[Dixie Yooper]

“Women should be able to tell their stories,” Whitmer said, apparently supporting the right of former Biden Senate staffer Tara Reade to go public with her claim of having been sexually assaulted by Biden in 1993 – a claim Biden denies. Whitmer shared her remarks during an appearance on ABC’s “Nightline” – just hours before Biden addressed the claims on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe."

And just like that, the governor is out of contention for VP pick, unless a last minute trip to Delaware to become a Joe-let is in the cards...

[catnipman]

“And just like that, the governor is out of contention for VP pick”

and think she already was out of contention as she’s so unpopular in michigan right now that she’d guarantee biden would lose michigan as is VP (actually i think she’s already guaranteed it no matter what), so she’s got nothing to lose by parroting the line that “all women should be heard” (though that’s quite a bit weaker than the usual Dem line of “All women should be believed”) ...