Watch A Republican Candidate Furiously Backpedal From His Own Words On Abortion

[In It to Win It]

Scott Jensen, Republican candidate for governor in Minnesota, is fleeing from his own position against abortion after his poll numbers took a dive.

“I would try to ban abortion,” Jensen vowed in a March interview with Minnesota Public Radio. In the past, he has also said he would work to ban it without exceptions for rape and incest “unless the mother’s life is in danger.”

Now, with voters outraged over the issue after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Jensen has released a new video insisting abortion is a “protected constitutional right” in the state and “no governor can change that.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-republican-candidate-furiously-backpedal-091032192.html

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Backpeddle Scott...Not going to work...

A zebra cannot change its stripes. That would be Scott Jensen.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

12. He's a MAGA! Don't let him slip out of the MAGA collar!

[Ray Bruns]

2. That is what Kavanaugh, Barret and Gorsuch said before they voted to overturn Roe

[KS Toronado]

20. Exactly

Scott Jensen can not be trusted any more than Kavanaugh, Barret and Gorsuch

[magicarpet]

3. Chameleon much ?

What a Flaming Asshole !

[Zambero]

4. Rinse and repeat his earlier footage

Bury the M-F with it. Virtually the entire GOP has jumped onto the anti-autonomy bandwagon. Their long-sought goal of a rock-ribbed social conservative SCOTUS has been achieved. The results are there for all to see, and the words of Alito and Thomas suggest that much more is in the offing. It's time for payback, and website scrubbing is not going to save their sorry asses.

[brooklynite]

5. Never understood that phrase...

When you backpedal on a bike, nothing happens.

[In It to Win It]

7. On some bikes, backpedaling is the braking

[intheflow]

8. On my childhood bike,

"backpedaling" would slam on the brakes.

[Caliman73]

23. Language always changes.

Backpedal also means to step backwards hastily. A boxer retreating from an attack would backpedal and step to the side to attempt a counter.

Pedals are commonly known as parts of a bicycle connected to the flywheel, which propels the bicycle forward, but before the invention of the bicycle, "pedal" was meant as pertaining to the Foot, as in humans are "bipedal" animals.

[multigraincracker]

6. How can anyone trust you.

If you flip, you can flop.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

25. They buried John Kerry for this.

The effing hypocrites.

[thucythucy]

9. Today's GOP is a classic example of the dog that finally caught the car.

I would bet that many Goopers, Trump included, didn't and don't give a solid shit about abortion, and only spouted "right to life" rhetoric to win over the rubes. They worked that con for decades, never imagining that any Supreme Court would be reactionary enough to actually repeal Roe and stick them with any consequences.

Now that it's happened they're stuck with it, along with all the girls and women who will suffer the results of this inhumane cynicism. The punishment--loss of their power--doesn't nearly fit the crime--but the least we can do is make sure these grifting hacks never again attain elected office.

[c-rational]

15. +1

[Ocelot II]

10. Those words are already out there, on this ad that's been running on local tv for weeks.

Today, Alliance for a Better Minnesota Action Fund released their first anti-Scott Jensen TV ad of 2022. The spot features three Minnesota women reacting to Jensen in his own words as he threatens to ban abortion in Minnesota if he becomes governor.

“Scott Jensen has repeatedly threatened to ban abortion in Minnesota and even previously said that he wanted to ban abortion without exceptions for rape or incest. His extreme plan would be devastating for Minnesotans who deserve the right to control our own bodies and lives,“ said Marissa Luna, Executive Director of Alliance for a Better Minnesota Action Fund. “Abortion is essential health care. Minnesotans deserve a leader who will reduce barriers to and protect access to safe, legal abortion. Scott Jensen is wrong for Minnesota.”

In addition to the TV ad, Alliance for a Better Minnesota Action Fund released a slate of digital ads illuminating the harm Scott Jensen’s extreme anti-abortion plan would inflict on Minnesotans.

In an MPR interview in March 2022, Scott Jensen said that he would ban abortion in Minnesota without exceptions for rape or incest.

https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2022/08/11/politics/alliance-for-a-better-minnesota-launches-seven-figure-ad-buy-against-scott-jensen/107898.html

[geardaddy]

13. Excellent!

[orthoclad]

11. "Ain't my fault"

"I'd ban all abortions, but the (drum roll) Constitution won't let me. Vote for me anyway, I'm on your side."

[geardaddy]

14. Jensen is a creep

He's anti-choice, anti-vax, and anti-mask. It's hard to believe he's an MD.

[dchill]

16. So it's a "protected constitutional right," is it?

Yes, I'm sure that's what you and all your dominions always meant to say, all along, Scott!

[lindysalsagal]

17. I sincerely hope the religious forced-birthers are wailing in misery

as they see their very short-lived victory run down the drain. It took them 50 years to finally get their grand prize, and it's very quickly dissolving, state-by-state.

1st amendment holds: congress shall not establish a religion! That's effing freedom, you morons!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. The radicalized Republican party is coming for your rights -- reproductive and voting.

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

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[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

24. Outstanding!

I'll have to remember that little ditty.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. We could make it an ear-worm for voters standing in line, if we repeat it enough. :)

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

27. It would also work as a sign

in case people don't think to substitute "Roe" for "row".

[Hermit-The-Prog]

29. Yes! We just must not let GOP hide their history, because it predicts what they will do.

[DallasNE]

19. Now He's Lying

When he says no Governor can change that. Yes the legislature must first pass the measure and with the Governor's signature it is changed.

[Ocelot II]

21. The Minnesota Constitution was specifically held to protect the right to abortion in 1995.

So it's true, he can't change it; the state constitution would have to be amended, or else enough new state supreme court justices would have to be appointed to overturn that decision, Doe v. Gomez. http://users.soc.umn.edu/~samaha/cases/women%20of%20mn%20v%20gomez.htm This July a state trial court struck down most remaining restrictions on abortions, and the Attorney General, Keith Ellison, decided not to appeal. https://www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/19-3868_2022-07-11_Order-and-Memorandum_Doe-v-State-MSJ-Final-1.pdf

[In It to Win It]

28. Same here in Florida and it's still uncertain

State constitution was specifically held to protect the right to an abortion in (I think) 1989, and has been upheld by the state supreme court ever since. They tried to amend the state constitution in 2012 to remove the right to an abortion and that effort failed.

Our weak and unresponsive legislature still passed a 15 week ban and our shithead governor still signed it.

If he had a stupidly willing legislature behind him (and assuming he wins), he can stir the pot and create uncertainty until the state supreme court ultimately strikes it down.

[CaptainTruth]

22. Backpeddle to the 1950s & stay there, Scott.

It's where you belong.