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.

  • Guntrigger@feddit.ch
    223·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      98·
      10 months ago

      I wasn’t advocating for not voting for Biden; I was advocating for Biden to cease his support for Netanyahu’s genocide.

      • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        104·
        10 months ago

        When you make statements like

        Democrats should not be supporting genocide. Regardless of how much worse the alternative is

        You need to understand that the alternative is Trump. Stop creating bullshit noise and get on the same page as everyone else.

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
          53·
          10 months ago

          You need to understand that the alternative is Trump.

          “But they’re worse” does not justify supporting genocide. Nothing justifies supporting genocide. Biden should stop.

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          42·
          10 months ago

          The alternative is Biden not supporting genocide, and if it takes threats to not vote for him to do it, that’s 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.