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Michigan governor says not voting for Biden over Gaza war ‘supports second Trump term’ (www.theguardian.com)
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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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[–] -4 points 2 years ago

No. Here we go again. White people created Trump, let them fix it. Stop undermining and pinning this on muslim voters. They are still a minority. Their votes didn't stop Trump from getting elected in 2016 and it won't stop him now. And asking them to vote for Genocide Joe is the evil thing here. There are 30.000 corpses out there that can't and won't be ignored.

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