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.

  • winky9827b@lemmy.world
    194·
    8 months ago

    Most would agree, but putting a worse person in power through apathy or inaction isn’t the solution.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      108·
      8 months ago

      I’m not advocating for voting for Trump or not voting.

      Democrats should not be supporting genocide.

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        710·
        8 months ago

        And what does that look like to you this election cycle?

        Stop the bullshit double speak, half truth skirting around the conversation and say, flat out and in plain English, how do you propose we handle this situation as a voter? Give us an actual solution.

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
          115·
          8 months ago

          We should continue the protests until Biden stops supporting genocide.

          We should vote for Biden and not Trump. Democrats should not support genocide. The two aren’t contradictory.

          Stop the bullshit double speak

          “Democrats should not support genocide” is a simple, direct statement.

          • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            26·
            8 months ago

            Your point is received. It’s a shitty point, but please, you keep trying to elaborate but you just keep repeating the same useless point.

            • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
              52·
              8 months ago

              It’s a shitty point

              “Don’t support genocide” is shitty only if you want to support genocide.

        • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          8 months ago

          There isn’t one, unless we can somehow replace key centre-right policymakers inside the Democrat party and drag the party to a more firmly progressive platform