Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote ‘uncommitted’ in Michigan’s primary on Tuesday

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.

  • FoxBJK@midwest.socialEnglish
    176·
    9 months ago

    The problem is Progressives aren’t offering up any other option. Who am I supposed to vote FOR this time around? “No one” isn’t much of a rallying cry.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2913·
      9 months ago

      Why should they? the DNC will never allow a progressive to be the party candidate. which is why we didn’t have bernie in '16… like the VOTERS WANTED.

      • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
        121·
        9 months ago

        I would say 2020 was the real stinger… clyburn in south carolina playing king maker.

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
          182·
          9 months ago

          New Hampshire went for Sanders in 2020, and were punished by losing their primary representation in 2024. South Carolina proved pivotal to the Biden campaign, so they’re rewarded by going first.

          • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            7·
            9 months ago

            Yuuuup. There were plenty of better states to choose if they just wanted a less-white state. Georgia is diverse and actually in play, but instead we kick off with a state that’s deep red with an ineffectual Democratic party because they voted the way the winners liked.

      • FoxBJK@midwest.socialEnglish
        54·
        9 months ago

        Because in 2020 the progressive candidate was the front runner. 4 years later they have no one else to offer up? No wants to vote for Biden. This is the progressive caucus’s moment, and they’re failing to respond to what the voters want.

          • FoxBJK@midwest.socialEnglish
            51·
            9 months ago

            Then to be quite honest that’s something progressives need to focus on and work through if they want to be taken seriously going forward. Railing against Biden will only get them so far. At the end of the day, voters need something to be in favor of, to rally behind.

          • Jentu@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            3·
            9 months ago

            Progressivism is a marble on a hill. Either they roll to the right and join the liberals because they support and believe in an unjust hierarchical system as long as it’s sufficiently pinkwashed or roll hard left because they see the issue is the system itself

        • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
          21·
          9 months ago

          If progressives had put someone up against an incumbent they would have been accused of wanting Trump to win.

          Also, their candidate would be deemed unelectable and voting for them in the primary would be helping Trump to win.

          Also, America is not a progressive country and even if they won the nomination they’d probably lose.

          Why? Because America wants this shitshow. Why else would they keep choosing it? They don’t want problems solved, they want arguments and hot takes and “slams” and “bashes.”

        • crusa187@lemmy.ml
          43·
          9 months ago

          There are great progressive candidates running. You just don’t see it because the DNC is hard at work behind the scenes canceling primaries, removing candidates from the ballot, instructing the corporate media to not report on it, and sending out people like Whitmer to manufacture consent for there being no actual primary debates or competition.

          Biden’s ego demands a second term, there’s no voter choice involved here.

      • SaltySalamander@kbin.social
        11·
        9 months ago

        If the voters wanted Bernie in '16, they could have gotten off of their collective asses and voted for him. He was on every single state ballot. The fact is, more voters voted for Hillary.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
      117·
      9 months ago

      I cannot remember an election where the incumbent got primaried. And even if we tried we’d be accused of hurting the establishment candidate’s chances in the general.