Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote āuncommittedā in Michiganās 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.
āItās important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote thatās not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term,ā she said on Sunday during an interview on CNNās State of the Union. āA 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 Bidenās 2024 campaign, also said she wasnāt 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 āuncommittedā in Michiganās 27 February primary.
The alternative appears to be that same genocide plus an authoritarian state run by a corrupt egoistist BTW. Voting for a party is and never has been a vote to support literally every policy they stand on.
I wasnāt advocating for not voting for Biden; I was advocating for Biden to cease his support for Netanyahuās genocide.
When you make statements like
You need to understand that the alternative is Trump. Stop creating bullshit noise and get on the same page as everyone else.
āBut theyāre worseā does not justify supporting genocide. Nothing justifies supporting genocide. Biden should stop.
The alternative is Biden not supporting genocide, and if it takes threats to not vote for him to do it, thatās well worth it. You act like everything is baked into stone and none of these current actions could have a material impact on the people that are right now dying.