...Her Excellency, the dictator of Michigan, 2020 Dem VP contender...used a Zoom call with Santa and six groups of children — complete with Covid-19 questions by the little ones — to teach kids not to visit grandparents and other family members for Christmas.
"Another way to stay safe during the holiday is to stay home, but call your grandparents and your cousins and your family," Whitmer said in a video of the call posted on Wednesday. "It's the safest way to tell the people you love how much you care about them."
The call began with Whitmer introducing Santa to the children and inviting them to ask him questions. Rather than asking about toys or reindeer, the children all stuck to the Covid-19 theme. One asked whether Santa had to wear a mask (of course he and the elves are following government guidelines), while another asked if coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
had spread to the North Pole (no, but Santa and the elves are testing regularly and taking every precaution).
One helpful young boy said he would leave out hand sanitizer for Santa to use when he's done with the milk and cookies — a suggestion that the Democrat governor praised.
Gretchen Whitmer always sounds like a Saturday Night Live impression of Gretchen Whitmer. https://t.co/uzgOh25PkW
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) December 17, 2020