Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote āuncommittedā in Michiganās 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.
āItās important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote thatās not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term,ā she said on Sunday during an interview on CNNās State of the Union. āA 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 Bidenās 2024 campaign, also said she wasnāt 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 āuncommittedā in Michiganās 27 February primary.
national parks that still rob native peoples of their land? is that progressive to you? new deals for farmers, on stolen land? donāt act like america is anything to be proud of, even the leftest leaning presidents still upheld the empire.
Better than drilling on it. You canāt go back and undo history. Itās happened. Itās a shit take to just show it was someone elseās land. It always is. We are all living in someone elseās house and something elseās environment, so Iām and so forth.
Yes we can be better in the future and should aim for that but just screaming that itās all crap is really derivative of every history of everything.
Its a shit response to say that everybody has had land stolen. Especially when those peoples are still alive. So if we are to be better, then we need to acknowledge that there is still justice undone. And again these native peoples are still here, they arenāt gone. Native Hawaiians are actively being poisoned due to the US militaryās ignorance and neglect of their own infrastructure. Democrats arenāt talking about that are they? Hawaii was illegally annexed but Iām sure Democrats vacation there just as much as Republicans. They are still fighting for rights to their land and anyone in Congress or the White House would say they can go fuck themselves.
Yes Iām actually fully in agreement that native Hawaiians are being pushed into extinction but thatās part of the now that needs to be fixed. Actions have to be taken for the current issues and there may and very usually is history to navigate within because it does matter but you canāt just ask for history to change we need to figure out solutions for now.
And yeah rich people of all parties arenāt going to be particularly interested and itās obvious our government doesnāt work right. Your original point that national parks arenāt progressive is bad because even though stolen they are protected wild lands for hundreds of years. The new deal was a huge help to failing farms that are literally needed to feed people. We are facing inequality of massive magnitudes and climate change that is going to cause farming issues of the future, and climate refugees and economic refugees. We have to work with that now, looking at what the future we see from our choices with enough remembrance of the past but not clinging to it.
Unless you just want to be angry.
Edit: also my point is that eventually no matter what someone else will take your land whether they are your progeny or your replacement. Itās never your land or your stuff. Itās just temporary.
They arenāt progressive. You canāt forage on them, even if you are native. Its just for the white bourgois to enjoy. They are not protected for hundreds of years. Trump was able to sell some off to oil and natural gas. Biden didnāt reverse it or stop it from continuing. You frame me as a child throwing a tantrum. āUnless you just want to be angryā Fuck off. If you arenāt angry, then you arenāt actually affected by it. We should be angry.