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Port Huron Times Herald One of the owners of a downtown Port Huron restaurant was apologetic Thursday after facing some backlash over a controversial Facebook comment about Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.Mark Wrubel, who co-owns Chef Shell’s, suggested the governor could “go and kill herself” and do the state “a huge favor” in a comment thread on a public St. Clair County page Wednesday.By Thursday afternoon, Wrubel posted an apology on his personal Facebook, which was also shared by the restaurant on its public page. Wrubel, who wasn’t immediately available for comment early Thursday evening, wrote he’d been “under a lot of stress” because of the impact the coronavirus has had on the business community.“With people making decisions that are beyond our control, it has created a lot of stress in my life and has affected me personally, as I am sure it has many of you,” he wrote. “I am afraid of losing everything, and it has caused me to really stress out.“Emotions got the best of me yesterday. I am sorry for making comments about our governor. I had a thought that made it on to Facebook. This pandemic is hurting all of us, but please hear me, this was not my heart and I do not stand behind that statement.”While plenty of commenters to Chef Shell’s Facebook share of the statement indicated they’d no longer be giving the restaurant their service, others were more forgiving — touching on freedom of speech issues or a willingness to have a dialogue.One commenter suggested donating funds to benefit mental health organizations in response to other comments about cyberbullying prompting suicide. The Chef Shell’s account responded, adding the restaurant donates 10 percent of its sales every Tuesday to a local nonprofit and would “do a day” for St. Clair County Community Mental Health soon.Co-owner Shell Wrubel also wasn’t immediately available for comment late Thursday.Earlier this summer, she had discussed the difficulty of coping with COVID-19 as a business in an interview with the Times Herald as the restaurant prepared to reopen to a limited dine-in capacity.The restaurant shared reference to Mark Wrubel’s statement in other public comment threads where local Facebook users discussed the issue.In his post on Thursday, he also asked for forgiveness.“I cast all my worries and anxiety on my lord and savior (and not Facebook) because he cares for me,” Mark Wrubel wrote. “… Please, pray and send encouragement as I need to get through this. Thank you for your understanding and compassion.”Contact Jackie Smith at (810) 989-6270 or jssmith@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @Jackie20Smith.

Port Huron Times Herald One of the owners of a downtown Port Huron restaurant was apologetic Thursday after facing some backlash over a controversial Facebook comment about Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.Mark Wrubel, who co-owns Chef Shell’s, suggested the governor could “go and kill herself” and do the state “a huge favor” in a comment thread on a public St. Clair County page Wednesday.By Thursday afternoon, Wrubel posted an apology on his personal Facebook, which was also shared by the restaurant on its public page. Wrubel, who wasn’t immediately available for comment early Thursday evening, wrote...

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