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.
When every side supports Israel, isn’t it basically a non issue? I know you guys love to police the world, but maybe choose your politicians based on national, not global affairs
That works if you are France or the UK where the head of government and the head of state are different people.
Our politicians choose us for the most part, not the other way around.
The threats and pressure are aimed at changing that statement. How Biden reacts right now is very much not a non-issue.
It’s too late to fix in the 2024 election, shit you guys didn’t give a fuck about before the news told you to care. Fix shit going forward but this is just utterly stupid
You are wrong and ignorant.
Enjoy another 4 years of Trump you idiots
“that’s right little Timmy, back in my day we voted for genocide and when we didn’t we were told it was the only ethical choice, because everyone was doing it.”
As relevant here as it was there
No one’s fucking voting for genocide; not even Biden (whose actions on Gaza are not acceptable) is voting for genocide; say what you want, but he’s not telling them to go into Gaza. And the 2024 election is about whether you want America to still be a democracy. A fascist USA helps no one.
Oh good. I was worried our political leadership was killing people.
What kind of democracy only gives you one option on the ballot?
Your only other choice is to not vote. There is no other choice for 2024. Forget about a world that should be, and about how elections should work. You guys didn’t care ever and you’re paying for it now, so for 2024 these are your choices, this is the bed y’all made. Going forward, work on expanding your choices, but today, sadly this is all you got
Democrats 2024: Forget about a world that should be
It’s too late for you to fix shit in this election that you didn’t give a fuck about a month ago. As if any of you gave a fuck about Palestine before the news told you to
You can’t justify supporting genocide, so you attack those who oppose it.
Nobody opposes it, that’s the issue stupid. You have no good choices
People who support genocide can’t imagine anyone actually opposing it.
Name which 2024 political candidate opposes it. I’ll wait.
That’s not a choice. If you have to, do a write-in. Not participating is allowing the opposition to win.
If you’re doing a write-in, you can also bring your own garbage bin to throw it in afterward. You can still have the smug satisfaction of not being one of the sheeple without wasting somebody else’s time as they try to decipher the chickenscratch.
Better than crossing your arms, saying no, and falling to the floor like a toddler.
Functionally equivalent is not better, it ends up the same.
On second thought: A write-in is worse because it potentially costs additional effort not only for the “voter” but, if it ends up being counted, the counter too. Sort of a dick move to risk taking up their time for nothing.