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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    1 year ago

    Your point is received. It’s a shitty point, but please, you keep trying to elaborate but you just keep repeating the same useless point.

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      It’s a shitty point

      ā€œDon’t support genocideā€ is shitty only if you want to support genocide.