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.

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    People really will argue there are no left leaning voters and also leftists are why Democrats canā€™t win elections because the non existent voters donā€™t vote.

    Shocking that aiming at the apathetic middle fence sitters doesnā€™t seem to work when clearly that the argument is that it does. In which case it doesnā€™t matter that Biden isnā€™t liked by leftists cause he will win in a landslide for getting all those centrists and centrist conservatives right?

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