Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote ā€˜uncommittedā€™ in Michiganā€™s primary on Tuesday

Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote ā€˜uncommittedā€™ in Michiganā€™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.

ā€œItā€™s important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote thatā€™s not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term,ā€ she said on Sunday during an interview on CNNā€™s State of the Union. ā€œA 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.ā€

Whitmer, who is a co-chair of Bidenā€™s 2024 campaign, also said she wasnā€™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 ā€œuncommittedā€ in Michiganā€™s 27 February primary.

  • Soulg@lemmy.world
    35Ā·
    9 months ago

    They werenā€™t calling Biden confused, they were calling the commenter confused.

    Biden may be old but he is clearly perfectly capable of doing the job and will most likely be just as capable again.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      65Ā·
      9 months ago

      Saying Biden is ā€œperfectly capableā€ā€¦

      Have you watched him speak?

      Like, he doesnā€™t do it often, and for good reason, but the only way someone can say what you just said without intentionally lying, is if theyā€™re ignoring their eyes and ears and believing his staff that as soon as a camera isnā€™t pointed at him, Biden suddenly becomes half his age.

      If I link any recent video of Biden acting confused, youā€™re going to claim itā€™s a one time thing. No matter how many videos I link, youā€™ll keep claiming it only happens in every video I link.

      So how about this?

      Why donā€™t you help me and everyone else feel comfortable with Biden?

      Link a single video of him as president speaking for more than 3 minutes without fucking something up?

      Heā€™s the freaking US President, if you canā€™t find a video 3 minutes long of him not getting confused, maybe that means he is confused all the time, the admin is hiding him, and all their claims of what heā€™s like is bullshit.

      Now keep in mind youā€™re not just saying heā€™s ā€œgood enoughā€ at 81, youā€™re saying heā€™ll stay ā€œperfectly capableā€ until 85.

      • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
        24Ā·
        9 months ago

        Have you watched him speak?

        I have, yeah. He has a speech impediment. Heā€™s had it his entire life. Thatā€™s not confusion.

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          32Ā·
          9 months ago

          As someone with an actual speech impediment Iā€™ve just started blocking people who say a childhood stutter can reappear 60 years later and cause you to mix up names and just go blank, but never actually stutter.

          I just canā€™t believe anyone used logic to get there.

          • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
            13Ā·
            9 months ago

            I canā€™t believe youā€™ve never mixed up names, gone blank, or had something re-appear in a high-stress moment of your life.

            I cnaā€™t believe that you can watch him from 20 years ago, and not see exactly the same kind of verbal gaffes then that he has now. But I guess if you only see what you want to see, then thatā€™s on you.