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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,646 posts)
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 12:47 PM Sep 2022

'A massive miscalculation': Lindsey Graham's proposed abortion ban ignites the political spectrum

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is being praised and punished by Democrats – and mostly criticized if not just ignored by Republicans. Democrats are grateful for the massive “gift” he dropped in their laps, almost without warning Tuesday, by introducing a nationwide abortion ban that has no chance of passing the Senate, much less the House, or ever being signed into law by any Democratic president. In fact, it will never even be brought to the floor for a vote, at least not while Democrats hold the Senate.

Graham’s bill, which would ban abortion at 15 weeks (Graham got even that wrong at his press conference, saying “after” 15 weeks,) with few exceptions, is more extreme than even some states’ current bans.

It is a remarkable about-face for a lawmaker who just 37 days ago on national television said abortion should be left up to the states, not the federal government. It’s also a snapshot of just how extreme Graham has allowed himself to become. Last year he introduced a 20-week abortion ban.

Many Democrats and voters on the left are thrilled Graham, they say, has exposed what the GOP’s real intentions have been all along: not “states’ rights,” but the control of women’s bodies and a nationwide ban on abortion.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-massive-miscalculation-lindsey-graham-s-proposed-abortion-ban-ignites-the-political-spectrum/ar-AA11NekJ

Massive miscalculation AKA major fuck up.

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onecaliberal

(32,738 posts)
4. They will all have to go on record. Several cons are trying to back peddle their position.
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 12:58 PM
Sep 2022

Voting will make it crystal clear to people what republicans want.

CrispyQ

(36,411 posts)
8. Yes, I can hear it, "Women are free to go to another country for their health services." -eyes. -nt
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 01:12 PM
Sep 2022

tanyev

(42,496 posts)
11. /ˌsteɪts ˈraɪts/ is just a collection of sounds Republicans like to say when they're mad
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 01:26 PM
Sep 2022

about something. Kind of a GOP Tourette's.

Midnight Writer

(21,674 posts)
13. "a remarkable about-face"? Nope, just business as usual for Senator Graham.
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 01:35 PM
Sep 2022

He spins like a weathervane in a tornado.

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