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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    Democrats should not be supporting genocide. Regardless of how much worse the alternative is.

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      The alternative appears to be that same genocide plus an authoritarian state run by a corrupt egoistist BTW. Voting for a party is and never has been a vote to support literally every policy they stand on.

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        10 months ago

        I wasn’t advocating for not voting for Biden; I was advocating for Biden to cease his support for Netanyahu’s genocide.

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            The alternative is Biden not supporting genocide, and if it takes threats to not vote for him to do it, that’s well worth it. You act like everything is baked into stone and none of these current actions could have a material impact on the people that are right now dying.

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            10 months ago

            You need to understand that the alternative is Trump.

            “But they’re worse” does not justify supporting genocide. Nothing justifies supporting genocide. Biden should stop.

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

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        10 months ago

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

        Democrats should not be supporting genocide.

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          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.

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            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.

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            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

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      Yep, so vote Bernie in the primaries, then when he loses the primary and the election is Biden vs Trump vote Biden.

      It sucks that our election system has been warped into a two party shitshow, but here we are.

      Our ecosystem will not survive a Trump term. That means our food supply will not survive a Trump term. We do not want a neverending dust bowl.

      Additionally of you really think Trump will do anything for peace you haven’t been listening to his words or looked at his actions.

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        I said Democrats should not support genocide. I did not say people should not vote for Biden. I did not say people should vote for Trump.

        I said that Democrats should not be supporting genocide. Biden should stop and you should too.

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        I think Democrats should stop supporting genocide. They should vote for Biden and not Trump.

        Biden should stop supporting genocide, and pro-genocide centrists should stop assuming that opposition to genocide is support for Trump. Or at least scroll down and see if others haven’t spammed identical genocide apologia.