[Governor Whitmer] also announced the flag order on Twitter,
accompanied by a video and photo of the flags. But that tweet prompted
more than 100 responses from people angry with the move, with many
saying that a small segment of the population shouldn't be singled out
for such an honor.
That was the point [Lynn] Afendoulis tried to make with her
bill, but the Twitter response was just as quick. By noon on Friday,
more than 6,200 people liked Whitmer's veto threat and several hundred
people noted that flags honoring such groups as POWs (prisoners of war)
and universities often flew on state buildings and would be banned under
Afendoulis' legislation.
