Trump appointed judges who said abortion is a state's rights issue, and leaders in states such as Texas and Florida openly declared that they would ban all abortion, without exceptions for rape, incest, or medical necessity. And many states delivered on this promise, resulting in a litany of easily-avoidable suffering[1]. None of this was a secret: this was Republicans doing exactly what they promised to do.
Every American who voted Republican voted for that. If you voted for them, you don't get to distance yourself from the abhorrent things Republicans said they were going to do and then did. If you voted for them, take responsibility for what you voted for.
If you knew that, you're pretending ignorance, and if you didn't know that, you shouldn't be spreading ignorance or voting. Either way, stop spreading misinformation.
1. Republicans knew what states would do, so actually yes, they do bear responsibility for positioning them to do it.
2. Surely we can agree that Republican state lawmakers are responsible for the laws they make? Surely we can agree that voters who voted for Republicans who openly said they are going to ban abortion without exception, are responsible when the lawmakers they voted for do exactly what they voted for them based on? Are you just going to pretend that these people aren't responsible for literally their own actions?
Trump appointed judges who said abortion is a state's rights issue, and leaders in states such as Texas and Florida openly declared that they would ban all abortion, without exceptions for rape, incest, or medical necessity. And many states delivered on this promise, resulting in a litany of easily-avoidable suffering[1]. None of this was a secret: this was Republicans doing exactly what they promised to do.
Every American who voted Republican voted for that. If you voted for them, you don't get to distance yourself from the abhorrent things Republicans said they were going to do and then did. If you voted for them, take responsibility for what you voted for.
If you knew that, you're pretending ignorance, and if you didn't know that, you shouldn't be spreading ignorance or voting. Either way, stop spreading misinformation.
[1] https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-year-without-roe-here-are-...
If someone votes to "leave it up to the states", they are not then responsible for every thing every state does after that.
1. Republicans knew what states would do, so actually yes, they do bear responsibility for positioning them to do it.
2. Surely we can agree that Republican state lawmakers are responsible for the laws they make? Surely we can agree that voters who voted for Republicans who openly said they are going to ban abortion without exception, are responsible when the lawmakers they voted for do exactly what they voted for them based on? Are you just going to pretend that these people aren't responsible for literally their own actions?
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