Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote ‘uncommitted’ in Michigan’s primary on Tuesday

Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote ‘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.

“It’s important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote that’s not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term,” she said on Sunday during an interview on CNN’s State of the Union. “A 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.”

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 “uncommitted” in Michigan’s 27 February primary.

  • CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world
    64·
    10 months ago

    Everyone says they didnt want him, but an idiot demagogue is a useful fool.

    Altrrnate theory: They didnt know who would beat Hillary, so they played as many candidates as possible until they figured it out.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      121·
      10 months ago

      That’s some nice history rewriting but the RNC actually openly loathed Trump until he won the primary - that’s when they became bootlickers.

        • Count042@lemmy.ml
          21·
          10 months ago

          No, but you can believe their actions.

          The Republican party was explicitly anti Trump in the 2016 primary.

          Now, it is the party of Trump.

          Things happen in sequential order, and are not always the same as they are now.

          Were you too young to remember 2016?