Fact check: Gretchen Whitmer did not encourage violence over masks

The Facebook page Friends and Community Shiawassee County News and Views on July 9 — the same day Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held a press conference — claimed the governor encouraged violence against Michanganders not abiding by the state's mask mandate when she called on residents to "politely, but also forcefully" help enforce it. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/19/fact-check-gretchen-whitmer-did-not-encourage-violence-over-masks/5434550002/