MI-13: Rashida Tlaib will not endorse Biden

[RandySF]

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is opening up about why she hasn’t yet joined most members of her party in endorsing presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden.

In an interview with Newsweek published on Monday, the first-year lawmaker, who had previously endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the 2020 presidential race, was pressed about why she hasn’t thrown her support behind the former vice president.

“He hasn't directly called me or anything, but, no, right now I'm focused on my election, my constituents and my residents,” Tlaib told the outlet. “One thing that I know is I'm going to be really focused on turnout in the fall. When I focus on turnout, we will deliver Michigan to Joe Biden.”

“Trump only won Michigan by 10,000 votes. When I turn out my folks and my district, we'll be able to take back the state. When you focus primarily on getting people out to vote in a district like mine, [Biden] wins,” she continued.




https://thehill.com/homenews/house/509274-tlaib-opens-up-about-why-she-hasnt-endorsed-biden-yet

[JI7]

1. That probably helps Biden

[SunSeeker]

13. No kidding. nt

[jcgoldie]

2. how is this not an endorsement?

“One thing that I know is I'm going to be really focused on turnout in the fall. When I focus on turnout, we will deliver Michigan to Joe Biden.”

[jorgevlorgan]

4. Exactly.

I think she just means her goal is to win her primary and win the state for the Democratic nominee. But not to necessarily campaign vociferously for him?

[Voltaire2]

15. Yup.

The intent of the article is to divide us against each other.

[jorgevlorgan]

3. "We will deliver michigan to Joe Biden"

...kinda sounds like an endorsement to me

[Xolodno]

5. Uhhhhh....errrrr....ehhhh....Ahem.

So yeah, she didn't say the magic words, "I endorse Joe Biden". With that said, she is a polarizing figure...if she did flat out endorse him, I can already see the adds on conservative channels linking Biden to her and using her past cringe worthy statements. It's not fair, of course. But discretion is the better part of valor at times.

[demosincebirth]

11. So right!

[brush]

6. Not smart. She's bashed Hillary now won't endorse Biden. She's gonna lose.

[Kaleva]

17. Working to deliver the state for Biden sure sounds like an endorsement to me.

[madaboutharry]

7. I don't read her comments the same way.

Sometimes a polarizing figure serves their party best by staying in the background. I don’t see anywhere that she says “I won’t endorse Biden.”

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Dunno what's on her mind, but at least she's not openly against him. Although...

"When I'm out there doing my magic for my people, he'll be pulled along with it for the win" doesn't sound too enthusiastic.

[Voltaire2]

16. She is openly for him.

Read it again.

[Gothmog]

9. Her opponent, Brenda Jones, has endorsed the nominee of our party

Link to tweet

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[greyl]

10. "...we will deliver Michigan to Joe Biden." Overblown, he just needs to call her. nt

[Raine]

12. Sounds like an endorsement to me. nt

[uponit7771]

14. Click bait OP?! She outright says she's delivering the state to Biden

[NurseJackie]

18. On the bright side, she wasn't as vulgar as Nina Turner's "half-a-bowl-of-shit" comment.

So that's a silver lining, right?