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.

  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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    9 months ago

    Yes Iā€™m actually fully in agreement that native Hawaiians are being pushed into extinction but thatā€™s 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 canā€™t just ask for history to change we need to figure out solutions for now.

    And yeah rich people of all parties arenā€™t going to be particularly interested and itā€™s obvious our government doesnā€™t work right. Your original point that national parks arenā€™t 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. Itā€™s never your land or your stuff. Itā€™s just temporary.

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      9 months ago

      They arenā€™t progressive. You canā€™t 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 didnā€™t reverse it or stop it from continuing. You frame me as a child throwing a tantrum. ā€œUnless you just want to be angryā€ Fuck off. If you arenā€™t angry, then you arenā€™t actually affected by it. We should be angry.