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.
Most would agree, but putting a worse person in power through apathy or inaction isnāt the solution.
Iām not advocating for voting for Trump or not voting.
Democrats should not be supporting genocide.
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Iāll stop saying it if they ever stop doing it.
Shame Dems wonāt take it
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.
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 arenāt contradictory.
āDemocrats should not support genocideā is a simple, direct statement.
Your point is received. Itās a shitty point, but please, you keep trying to elaborate but you just keep repeating the same useless point.
āDonāt support genocideā is shitty only if you want to support genocide.
There isnāt one, unless we can somehow replace key centre-right policymakers inside the Democrat party and drag the party to a more firmly progressive platform