Michigan governor says not voting for Biden over Gaza war ā€˜supports second Trump termā€™ - eviltoast

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.

  • kava@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    to be fair, thatā€™s probably one of the worst performing states for him because itā€™s Haleyā€™s home state

    Look at what happened at the primary in Nevada. He was removed from the ballot so he told his supporters to not go out and vote. What happened? Over 60% voted ā€œnone of these candidatesā€

    Nikki Haley lost to ā€œnone of these candidatesā€

    if you look at the polls for the republican primary: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/national/

    trump is >75%

    thatā€™s domination, especially considering a) desantis got more funding AND was polling better at the start of the campaign season and b) nikki haley picked up that funding after desantis dropped out

    the establishment republicans are desperate to get rid of trump but heā€™s like a tick that wonā€™t go away

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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      8 months ago

      He wasnā€™t removed from the ballot, he chose to remove himself because the party rules said candidates had to do that to compete in the caucus that would actually choose electors. ā€œNone of the aboveā€ were just Trump votes, which falls in line with a candidate who should be doing better for his name recognition and history.

      He can be solidly above 50%, assuring a primary win, and still not be demonstrating that heā€™s consolidated his party. He won his 2020 primaries with 94% of the vote.