It was a blowout. And the Republicans tried to rig it by having the vote during the primaries so that independents would be less likely to vote.
Maybe it will be a major issue in the midterms.
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It was a blowout. And the Republicans tried to rig it by having the vote during the primaries so that independents would be less likely to vote.
Maybe it will be a major issue in the midterms.
My personal belief is nobody was more unhappy about the Roe decision than Republican politiicians. It was always better for them to run on a PRO-LIFE platform than actually implementing it.
The dog has successfully chased down the ambulance.... Now abortion will be the issue that gets Democrats to the polls instead of the other way around.
If deep red Kansas has rejected this extremist agenda just think how the rust belt states will vote
What we need now is a prosecution of either a woman who gets an abortion or a doctor who provides one, in some Handmaid's Tale red state. The shit will hit the fan at supersonic velocity. And women across the country will realize just what it means when the Old White Male Party is in charge.
PJ, maybe the old school Republicans that are still around but they are a dying breed. The new Republicans don't care about consequences at the ballot box. In fact it's beyond their mental capacity to even fathom consequences. If pro choicers turn out and cause Democrats to win an election it is because the elections have been rigged not because anything they've done or advocated for.
In a lot of Red states, a rapist's family can sue the rape victim for having abortion. Our AG in Indiana is persecuting the doctor that performed an abortion on a 10-year old child rape victim. A Republican senator in West Virginia just said that child rape victims want to be involved a relationship with their rapist.
The people currently in charge of the Republican party believe that child rape victims should have be forced to have children themselves. They say these things out loud so they're not afraid of consequences at the ballot box.
Originally posted by: Mark
PJ, maybe the old school Republicans that are still around but they are a dying breed. The new Republicans don't care about consequences at the ballot box. In fact it's beyond their mental capacity to even fathom consequences. If pro-lifers turn out and cause Democrats to win an election it is because the elections have been rigged not because anything they've done or advocated for.
In a lot of Red states, a rapist's family can sue the rape victim for having abortion. Our AG in Indiana is persecuting the doctor that performed an abortion on a 10-year old child rape victim. A Republican senator in West Virginia just said that child rape victims want to be involved a relationship with their rapist.
The people currently in charge of the Republican party believe that child rape victims should have be forced to have children themselves. They say these things out loud so they're not afraid of consequences at the ballot box.
I think we'll find out very quickly how conservatives change their messaging.
I'm very interested to see what this Kansas vote will do to the current legislation being put together in our state of Indiana. They are suppossed to have an abortion bill coming to the floor in the next few weeks with Republicans having a super majority in the legislature and owning the governors mansion.
I've learned to respect my Republican governor, Eric Hiolcomb, as somewhat sensible on most issues even if he is more right leaning than I would prefer. He's the closest thing we've had to a moderate governor since I've lived here. This will be a big test of his sensibilities. Being a red state I fully expect some abortion restrictions to be put in place - lets see how far he will let them go.
Originally posted by: PJ Stroh
I think we'll find out very quickly how conservatives change their messaging.
I'm very interested to see what this Kansas vote will do to the current legislation being put together in our state of Indiana. They are suppossed to have an abortion bill coming to the floor in the next few weeks with Republicans having a super majority in the legislature and owning the governors mansion.
I've learned to respect my Republican governor, Eric Hiolcomb, as somewhat sensible on most issues even if he is more right leaning than I would prefer. He's the closest thing we've had to a moderate governor since I've lived here. This will be a big test of his sensibilities. Being a red state I fully expect some abortion restrictions to be put in place - lets see how far he will let them go.
You really think he'd defy his masters and veto any legislation that arrived on his desk? Look what has happened to ANY blasphemer who DARES to deviate from the RepubliQ party line. They get shunned like an adulterer in an Amish community. If saying that the election was fair makes you an outcast, what would saying that women have the right to control their own bodies do to a RepubliQ's political career?
He'll smile and sign whatever they send him.
This was nearly a 20 point win and that was with Republicans pulling every dirty trick they could holding the referendum in an off year primary, deceptively naming the referendum and last minute statewide robocalls declaring that a yes vote was voting for "choice."
It'll be so delicious if this turnout carries on to the midterms and Republican dreams of controlling the House and Senate go down in flames. It's already starting to look like Republicans regaining control of the Senate it's nothing more than a pipe dream with their loser candidates.
I support the Kansas vote, regardless of the outcome. The Constitution mandates this be left to the states, and Kansas voted.
Originally posted by: Boilerman
I support the Kansas vote, regardless of the outcome. The Constitution mandates this be left to the states, and Kansas voted.
Then you oppose almost all Congressional Republicans.
Every Republican running for Congress is going to be asked "will you support a national law to outlaw abortion." If they answer "no" they will alienate the evangelicals. If they answer "yes" they will alienate most of the rest of us.
I'm sure that most GOPers in competitive districts will go cowardly and evade the question.
Originally posted by: MisterPicture
Then you oppose almost all Congressional Republicans.
Every Republican running for Congress is going to be asked "will you support a national law to outlaw abortion." If they answer "no" they will alienate the evangelicals. If they answer "yes" they will alienate most of the rest of us.
I'm sure that most GOPers in competitive districts will go cowardly and evade the question.
They already are.
https://kansasreflector.com/2022/07/24/republicans-in-congress-shy-away-from-campaigning-on-national-abortion-platform/
