Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote ā€˜uncommittedā€™ in Michiganā€™s primary on Tuesday

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.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21Ā·
    9 months ago

    Lol

    You think thos 20k a plate fundraisers cost zero?

    The difference is the in person schmoozing with all those donors. The people running the party want to be paid to attend shit like that and having wealthy people suck up to them

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
      1Ā·
      9 months ago

      I think getting $19,000 out of $20,000 is better than getting $0.90 out of a $1 donation, yes. Itā€™s called cost-of-revenue.

      But youā€™re right about the schmoozing. The donors love that shit. But thereā€™s also massive armies of political operatives whose livelihood depends on getting paid a ton of money to repeat facts back at the candidates.

      Advertisers, analysts, pundits, news orgs, and a ton of other people rely on elections being both as expensive and as frustrating as possible. That way they get a ton of money, and sell a ton of eyeballs.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11Ā·
        9 months ago

        Sure, if youā€™re making up random numbers anything can be justifiedā€¦

        But talking to someone who does that isnt something a lot of people are going to want to do bud.

          • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml
            2Ā·
            9 months ago

            I think they understand that concept fine, itā€™s just that getting 97Ā¢ out of twenty thousand $1 donations is better than getting $18k out of $20k, so if weā€™re making up numbers it can go either way.