In Michigan, a Win and a Warning for Biden
President Joe Biden won the Democratic primaries in Michigan on Tuesday night, continuing his march to the party’s nomination despite a robust grassroots effort encouraging voters to vote “uncommitted” to register objections to his handling of Israel's ongoing war in Gaza.
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00:00 - Cease fire now! Cease fire now!
00:03 Cease fire now! Cease fire now!
00:06 - President Joe Biden has won the Michigan Democratic primary,
00:10 overcoming several lesser-known challengers
00:13 and a large push for the state's voters
00:15 to mark "uncommitted" on their ballots
00:17 in protest of the Biden administration's handling
00:21 of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
00:23 - We are no longer in a position
00:25 to beg Democrats to listen to us.
00:27 Quite frankly, none of us want Trump
00:29 to know which is exactly why we're doing this.
00:31 This is the only way we can raise a flag to Democrats
00:34 that you are going to lose
00:35 unless you call for ultimate cease-fire.
00:38 - Biden won the state by three percentage points in 2020,
00:42 and Tuesday's results give an indication
00:44 of his standing in the state
00:46 that could once again play a significant role
00:48 in whether he wins the election in November.
00:51 The Associated Press has called the Michigan Republican
00:54 primary for former President Donald Trump,
00:57 who defeated rival Nikki Haley in a swing state
01:00 that is expected to play a crucial role
01:04 in the November election.
01:05 Trump has now swept all early-state contests,
01:08 and his team is hoping to lock up the delegates
01:11 needed to secure the Republican nomination by mid-March.
01:15 While Tuesday's results give an indication
01:17 of where the state is at ahead of November,
01:20 only 16 of the state's 55 presidential delegates
01:23 will be awarded based on the results.
01:26 The remaining 39 will be awarded
01:29 at a March 2nd state GOP convention.