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.

  • 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.