Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer pushed back on Monday against a report that said the governor relayed that Michigan was no longer winnable for Biden after his poor debate performance against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. POLITICO published a report on Monday morning about Whitmer’s attempts to dispel any rumors that she is looking to replace Biden as the Democratic candidate for the 2024 election. According to POLITICO senior political columnist Jonathan Martin, however, a source close to one of Whitmer’s potential 2028 Democratic rivals said that Whitmer had called Biden campaign chair Jennifer O’Malley Dillon to tell her that Michigan was unwinnable for the president after the debate. An unnamed Whitmer aide quickly denied the report, telling The Detroit News the POLITICO source’s claim was false. Whitmer added in a statement, “I am proud to support Joe Biden as our nominee and I am behind him 100% in the fight to defeat Donald Trump. Not only do I believe Joe can win Michigan, I know he can because he’s got the receipts: he’s lowered health care costs, brought back manufacturing jobs and is committed to restoring the reproductive freedom women lost under Donald Trump.” The Michigan governor also wrote in a post on X, “Anyone who claims I would say that we can’t win Michigan is full of s***. Let’s go.” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), who said she spoke to the governor about her call with Dillon, defended Whitmer, saying, “She’s out there doing everything she can. She’s working her a– off.” Dingell then slammed Whitmer’s potential political rival, who she accused of attempting to spin the governor’s conversation with Dillon in an attempt to “knife” her, The Detroit News reported. “Women don’t like people that go after each other,” Dingell said. Whitmer has been floated as a potential presidential candidate for the Democratic Party in 2028, and more recently, some have posited that Whitmer could be tapped if Biden were to drop out of the 2024 race. Speculation about Biden being replaced on the 2024 ticket ramped up over the weekend after Biden put on a shaky debate performance on Thursday night. Following the debate, 72% of registered voters said Biden does not have the mental and cognitive health to serve as president, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll. That number was up from 65% in a poll taken before the debate in early June. Michigan is a vital battleground state that has gone back and forth in the past two elections with Trump winning the state in 2016 and Biden taking Michigan in 2020. Trump currently holds a small polling advantage in Michigan, leading the president by 1.2 points, according to the RealClearPolitcs polling average as of Monday afternoon.

Jill Biden reacted to her husband President Joe Biden’s disastrous first presidential debate with former President Donald Trump and said she won’t “let those 90 minutes” define the current administration. The first lady’s comments appeared in a glossy cover story that dropped on Monday for the cover of Vogue’s August issue amid panic by Democrats about Joe Biden staying in the race after he stumbled, rambled, and froze numerous times during the 90-minute CNN face-off last week. “[The Biden family] will not let those 90 minutes define the four years he’s been president,” the first lady told the outlet by phone following the debate. “We will continue to fight.” she added, telling the outlet that “[Biden] will always do what’s best for the country.”  Jill Biden also talked about how people struggled emotionally, financially, and socially during the COVID-19 pandemic and want things to improve quickly. “Things are still getting better. It takes time to stand things up again,” she said. “Look, I know that food prices are up,” the First Lady added. “I go to the grocery store when I’m in Wilmington. And I raised three kids, and did the food shopping for how many years before we got to this job? It’s not like I don’t know.” Jill Biden, who has been covering up her husband’s dementia for years and is guilty of elder abuse, is on the cover of Vogue for July. This is why she and Hunter won’t tell him to step down, they won’t matter the minute he says he isn’t running. pic.twitter.com/v8zSD8eYdR — Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 1, 2024 The Vogue cover story prompted discussion on social media.  Megyn Kelly, who hosts “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast, claimed it was proof that Jill Biden is “out for her own power.” “The problem is that all of the Democrats’ hopes come down to what this woman wants,” Kelly said. “All of them… Jill Biden turns out to be a bit of a grifter… She’s power-hungry. She’s like a Hillary Clinton. She’s not a Laura Bush. She’s not a Melania Trump.” “She’s not somebody who’s just there to support her husband,” she added. “She seems to me like somebody who was out for her own power and can’t let go.” The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof told CNN he hopes Jill Biden and family are “thinking not only about [Joe Biden’s] interests, but about the nation’s interest.” He also compared Biden remaining in the race to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s decision to stay in her seat instead of retiring toward the end of her life. Trump went on to get a third justice on the high court, Amy Coney Barrett, after Ginsburg’s death in 2020. Newsmax’s Rob Schmitt wrote on X, “Nice puff piece on the most valueless person in America and her bid to keep her corpse-like husband into the White House to stay relevant.” OutKick’s Clay Travis wrote to his followers on X, “Jill Biden, who has been covering up her husband’s dementia for years and is guilty of elder abuse, is on the cover of Vogue for [August]. This is why she and Hunter won’t tell him to step down, they won’t matter the minute he says he isn’t running.” Related: Megyn Kelly Says ‘It Is Over For Joe Biden’ Following Trump-Biden Presidential Debate

'Critical issues with reliability'

'Victory or Death'

The results from both the recent European Parliamentary elections and France's snap legislative elections have surprised our socialist friends across the ocean.

'It is perplexing to comprehend'

Jill Biden's Kristian Silk Tuxedo Dress costs $4,990, and FLOTUS paired it with Irene Neuwirth earrings that cost anywhere from $4,550 to $4,600. Her outfit totals approximately ten thousand dollars, roughly double the annual cost of groceries. 

'This case was political from the get-go'

'We were there just to listen'

'It's just irresponsible'