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.

  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    No one is supporting genocide. Hence why Oderus implied you were arguing in bad faith. Quit now before you make an ass of yourself.

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      9 months ago

      ā€œOpposition to genocide isnā€™t realā€, is pretty close to supporting it.

      A young man just lit himself on fire to protest our complicity in the genocide, this isnā€™t a made up issue. The people up in arms in my social feeds arenā€™t faceless Russians, they the people who would work past campaigns and donate to Democrats.

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      9 months ago

      Biden circumvented congress to sell weapons to Netanyahu for genocide. Thatā€™s support for genocide.

      You canā€™t justify support for genocide, and I doubt you want Biden to stop doing so. So letā€™s see which Standard Centrist Dismissal you select instead.