Gretchen Whitmer apologizes for feeding chip to podcaster after Catholic backlash

Michigan governor accused of mocking communion, while she says stunt was meant to promote Biden's Chips Act

Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has apologized for feeding a Dorito chip to a social media influencer who dropped to her knees after Roman Catholic organizations accused the Democratic politician of insulting their religion by mocking the sacrament of communion.

I would never do something to denigrate someone's faith," Whitmer said in a statement that her office provided to the Michigan television news station WJBK on Friday.