Catholic officials in the state of Michigan, including its seven diocesan bishops, condemned Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s, D-Minn., recent viral video that many people viewed as her mocking Holy Communion.
Published to feminist author and filmmaker Liz Plank’s Instagram page on Thursday, the clip depicted Whitmer wearing a Harris-Walz hat and putting a Doritos chip into Plank’s mouth as the media figure knelt down on the floor.
“It is not just distasteful or ‘strange;’ it is an all-too-familiar example of an elected official mocking religious persons and their practices,” Michigan Catholic Conference (MCC) President and CEO Paul A. Long said in a statement representing the views of Catholic leaders in the state.
MICHIGAN GOV FEEDS KNEELING FEMALE PODCAST HOST DORITOS WHILE WEARING A HARRIS-WALZ HAT