{"id":2287852,"date":"2024-07-02T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-named-as-possible-biden-replacement-releases-cringeworthy-hotinfrastructuresummer-video\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T10:55:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:55:51","slug":"gov-named-as-possible-biden-replacement-releases-cringeworthy-hotinfrastructuresummer-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-named-as-possible-biden-replacement-releases-cringeworthy-hotinfrastructuresummer-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov Named as Possible Biden Replacement Releases Cringeworthy &#8216;#HotInfrastructureSummer&#8217; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgov-named-as-possible-biden-replacement-releases-cringeworthy-hotinfrastructuresummer-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2287852&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the aftermath of the recent debate debacle and the speculation about potential replacements\u2063 for President Joe Biden on the \u2064Democratic presidential ticket. Various\u2063 names are mentioned,\u2063 including Vice \u2062President Kamala\u200b Harris,\u200b California\u2063 Gov. Gavin Newsom, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Hillary \u2062Clinton, Michelle Obama, and Michigan Gov.\u200d Gretchen Whitmer. The \u200cfocus then shifts\u2063 to a\u200b recent \u2063social media post by Whitmer promoting infrastructure\u2064 projects with the hashtag #HotInfrastructureSummer, which has been met with widespread\u2064 criticism and ridicule. The article concludes with a note from the Deputy Managing Editor highlighting the importance\u200c of the upcoming 2024 election in\u2064 light of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pressure-mounts-on-sheldon-whitehouse-to-resign-in-shame-over-ties-to-racist-beach-club\/\" title=\"Pressure Mounts on Sheldon Whitehouse To Resign in Shame Over Ties to Racist Beach Club\">recent political developments<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 2, 2024 at 7:04am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>It\u2019s now Tuesday, the better part of a week after the debate debacle Thursday that raised the questions of 1) whether President Joe Biden could be replaced atop the Democratic presidential ticket and 2) who would replace him.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris would be the obvious choice, except for the fact that she also polls on par with norovirus infection and the AMC Gremlin.<\/p>\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom seems slick as a top surrogate for the president \u2014 but \u201cslick\u201d is never an adjective one wants to see attached to a candidate who needs to win states in Heartland America. And then there\u2019s the fact that identity politics types would be furious that the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-disappointment-is-real-for-kamala-harris-superfans-a-case-of-buyers-remorse\/\" title=\"\u2018The Disappointment Is Real\u2019: For Kamala Harris Superfans, a Case of Buyer\u2019s Remorse\">black woman vice president<\/a> was being passed over from a white man from the same state.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/let-finish-pete-buttigieg-torched-cnbc-host-live-air-defends-bidens-handling-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> is another would-be stand-in who has underperformed in his current position.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hillary-clinton-replace-kamala-harris-saves-biden-according-wapo-columnist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/michelle-obama-chances-beating-trump-poll-1919381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Obama<\/a> have gotten mentions, a sign that things are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-new-post-debate-ad-quickly-backfires-viewers-call-serious-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">really desperate in DNC-ville<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But hey, what about Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve mostly forgotten about the fact that this was the woman who had some of the strictest COVID-19 lockdown policies in the nation and practically had to deal with a revolt over banning the sale of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/michigan-sheriffs-rebel-dem-gov-begin-restoring-freedoms-taken-covid-panic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freaking gardening supplies<\/a> during the darkest days of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In a state the Democrats need to win, Whitmer managed to score <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2022\/11\/08\/us\/elections\/results-michigan-governor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">54.5 percent<\/a> in her re-election campaign in 2022. Her rallying cry has been \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovWhitmer\/status\/1807911810680684984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fix the damn roads<\/a>,\u201d which sounds positively pragmatic as Democrats go these days.<\/p>\n<p>And, as if on cue, Whitmer caused the internet to cringe with her latest attempt to get those damned roads fixed: \u201c#HotInfrastructureSummer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who have been unplugged from this aspect of popular culture over the past decade or so \u2014 and I don\u2019t blame you, believe you me \u2014 the hashtag takes its name from \u201cHot Girl Summer,\u201d a 2019 single by Megan Thee Stallion and Nikki Minaj in which the protagonists meditate on the empowering nature of basically rutting with every attractive male who moves.<\/p>\n<p>Given that there\u2019s literally no verse in the song that can be reproduced here with fewer asterisks than Lance Armstrong\u2019s career cycling record, I\u2019d just suggest trusting me that Misses Thee Stallion and Minaj failed to capture the powerful message of Betty Friedan\u2019s \u201cThe Feminine Mystique\u201d in their work.<\/p>\n<p>But, hey, governors pretending to be cool can use the song\u2019s catchphrase, to assure Michiganders that \u201ceveryone knows that strong, reliable infrastructure is real hot girl sh**\u201d in a Monday post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichigan! We\u2019re turning up the heat with some serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">infrastructure projects<\/a>,\u201d Whitmer said over a beat so weak it couldn\u2019t enliven the lunchtime atmosphere at a Panera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis season, we\u2019re taking our commitment to fixing the damn roads, pipes, bridges and everything in between to the next level,\u201d she continued, adding that \u201cwe\u2019re bringin\u2019 the heat and making sure Michigan\u2019s infrastructure is built to last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStay tuned and stay excited!\u201d the governor concluded. \u201cHot infrastructure summer is here, and we\u2019re just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HotInfrastructureSummer?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HotInfrastructureSummer<\/a> is here, and everyone knows that strong, reliable infrastructure is real hot girl sh- \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WxoFV6Tjk5\">pic.twitter.com\/WxoFV6Tjk5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovWhitmer\/status\/1807776977924792657?\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This paid political ad has been brought to you by the folks at the Kamala, Gavin and Pete Don\u2019t Want To Get Passed Over 2024 Super PAC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-desantis-press-sec-pushaw-announces-resignation-not-going-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christina Pushaw<\/a>, best known for her work with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 team both in the state and in the 2024 presidential election, may have put it best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the purest distillation of cringe I\u2019ve ever seen on this app \u2014 and that\u2019s saying something,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the purest distillation of cringe I\u2019ve ever seen on this app \u2014 and that\u2019s saying something<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Pushaw \ud83d\udc0a \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1808026050838032816?\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nor was she alone:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">cringe<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CaptainJup (@JupiterCaptainn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JupiterCaptainn\/status\/1807785200258019687?\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You\u2019re like that annoyingly cringe teacher that used to try making learning cool, and insisted you called them by their Christian name <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nGzXl8GAcb\">pic.twitter.com\/nGzXl8GAcb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @stevenvoiceover (@stevenvoiceover) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevenvoiceover\/status\/1808003925066359281?\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cringe \ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lance (@Frost3030) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Frost3030\/status\/1807787029926703604?\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am impressed by this hip and relateable video and now not only support your hot infrastructure projects but also want you to replace Biden<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Pearce (@WaywardRabbler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WaywardRabbler\/status\/1808002107393691657?\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For those of you who have been insisting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-anderson-cooper-fact-checks-kamala-harris-live-cnn-drops-bomb-bidens-debate-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> is playing out Julia Louis-Dreyfus\u2019 role on \u201cVeep\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">real life<\/a>, please do remember that no shortage of articles over the past few days have mentioned this woman as being an artful swap for Biden atop the Democratic ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Cringier things, sadly, are out there and being mentioned as potential Democratic nominees.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Whitmer obviously has national ambitions, ambitions I hope she never realizes for obvious political reasons. However, those ambitions were four years in the future \u2014 and now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bidens-performance-bad-people-started-wonder-hallucinated-audience-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thanks to a cringeworthy debate<\/a>, she\u2019s being mentioned as a credible Democratic standard bearer without anyone really asking themselves whether she\u2019d be cringeworthy herself without the years of preparation running for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-public-decline-tests-limits-of-white-house-spin-operation\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Visible Decline Challenges White House PR Capabilities\">president involves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Well, now you have your answer, thanks to #HotInfrastructureSummer. Next?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. 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Douglas Golden on July 2, 2024 discusses the aftermath of the debate debacle that raised questions about replacing President Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential ticket. Potential replacements like Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, and Pete Buttigieg are considered, with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also being mentioned. Whitmer&#8217;s recent attempt to promote infrastructure projects with the hashtag #HotInfrastructureSummer is criticized as cringeworthy. 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