Governor Gretchen Whitmer is apologizing after she and Michigan COO Tricia Foster were caught at an illegal gathering at a Lansing area bar.

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The Governor & COO are seen at the gathering in a since-deleted Facebook photo. The photo, then published by right-wing news site Breitbart, was taken at the Landshark Bar & Grill in East Lansing.

While limits on gatherings and restaurant restrictions will be easing on June 1st, current pandemic guidelines limit restaurant groups to 6 people and groups must be 6-feet apart. In the image 13 people can be seen gathered at three tables pushed together.

In a Sunday statement the Governor said the following:

Throughout the pandemic, I’ve been committed to following public health protocols,” Whitmer said Sunday in a statement. Yesterday, I went with friends to a local restaurant. As more people arrived, the tables were pushed together. Because we were all vaccinated, we didn’t stop to think about it. In retrospect, I should have thought about it. I am human. I made a mistake, and I apologize.

This isn't the first time the Governor has been at the center of Covid-19 controversies.

Early in the pandemic, she had to apologize for what she called 'a failed attempt at humor' when her husband dropped her name to a northern Michigan boat company in hopes of getting the family boat on the water for Memorial Day weekend at a time when she urged other residents in the state not to rush into the region.

Earlier this year the governor also flew to Florida to visit her father at a time when she urged Michigan residents to avoid unnecessary Spring Break travel.

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