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Don't Let Them Change the Subject [1]

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Date: 2022-09-17

The MAGA Republicans are making this weekend “Illegal Immigrant Weekend”. Over on Twitter, every single MAGA asshole in sight is shouting about “Open Borders”. Vile little Neo-Nazi Stephen Miller is being even more loathsome than usual, and that’s tough to do. They’re all yammering about it. Foghorn Leghorn, AKA Sen John Kennedy (MAGA-LA) has joined in the fun, as has Newt “Destroyer of Our Politics” Gingrich. And of course, Ted “Christofascist” Cruz is leading the way. This is one of the things I post in reply:

So I’m on it, as are many others. But the Republicans are DESPERATE to change the subject from one that matters to a great many people right now: THE REPUBLICAN EFFORT TO STRIP WOMEN OF THEIR RIGHTS. None of them—NONE OF THEM—are talking about this. I raised this in my previous diary, and I’d like to reiterate some of it. These are the positions of a number of prominent MAGA Senate candidates:

Let’s remind everybody of the following:

WALKER:

Georgia Senate candidate and former football star Herschel Walker said Wednesday he supports abortion bans without any exceptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother. “There’s no exception in my mind,” Walker told reporters after a campaign speech. “Like I say, I believe in life. I believe in life.”

JOHNSON:

Ron Johnson admitted that he would support Congress imposing a national abortion ban. “From voting to confirm anti-choice Justices to supporting a national abortion ban, Ron Johnson has made taking away Wisconsinites’ right to make their own health care decisions a top priority. Johnson’s dangerous and out of touch efforts are a direct threat to Wisconsinites’ freedoms,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Senate Communications Advisor Philip Shulman. This comes after Johnson took credit for helping overturn Roe v. Wade, which in Wisconsin, has eliminated access to nearly all abortions.

RUBIO:

(26 August) Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said in an interview that he does not support abortion in the cases of rape and incest in an interview Thursday evening. Mr Rubio, who is up for reelection in 2022, was asked by CBS4 News in Miami’s Jim DeFede whether he opposed abortion in all cases, including rape, incest and human trafficking.

VANCE:

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, everyone’s been sharing their hot takes about abortion and whether women should have the right to do what they want with their bodies. In an interview with Catholic Current, Rep. Senate nominee J.D. Vance shared his take: that he thinks there’s something “comparable” between abortion and slavery. “- while the people who obviously suffer the most are those subjected to it, I think it has this morally distorting effect on the entire society - I really think abortion has really done something very socially destructive to us as people in how we see the most vulnerable and the most dependent among us. I think that’s one of the under-appreciated facts about abortion. It’s really distorted our entire society,” said Vance in the interview.

MASTERS:

Masters repeatedly stated support for a federal personhood law before his primary victory Aug. 3. He was often vague about when during a pregnancy it would apply. In a September 2021 interview, Masters said Congress "should have a debate and pick a certain point and say, ‘No, we’re going to recognize, right here, federal personhood and past that, absolutely no abortions.’" In an interview in December 2021, Masters was asked whether he would support a national law banning abortion. He said: "Yeah, I mean life is always worth protecting. … Certainly I’m running for U.S. Senate, at the federal level, I think Roe v. Wade should be overturned, and I do think we need a personhood amendment that recognizes (unintelligible) it’s a baby even before it’s born."

BUDD:

(North Carolina)

Charlotte Observer: ‘Loudly and clearly.’ How Supreme Court’s abortion ruling could affect NC Senate race — “At a news conference Friday in Raleigh, Democratic nominee Cheri Beasley, the former N.C. Supreme Court chief justice, said the ruling has brought the country to a turning point, one that she hoped would energize Democratic voters. Her Republican competitor, U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, issued a statement of his own, calling the decision ‘a victory for the millions of unborn children who may now realize the most fundamental of all human rights, the right to life.’” The Hill: How the end of Roe v. Wade could impact North Carolina’s Senate race — ”Rep. Ted Budd, the Republican nominee for Senate, praised the court’s decision Friday as a ‘historic victory.’ He also signed the amicus brief urging the courts to review and overturn Roe v. Wade and has praised the ‘creativity’ of a Texas law that bans abortion at six weeks and empowers private citizens to enforce the law. Budd has called the Texas Heartbeat Act a ‘monumental step forward in the movement to protect unborn life.’ Higher Democratic turnout due to interest in abortion rights could help Senate Democratic candidate Cheri Beasley.”

OZ:

But lately they’ve all been pushing the “Open Borders” lie and laughing about the disgusting stunt Ronny DeathSantis pulled this weekend.

But they ain’t talkin’ about abortion. Here’s Little Ronny DeSatan’s dilemma:

Republicans across the country are rushing to craft new state laws restricting or banning abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. But one of the most prominent members of their party has been conspicuously missing in action: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. ...The simplest explanation for his reticence is that tricky strategic dilemmas are leading him to drag his feet and remain quiet on the issue for now. DeSantis is a leading 2024 presidential hopeful, and his hesitation reflects Republican fears of an outsize Democratic backlash and underscores how the right doesn’t have a unified vision of how far to take its anti-abortion crusade.

And it’s easy to see why: (WAPO, 15 Sept.)

In May, 64 percent of independents said they didn’t want Roe overturned; today, 72 percent disapprove of what the court did. Similarly, Democrats have become slightly more opposed to what the Supreme Court did — from 77 percent wanting the original Roe decision to stand in May to 83 percent disapproving of the court’s decision today. Overall, the Fox poll shows Americans disapprove by a 63 percent to 32 percent margin — right on par with polls conducted both before and after the decision in Dobbs in late June. Other polls show a similarly lopsided split: A Quinnipiac University poll two weeks ago showed Americans disapproved 61-34. And a Kaiser Family Foundation poll in July showed the margin at 65-34 against.

SO DON’T LET THEM CHANGE THE SUBJECT. THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. DON’T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT!

And by the way—EVERYONE LOOK AT BRAINWRAP’S FANTASTIC GOTV DIARY, LOCATED RIGHT HERE!

And take a look at the election information in the Good News Roundups!

We need to hammer the point home: the REAL defenders of freedom are the PRO-CHOICE Democrats.

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