They are children.
“You promised we could go to Great Adventures if I did my homework! you promised!”
“But, you see, there’s this blizzard outside.”
“Details! We’re going to Great Adventures! You promised!”
“Great Adventures is closed on account of the blizzard, dear.”
“Make them reopen! Keep your promise!”
“If we go out in that blizzard, we will die.”
“LIAR!”
“We’ll go after the blizzard, when it reopens.”
“No. I want to go NOW! Liar.”
Whitmer claims they broke their promise, but I don’t think they promised. Judges know doing so would be asking for trouble.