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.

  • Facebones@reddthat.com
    1110·
    8 months ago

    Cool take, see you after the flopped election when you’re back here screaming that leftists single handedly tanked the election for Biden. 🤷

    • Krauerking@lemy.lol
      142·
      8 months ago

      People really will argue there are no left leaning voters and also leftists are why Democrats can’t win elections because the non existent voters don’t vote.

      Shocking that aiming at the apathetic middle fence sitters doesn’t seem to work when clearly that the argument is that it does. In which case it doesn’t matter that Biden isn’t liked by leftists cause he will win in a landslide for getting all those centrists and centrist conservatives right?

      I’m with you dude. I don’t get how there can be this argument that Democrats don’t need leftists and shouldn’t try to even bother getting their votes but also are being ruined by greedy lefties not voting. It’s a fucking paradox which means they need to actually give a shit and aim for the left.

    • Blackbeard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      85·
      8 months ago

      Not my take, I brought sources. Feel free to read them if you want to get outside of your bubble for a bit.

    • force@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 months ago

      I will eat this thread printed out on a sheet of paper after elections in November if Biden loses