Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer sparked disgust and anger on social media after feeding a Dorito to a kneeling podcaster in a video that went viral online.
The Michigan governor participated in an interview with feminist podcaster Liz Plank, but also posted a short video of herself feeding her Nacho Cheese Doritos while kneeling before the Michigan governor.
Plank performs a function called ‘Chip chat’, where hosts talk about their favorite snacks and talk about issues that matter to them.
But the video of the chip delivery went too far for many Catholics, who expressed outrage because it appeared to make a mockery of the sacrament of the Eucharist.
Whitmer stares at the camera while wearing a camouflage Kamala Harris hat after feeding a kneeling Plank a Nacho Cheese Dorito, often described by Harris as her favorite snack.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer gives a nacho cheese Dorito to podcaster Liz Plank
It can only be described as a “mockery of Catholics and the sacrament of Holy Communion,” the organization CatholicVote said, adding: “Not to mention the unsavory pornographic insinuations?”
The group’s president responded by demanding an apology from Whitmer in a statement to DailyMail.com.
“Catholics demand an immediate apology for Gretchen Whitmer’s offensive display that mocks what is most sacred to Catholics,” said Brian Burch.
“She has continued the Democrats’ hateful tradition of mocking Catholics and people of faith who will not support their left-wing agenda to usher in a culture of death.”
The famous scene of a Catholic kneeling and receiving a host of bread, believed to be the body of Christ, is a sacred ritual in the Catholic Church.
Podcaster Liz Plank after eating a Dorito fed to her by Gretchen Whitmer
“Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer blasphemes the Eucharist and feeds a Dorito to a left-wing podcaster as if it were Holy Communion.” wrote conservative podcaster Liz Wheeler on X. “Wearing a Kamala Hat.”
“More decadent empire behavior from the Democrats, this time through Governor Nero of Michigan,” Daily Wire wrote podcaster Michael Knowles.
‘Am I mistaken, or is this a mocking Catholic community? I can’t imagine a politician being that stupid… but I can’t imagine any other interpretation either.” wrote conservative blogger Ed Morrissey.
Others on social media found the video bizarre.
‘What’s happening here. What is Gretchen doing. I have so many questions wrote Libs from TikTok on X.
“Remember when Gretchen Whitmer called JD Vance weird?” asked X user Bonchie, a writer for the conservative website RedState.