Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, apologized amid scrutiny for a social media video in which she wore a Harris-Walz campaign hat and fed Doritos to a podcast host who knelt to promote the CHIPS Act.
Whitmer was seen in the clip pulling a Doritos chip out of a bag and putting it into the mouth of liberal anchor Liz Plank, who was kneeling on the floor, before the video cut to the governor wearing a Harris-Walz camouflage hat.
The use of Doritos chips appeared to be a clever way to highlight the CHIPS and Science Act that President Joe Biden signed into law in 2022 that allocates nearly $53 billion to efforts to restore US semiconductor chains, create jobs, support American innovation and protect US national security.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has apologized for a social media video in which she fed Doritos to a podcast host who knelt down to highlight the CHIPS Act. (YouTube screenshot)
“Chips aren’t just fun, the CHIPS Act is a game changer for US tech and manufacturing, increasing domestic production of semiconductors to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers! Donald Trump will put that at risk,” Plank wrote in the caption of the video he uploaded to -Instagram.
The video was made as part of a viral TikTok trend where one person feeds another person, who is having sex, with Nelly and Kelly Rowland’s “Dilemma” playing in the background before the first person stares uncomfortably into the camera.
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The use of Doritos chips proved to be a smart way to bring transparency to CHIPS and the Law of Science. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)
Some critics mistakenly saw the video as Whitmer pretending to participate in Holy Communion as a way to mock Christians who participate in the Eucharist. After backtracking on the allegations, Whitmer apologized for the video and insisted that the video was not intended to mock people of faith.
“In more than 25 years of public service, I would never do anything to undermine someone’s faith,” the governor said in a statement to Fox 2. “I have used my platform to stand up for people’s right to hold and exercise their personal beliefs.”
Whitmer apologized for the video and emphasized that the video was not intended to mock people of faith. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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“My team talked to the Michigan Catholic Conference,” he continued. “What was supposed to be a video about the importance of the CHIPS Act to Michigan jobs, has been taken for granted, and I apologize for that.”