5 takeaways from the Michigan primaries | KLRT [Video]

President Biden faced his first challenging day in the Democratic primary process Tuesday as Michigan voters went to the polls.

The problem for the president was not the token opposition from Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) but, rather, the push for a protest vote over Biden’s vigorous support for Israel during its assault on Gaza.

The protest campaign, advocating for people to vote “uncommitted,” had a solid night. By 11:30 p.m. EST, it had racked up more than 50,000 votes, or about 14 percent of all ballots cast.

Those numbers are sure to grow, with most votes in Wayne County — home to Detroit and Dearborn — still to be counted.

On the Republican side, former President Trump won as expected. Trump had 67 percent of the vote at 11:30 p.m., compared to 27 percent for his last remaining rival, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley.

Here are the main takeaways from the primaries.

The Democratic primary was not …