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.

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    10 months ago

    Show me some meaningful changes the biden administration has made in those arenasā€¦ We donā€™t have federally protected trans rights. Biden okā€™d new pipelines. Democrats are attacking leftists and college students and saying they are russian or chinese assets when protesting for palestine so they donā€™t even believe in free speech. McCartheyism is on the rise and the AIPAC funded democrats donā€™t want actual radical leftists to have any voice or power.

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      10 months ago

      Iā€™m not claiming that Biden is good, Iā€™m claiming that Trump is worse