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.

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    4 months ago

    Neoliberals never let a silly thing like facts get in their way.

    They’re just republicans who don’t want the cool kids to hate them.

    The fucked up part is theyre the only other option this election, and they know it.

    It’s not good enough for them that Biden is better than trump, they want 100% support for all the fucked up shit Biden is doing as well.

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      4 months ago

      they want 100% support for all the fucked up shit Biden is doing as well

      Who are you even talking about?

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      4 months ago

      And they yell at us for not putting up with their putrid shit. Whatever happened to “push Biden left”

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        4 months ago

        You have? Like, it’s been a clear influence in the policies of his administration. I’m my opinion, it would be pretty short sighted to turn that influence into disdain.