Back in 2012, Republican candidate Todd Akin - who was running against Claire McCaskill for the Senate that year - became a public joke when his explanation of why he opposed abortion, even in cases of rape or incest, made it into the news cycle.
Mallory McMorrow. Listen to her “ Faith without works is dead.” Dead and injured, just like the students and their teachers in Uvalde. Muster outrage, not complacency. Do not become numb. Spread the word.
VOTE. GET THE VOTE OUT. That is faith with work. The most important election in decades. Vote out greed. Vote out guns. Vote out whatever you despise by voting in that which you respect.
OMG, that video is painful and so important for people to watch! I'm sharing your comment on Facebook, unattributed (and without the thank-you to TC, so that it remains anonymous). Thank you, Christine.
", this shouldn’t be as shocking as opponents are finding it." I think the shock is faux, manufactured to cover their failure to take effective legislative action because "We never thought they'd actually DO IT" and the had the Hyde Amendment for coverage. What we need now, is model legislation from the Democrats reflecting the views of the majority of Americans so that the absurdity of the GOP position can be highlighted. Still might not change enough votes to make a difference but, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Christine's advice (and yours) on voting is spot on; public opinion will only be damned until we stand up and boot these clowns.
"There are so many issues and policy outcomes that depend on the result of the November election. It truly is the most important election of our lifetimes, and the most important since 1860.
Vote like your life depended on it - if you think you’re safe, then vote like the life to those you know and love depended on it.
Because it does."
Thank you, TC. Inaction and despair can no longer be allowed. As Christine said, we must GET THE VOTE OUT and get these monsters out of office.
This is what we have come to - and yet in some fashion, it is always who we have been. The difference is that now we have the tools to exact revenge so much more efficiently.....
Yet the reality is that abortion will never stop just because it has been made illegal. Desperate women who don't have the money and/or ability to travel somewhere abortion is legal will revert to the pre-Roe status of illegal abortions that too often threaten the health of the pregnant women and too often has led to death from infection or hemorrhage.
https://twitter.com/MalloryMcMorrow/status/1529923396846460930?s=20&t=ZqFpawR0EhrnTBH3EdlXbg
Mallory McMorrow. Listen to her “ Faith without works is dead.” Dead and injured, just like the students and their teachers in Uvalde. Muster outrage, not complacency. Do not become numb. Spread the word.
VOTE. GET THE VOTE OUT. That is faith with work. The most important election in decades. Vote out greed. Vote out guns. Vote out whatever you despise by voting in that which you respect.
Thank you, TC.
United in our work. We move forward. 🗽
Mallory McMorrow is amazing. Saw her on Lawrence last night speaking this.
OMG, that video is painful and so important for people to watch! I'm sharing your comment on Facebook, unattributed (and without the thank-you to TC, so that it remains anonymous). Thank you, Christine.
Incredibly powerful video. If a legislator can watch that and do nothing, their heart has turned to stone. Thank you for sharing this, Christine.
", this shouldn’t be as shocking as opponents are finding it." I think the shock is faux, manufactured to cover their failure to take effective legislative action because "We never thought they'd actually DO IT" and the had the Hyde Amendment for coverage. What we need now, is model legislation from the Democrats reflecting the views of the majority of Americans so that the absurdity of the GOP position can be highlighted. Still might not change enough votes to make a difference but, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Christine's advice (and yours) on voting is spot on; public opinion will only be damned until we stand up and boot these clowns.
"There are so many issues and policy outcomes that depend on the result of the November election. It truly is the most important election of our lifetimes, and the most important since 1860.
Vote like your life depended on it - if you think you’re safe, then vote like the life to those you know and love depended on it.
Because it does."
Thank you, TC. Inaction and despair can no longer be allowed. As Christine said, we must GET THE VOTE OUT and get these monsters out of office.
And get strong, decent monster slayers in.
Unita, Mim!
This is what we have come to - and yet in some fashion, it is always who we have been. The difference is that now we have the tools to exact revenge so much more efficiently.....
A MALE commenter on a friend's FB page said that stopping abortion was more important than stopping the murder of children.
Thus proving the charge that anti-abortionists value the fetus and not the child resulting from birth of that fetus.
Yet the reality is that abortion will never stop just because it has been made illegal. Desperate women who don't have the money and/or ability to travel somewhere abortion is legal will revert to the pre-Roe status of illegal abortions that too often threaten the health of the pregnant women and too often has led to death from infection or hemorrhage.
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