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.

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58 points

This is a primary. Voting for Biden won’t make it less likely that Trump will be elected.

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So they’re not even the official candidates yet? Just how long is your election cycle?

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4 years.

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Primaries are rigged there’s no real choice

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That’s not really true. Primaries weren’t rigged in the Rupublican primaries in 2016. They voted Trump in despite what the RNC wanted. It was the Dem’s primary that was rigged (and turned a bunch of people off of voting in the main election, and it seems those people still haven’t learned anything).

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Yea, neither Biden nor Trump have the official party endorsement yet. Presidential elections in the US usually last between two and five years depending on how you define them.

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The news starts talking about the next election the day after the election so our election cycle is permanent at this point.

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General election is in November. Get comfortable, it’s gonna be a while.

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Neoliberals never let a silly thing like facts get in their way.

They’re just republicans who don’t want the cool kids to hate them.

The fucked up part is theyre the only other option this election, and they know it.

It’s not good enough for them that Biden is better than trump, they want 100% support for all the fucked up shit Biden is doing as well.

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they want 100% support for all the fucked up shit Biden is doing as well

Who are you even talking about?

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Israel’s Genocide that is only possible because of our unwavering political and military support, probably

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And they yell at us for not putting up with their putrid shit. Whatever happened to “push Biden left”

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You have? Like, it’s been a clear influence in the policies of his administration. I’m my opinion, it would be pretty short sighted to turn that influence into disdain.

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