Whitmer apologizes for video that appeared to mock the Catholic faith

In the statement, she said that she would “never do anything that denigrates another person’s faith,” adding that the video addressing the CHIPS Act “was construed as something it never should be.” should.”

“In my 25 years of public service, I would never do anything that denigrates a person’s faith. I have used my platform to advocate for people’s right to hold and practice their personal religious beliefs. My team spoke with the Michigan Catholic Conference. “What was supposed to be a video about what the CHIPS Act means for jobs in Michigan was interpreted as something it was never intended to be, and for that I apologize,” Whitmer said.

In the video, posted Friday by social media influencer and former MSNBC columnist Liz Plank, Whitmer can be seen donning a camouflaged Harris Walz campaign hat and feeding a Dorito to a kneeling Plank.

The video’s caption reads: “If he doesn’t do it, Gretchen Whitmer will.” Not only are chips delicious, the CHIPS Act fundamentally changes technology and manufacturing in the US, increasing domestic production of semiconductors to reduce dependence from foreign suppliers. Donald Trump would jeopardize that.”

The video sparked outrage from various Catholic groups who saw it as a mockery of Holy Communion, in which bread and wine are given as a symbol of the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

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The group later demanded an apology from Whitmer.

“Any petty mockery of another faith would be met with outrage and an immediate apology,” the group said. “Why hasn’t she done this yet?”

Another group, the Catholic League, called the video “anti-Catholic bigotry.”

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“Whitmer mocked Holy Communion,” Catholic League President Bill Donohue said in a statement. “She has no room to deny the obvious. … What Whitmer did is political suicide.”

Whitmer was in an episode of Chip chat “Gretchen Whitmer Wants To Meet Her Kidnappers” with Plank on her YouTube channel. Earlier in the episode, Plank jokingly asked Whitmer if she wanted a “postpartum abortion” since her daughters left their cups lying around, to which Whitmer laughed and said, “There’s no such thing.”