Debbie Dingell Defends Gov. Whitmer Extending Lockdown for a 5th Time

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DINGELL: “So I want to be really clear about what the stay at home order is and isn’t. I work hard with the auto industry. Every day, the head of the uaw, the companies, the suppliers, and they began that process two weeks ago with supplier community beginning initially, the autos reopening this week. Yesterday, she announced that retail will be allowed to reopen next week with appointments. You can have — she has begun the slow reopening. I’m going to also tell you I went to a funeral yesterday of a dear friend that was 54 years old. I lost five more people last week. One week. That died. There are still too many people getting covid and people are still dying of it. So we have to figure out how we’re going to keep people safe and how we’re going to keep those jobs safe. And we’ve got to do it — I did a — I thought it would be a simple speech this morning. I had 50 different questions from workers that were back in the plants, things that they were scared about, things that were happening. We’ve got to work with everybody. It is scary. If you’re a worker that’s going back into that plant, some people are ants and want to get out of the house and some people are scared to death. We’ve got to work with everybody.”