Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote ‘uncommitted’ in Michigan’s primary on Tuesday

Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote ‘uncommitted’ in Michigan’s primary on Tuesday

Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan governor, pushed back on calls to not vote for Joe Biden over his handling of the Israel-Gaza conflict, saying on Sunday that could help Trump get re-elected.

“It’s important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote that’s not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term,” she said on Sunday during an interview on CNN’s State of the Union. “A second Trump term would be devastating. Not just on fundamental rights, not just on our democracy here at home, but also when it comes to foreign policy. This was a man who promoted a Muslim ban.”

Whitmer, who is a co-chair of Biden’s 2024 campaign, also said she wasn’t sure what to expect when it came to the protest vote.

Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat who is the only Palestinian-American serving in Congress, urged Democrats last week to vote “uncommitted” in Michigan’s 27 February primary.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
    2·
    10 months ago

    It costs more money to get ten million $1 donations than it does to get one $10,000,000 donation. You have to advertise, put up a website, collect donations, and possibly pay service fees for the charges. One giant novelty check from a billionaire means more of that money goes into their coffers.

    It’s the same reason websites have advertising rather than memberships: Ad dollars are cheaper to get.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Lol

      You think thos 20k a plate fundraisers cost zero?

      The difference is the in person schmoozing with all those donors. The people running the party want to be paid to attend shit like that and having wealthy people suck up to them

      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
        1·
        10 months ago

        I think getting $19,000 out of $20,000 is better than getting $0.90 out of a $1 donation, yes. It’s called cost-of-revenue.

        But you’re right about the schmoozing. The donors love that shit. But there’s also massive armies of political operatives whose livelihood depends on getting paid a ton of money to repeat facts back at the candidates.

        Advertisers, analysts, pundits, news orgs, and a ton of other people rely on elections being both as expensive and as frustrating as possible. That way they get a ton of money, and sell a ton of eyeballs.

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Sure, if you’re making up random numbers anything can be justified…

          But talking to someone who does that isnt something a lot of people are going to want to do bud.

            • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml
              2·
              10 months ago

              I think they understand that concept fine, it’s just that getting 97¢ out of twenty thousand $1 donations is better than getting $18k out of $20k, so if we’re making up numbers it can go either way.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      It costs more money to get the $10M donation, but it’s paid for by taxpayers rather than the candidate.