5.9.21 Bee-otch of the Day: the douchebag who heckled Governor Whitmer in Traverse City last week

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Name: unknown
Age: reportedly 39
Occupation: unknown
Last Seen: jail
Bee-otched For: ruining a visit from Whitmer
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Last Thursday was supposed to be an eventful day for the citizens of Traverse City, Michigan for all the right reasons. 

Governor Gretchen Whitmer came to Discovery Pier in nearby Grelickville and signed a bill into law on a kayak protecting our state's natural resources. However, while the Governor was speaking, a heckler was kind enough to scream and yell throughout her speech. He shouted obscenities and told her to "go back to Lansing". 

After the speech, Leelanau County Police showed up to confront the protestor, who was arguing with Rick Coates, part of rock station 97.5 WKLT's The Omelette Show. During the argument, the man was asked why he wouldn't run for office, and his response was "the only people who are elected to office are criminals like Whitmer". In front of officers, said douchenozzle took the microphone from the hand of WPBN-TV 7&4 reporter Natalie Spala and threw it across the parking lot. Then, after the cops arrested the man, he spat on Spala's cameraman. 

Currently, the man - whose name has not been revealed - is serving time in the Leelanau County Jail. 

Since the pandemic began, Governor Whitmer has been lauded for her state shutdowns, but has also been a target for violent conservatives who have threatened to kill her and her family. Last year, a militia group was caught planning to kill the Governor, even going as far as to stalk her vacation home near Elk Rapids, Michigan. This new attack on the Governor is just another threat from someone who doesn't understand how politics work.

To make matters worse, the radio and TV station that was there at the signing might have added to the man's actions. WKLT is owned by Midwestern Broadcasting, whose sister station, WTCM 580, has given northern Michigan the unholy noises of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and others for over three decades. Almost coincidentally, it was Midwestern who also founded 7&4, which after several ownership changes is now in the hands of the one and only Sinclair Broadcast Group. As many broadcasting geeks know, Sinclair is pretty much the Antichrist of journalism by turning local newscasts into ultra-right flaming piles of shit. 

It wouldn't shock me if this prick was brainwashed by all the fake news in the world. He probably thinks that science doesn't exist and that COVID-19 is a fairytale. In reality, we need to thank Governor Whitmer for putting our health first, even if it means that businesses have to close for good, big and small. Also, major props go out to Ms. Spala, who has been with 7&4 for three years. She took the jerk's slings and arrows and came out unscathed. I hope that test will allow her to move up in the broadcasting world, especially to bigger markets like Grand Rapids.

As for this loser, I hope he and his tinfoil hat rot in jail for a long, long time. What he did last week was inexcusable and made a poor example of the right. 

He needs to end up in a psych ward... with all the other assholes on the right with him.

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