POLL: Overwhelming Opposition To Whitmer’s Hush Money Payments & Nursing Home Record POLL: Overwhelming Opposition To Whitmer's Hush Money Payments & Nursing Home Record - Michigan Rising Action

POLL: Overwhelming Opposition To Whitmer’s Hush Money Payments & Nursing Home Record

POLL: Overwhelming Opposition To Whitmer’s Hush Money Payments & Nursing Home Record

Michiganders overwhelmingly oppose Gov. Whitmer’s taxpayer-funded hush money payment to the former health director as well as her handling of nursing homes where at least 5,500 seniors have died.

March 23, 2021

Results from a poll conducted by MRG show overwhelming opposition to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s taxpayer-funded hush money payment to the former health director along with her handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

72% of Michiganders opposed Whitmer giving the former health director $155,000 in taxpayer money to leave his position and sign an agreement to never disclose details of his work regarding business shutdowns and nursing home policies.

Meanwhile, 63% of Michiganders oppose Whitmer’s handling of nursing homes where at least 5,500 seniors died from COVID-19 while Whitmer has refused to release the full data related.

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“The drop in the governor’s approval was attributed in part to her handling of the resignation of former Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Robert Gordon in January, and the revelation he signed a confidentiality agreement with the governor’s administration while at the same time receiving a taxpayer-funded buyout of $155,506. Only 11% of those polled responded they agreed with the governor, while 72.4% responded they disagreed with the deal.”

The survey of 610 likely Michigan voters was conducted by live interview March 15-18, 2021 with a +4 Dem sample. More results and details of the poll can be found on MRG’s website

Michiganders overwhelmingly oppose Gov. Whitmer’s taxpayer-funded hush money payment to the former health director as well as her handling of nursing homes where at least 5,500 seniors have died. Whitmer should immediately disclose why this shady financial arrangement with the person who directed shutdowns and oversaw nursing home policies was made and what they are trying to cover-up. – Tori Sachs, executive director of Michigan Rising Action

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