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

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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.

  • qooqie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    What I’ll say isn’t going to persuade you because it’s the internet, but is this really the election you want to make a grand stand on? Not exactly like one side has a treasonous lecher being propped up and banking on people like you. I get where you’re coming from and usually I’d somewhat agree, but not with trump breathing down our necks like he is

    • pudcollar@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      I don’t know how I could make myself more clear. You won’t do any persuading if you don’t understand where I’m coming from, read Lenin and Marx if you wanna do that.

      Biden opened up two proxy wars in his presidency. What i really want is for neither of them to win.

      • kaosof@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        And all you’ll get is everybody losing.

        Cutting off the nose to spite the face. Genius!

        Even though I’m childless and have absolutely no stake in this dog shit reality tunnel, I’m still a little perturbed by how cavalier a lot of people are with gambling about their children’s futures.

    • atyaz@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      is this really the election

      We hear that for every election. If every election is the most urgent then none of them are.