confusion and criticism from several Republicans.

    The video, posted on Instagram by podcaster and author Liz Plank, shows Whitmer feeding Plank the chip with the song “Dilemma” by Nelly, with Kelly Rowland playing in the background. The camera pans from Plank to Whitmer, who is wearing a Harris Walz hat and nodding slightly at the camera.

    Similar “feed someone” videos on TikTok show people being fed food by a friend before the camera pans back to the person offering the food, who often wears an uncomfortable expression. Most of the videos are set to the song “Dilemma.”

    The post was criticized by some Republicans, who called it “strange” and “bizarre.”

    Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, called the video “strange” in a social media post.

    “If her goal was to make Kamala Harris seem normal by comparison, mission accomplished,” Nesbitt wrote in a later post.

    State Rep. Bill Schuette, R-Midland, responded to the video with, “Yeah, but JD Vance is ‘weird,'” echoing Democrats’ frequent criticism of the Ohio senator and GOP vice presidential nominee.

    Helen Hare, a spokeswoman for Whitmer, said Republican criticism of the video was an attempt to distract from Democratic investments in the local economy.

    “The governor’s social media is known for infusing her communications with pop culture,” Hare said in a statement. “This popular trend has been used by countless people, including Billie Eilish, Kylie Jenner and Stephen Colbert, and the fact that people are paying attention to a video promoting President Biden’s CHIPS Act proves it’s working.”

    Thursday’s Instagram post appeared to have been intended to promote Plank’s interview with Whitmer, which was posted on YouTube the same day for a segment called “Chip Chat,” in which they ate chips from Michigan’s Better Made and over Abortion and the conspiracy to kidnap the governor spoke and finding common ground with disaffected male voters.

    Plank initially posted the video with the comment “If he doesn’t do it then it will be Big Gretch,” and later edited the post when the video went viral to include a reference to the CHIPS Act. The Helpful Semiconductor Manufacturing Incentives (CHIPS) Act was signed into law under President Joe Biden in 2022 to try to bring onshore production of semiconductor chips, or small electronic devices.

    “If he doesn’t do it, Gretchen Whitmer will,” Plank wrote in the edited Instagram post. “Not only are chips delicious, the CHIPS Act fundamentally changes technology and manufacturing in the U.S. by boosting domestic production of semiconductors to reduce dependence on foreign suppliers! Donald Trump would jeopardize that.”

    While Plank’s interview with Whitmer briefly mentions advanced manufacturing, the two made no other mention of the CHIPS Act in the recording Plank posted to YouTube. Whitmer’s administration has tried to recruit semiconductor companies to build a microchip factory in Michigan.

    At one point in the podcast, Plank joked with Whitmer about whether she was considering a “postpartum abortion” when she came home and saw her daughters’ “Stanley cups” lying around.

    Whitmer laughed and said, “Thank you very much for bringing that up, because there is no such thing,” referring to claims that some of the more permissive state abortion laws allow abortion after birth.

    “I think it’s really important for us to make sure people understand that,” she said. “When people like Donald Trump say ‘abortion after birth,’ it just doesn’t really exist. But I understand the feeling when you talk about leaving cups and dishes lying around. Every parent in America knows this feeling.”

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