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- michigan
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- michigan
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.
People really will argue there are no left leaning voters and also leftists are why Democrats canāt win elections because the non existent voters donāt vote.
Shocking that aiming at the apathetic middle fence sitters doesnāt seem to work when clearly that the argument is that it does. In which case it doesnāt matter that Biden isnāt liked by leftists cause he will win in a landslide for getting all those centrists and centrist conservatives right?
Iām with you dude. I donāt get how there can be this argument that Democrats donāt need leftists and shouldnāt try to even bother getting their votes but also are being ruined by greedy lefties not voting. Itās a fucking paradox which means they need to actually give a shit and aim for the left.