Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote ā€˜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.

ā€œIt’s important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote that’s not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term,ā€ she said on Sunday during an interview on CNN’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 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 ā€œuncommittedā€ in Michigan’s 27 February primary.

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    2 years ago

    Florida just recently had a governor race where there was a great new candidate but then the DNC refused to back her and chose a former Republican instead to back… And which point why would anyone pick the former Republican governor when you can just have the current Republican governor and the Democrats lost by a landslide again.

    They don’t want to win they just want to give rich donors a job or a yes man.

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      2 years ago

      And which point why would anyone pick the former Republican governor when you can just have the current Republican governor

      I mean, gun to my head, if my choices are DeSantis or Crist… But that’s not great for enthusiasm.

      They don’t want to win they just want to give rich donors a job or a yes man.

      The dirty truth about the modern Democratic Party.