Gretchen Whitmer thinks she could beat Donald Trump, says former adviser

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1. She’s also wildly popular in Michigan which is one of the most crucial battleground states this time around. Not sure how she would do in other battleground states however.

   If Biden is replaced you could do a lot worse than Whitmer.

2. She is my pick. I think she would be awesome. She checks all the boxes.

3. I think it’s possible. But expensive, and she needs time to reach out in all states.. She would have to spend more money in more states than Biden. People know her in her own State, but nationwide, not so much.

   I think it’s a gamble, same as with Biden. If you just look at her and then Biden, she seems like the obvious choice.. But you have to see it from the view of those millions of viewers that don’t tune in to the election. She is a random person in front of a camera.

   Also ask yourself, she probably does want to be president. In 2028.. Why would she want to get thrown into a panic election against Trump a few months before voting day? xD If she has ambition, that seems like a dumb move. Same with Newsom.

4. She gets my vote

5. Of course she could. She would carry the midwest and rally suburban women with the abortion issue.

6. First woman President emerges to take down this golem of the patriarchy?

   The question isn’t why, it’s why not? The convention hasn’t voted. Our representatives haven’t voted in a nominee yet.

7. I will vote for Biden no matter what, but if he decides not to run, I’ll vote for any Dem, no way the repugs can have the WH. Gretchen would be a huge plus, second by Andy.

8. Well, this scenario is essentially how we in NZ got Jacinda Ardern.

   Front runner of Labour stepped down just before the election and Aunty Jaz stepped up.

   I’m not saying it would work in the USA, you guys are a bit behind when it comes to electing women, but it worked very well in NZ. Labour would not have won without her.

   But guys, it’s RISKY.

9. Funny, the bologna sandwich I had for lunch said the same thing. And it was right.

10. I agree with her. She doesn’t have the baggage that Newsom has.

11. She would be a great candidate. I feel terrible that she would have build a national campaign instantly and be able to deal with the frenzy of how this would be taking place with an opponent like Trump who lies 24×7. She should have had a year to get her organization off the ground.

12. I like her and I’d totally vote for her. I like Biden and I’d totally vote for him even if he’s past his prime. If she became president it would drive MAGA, who had a kidnapping plot against her, absolutely bonkers which is a nice bonus.

    I honestly have no idea which one would perform better, Whitmer is younger while Biden has name recognition and does well amongst a lot of demographics. They need to get some data and make a well-informed decision. I will be supporting it either way.

13. It’s big news that this is even a headline. Good first step. Hope she can get the nomination.

14. Tbh – I wonder if Kamala Harris will end up as the biggest collateral damage from this whole thing. It’s obvious that she, at best, isn’t helping Biden win any swing states.

    Biden may look to a new VP, one that realistically has a chance of replacing him, as the way he’s responding to this whole thing and finding somebody that can solidify the Blue Wall – ie Whitmer

15. I’d love to see a Gretchen/Pete ticket run

16. Whitmer hates MAGA (see kidnapping plot…) and crushed them in 2022, winning her race by 11 points and getting a legislative trifecta.

17. Please for the love of God have Whitmer run. She would devastate Trump and inject some real energy and excitement into the race. A (relatively) young battleground state governor who’s wildly popular and has blue-collar support, what more could you want? She’d also free the Democrats from the same few families running for the last thirty years.

18. This seems like the play, unless there is some other less well known candidate who is even stronger.

    There would be a lot of relief and excitement about an opportunity to vote for a non-Trump, non-Biden candidate, especially if that candidate was able to speak in complete sentences about why the Project 2025 agenda is bad.

    Traditional concerns about name recognition don’t necessarily apply, everyone will hear about the new replacement candidate and we want someone who is inoffensive, not overly “scary” to moderates and who doesn’t have a lot of baggage. But not someone so moderate they will turn into a Republican once in office.

    It would help if that candidate was from a swing state and not from California.

    If the election is a referendum on Trump vs normalcy, he loses. If the election is a debate about how bad Biden’s dementia is, Trump could win.

    (Of course, I will vote blue no matter who. But uhh I want blue to actually win.)

19. At this point, I believe literally anybody could beat Trump by just smiling and waving while letting him rave like a lunatic.

20. i’m from michigan, I hate the people who say “save Gretchen Whitmer for 2028”. She could still run for both.

21. A lot of Democrats could beat Trump just like a lot of Republicans could beat Biden yet both parties decided to nominate one of the worst possible options to run for President.

22. She’s uniquely well positioned to win. She can secure the Midwest, has no foreign policy positions weighing her down because she’s a governor, she can attack abortion and women’s rights issues in a way no man ever could, and she can talk about extremism because a far right group attempted to kidnap her.

23. Considering she evaded, escaped, and eluded, wait strait out accused MAGA of doing so, and survived , she’s got my vote! If there was a replacement for Biden, I pick her!!

24. I’ll vote for any mammal that is not Donald Trump.