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.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    8 months ago

    You’re not gonna admit that genocide is bad because you don’t believe it is. I’m voting for Biden.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        8 months ago

        Seriously, people act like it’s pulling teeth to say they’ll vote for Biden.

        After all the times you refused to say genocide was bad, you say this.

        Yes, of course genocide is bad

        Some of us don’t need to have stupid arbitrary demands met in order to say it.