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babylonsister

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Tue Sep 13, 2022, 09:25 PM Sep 2022

Senate GOP is in disarray on the culture wars, which means Democrats should force them to vote

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Senate GOP is in disarray on the culture wars, which means Democrats should force them to vote
Joan McCarter
Daily Kos Staff
Tuesday September 13, 2022 · 4:09 PM EDT
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Now would be a very good time for Senate Democrats to go for the jugular and make Senate Republicans show what they really would do if they gained the majority. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina just gave them that opportunity.

If Republicans win Congress, he said in announcing his new federal abortion ban legislation, “I assure you” there will be a vote to ban abortion. “I think we should have a law at the federal level that would say, after 15 weeks, no abortion on demand except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother,” Graham told reporters. “And that should be where America is at.”

He also said that Democrats need to schedule his bill on the floor, because “your idea’s wacko, not ours. Let’s vote. Let’s vote. Give me a chance to vote on this bill.” (That was part of his response to a question from a person in the audience who recounted finding out 16 weeks into a pregnancy that the fetus would die a horrible death, and his bill would have forced her to continue that pregnancy.)


Republican extremism on abortion, on marriage equality, on privacy rights can beat them at the polls. Help Democrats make that happen and expand the Senate majority.

Take him up on it! Have that vote! He’s pretty much the only Republican who wants to do it right now. Sen. Mitch McConnell sure as hell doesn’t.

Have the vote if for no other reason than to make McConnell’s life that much harder. Have the vote to show the American people what Republicans intend to do to their lives.

While they’re at it, Democrats need to abandon the pretense that there are 10 Republicans who will vote with them to protect marriage equality and have that vote. For some unknown reason, Senate Democrats feel the need to be nice to Republicans on this one.

They want to ensure everyone’s marriage has equal protection. They want to stop the Supreme Court extremists from taking it away, as Justice Clarence Thomas has threatened. Those are lofty, important goals. But at this point what’s even more important is showing the American people what Republicans will do if they get control of Congress again.

Right now there’s a grand total of three Republicans who say they support marriage equality. Put the rest of them to the test.

Then bring up the access to contraceptives bill the House passed in July. The one that 195 Republicans opposed.Make 50 Republican senators answer the question: Should Americans have the right to use birth control, and should health care providers have the right to provide contraception and information about how to effectively use it?

Republicans don’t even know how to respond to that idea. So make them vote on it! Make them decide if they’re going to stand with the one. Hundred. And. Ninety. Five House Republicans who deny that we all have that basic right in our private lives.

Yes, that would make Susan Collins of Maine extremely concerned. Too bad. Make her vote.
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Senate GOP is in disarray on the culture wars, which means Democrats should force them to vote (Original Post) babylonsister Sep 2022 OP
Absolutely. Bring it all up for a vote. onecaliberal Sep 2022 #1
repubs should be required to vote on something they hate every day nt msongs Sep 2022 #2
Yes vote. Because some of the Republicans will vote against it because it's not harsh enough Walleye Sep 2022 #3
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