The nearest abortion clinic – in Chicago – was too far away and too expensive for her mother to provide her with the procedure
The nearest abortion clinic – in Chicago – was too far away and too expensive for her mother to provide her with the procedure
Yeah! How dare Senator Biden not get sweeping legislation passed during his freshman term 50 years ago!
There’s plenty to lay at Joe Biden’s feet if you want to criticize him–or his party–but grievances against the party barely holding back the tide of fascism because they didn’t stick their necks out on questionable legislation half a century ago strikes me as a little ridiculous. Has it not occurred to anyone throwing these tantrums that this SCOTUS would have swept away legislation just as easily as it swept away Roe?
Who the fuck cares about Joe Biden specifically? There were a lot more Democrats who weren’t him than those who were him and none of them ever even tried. Ever.
Say what you want about elected republicans. They are some of the worst human beings on earth. Truly horrible people. Hearts filled with selfishness and hate. But all that said. You still have to respect them. They fight to hurt the average person with a focus and a tenacity that cannot be extinguished. And it works. Democrats spent 50 years not even trying to enshrine or protect Roe. Republicans built an Empire on killing it. Democrats spent 50 years poo pooing and telling us that these crazy people would make rational decisions and never overturn roe. Only in the end to surprise Pikachu face when the crazies did the crazy thing that they’ve been screeching about for 50 years. Democrats caught with their pants down having done not a damned thing to protect it.
It’s a valid criticism of democrats. And part of why people don’t vote for them. I’m not speaking for myself personally I vote against Republicans whenever I’m given the chance. And generally that means voting for Democrats in a red State like I am. I voted for Biden in 2020 and I will be voting for him again in 2024. people just want to feel like they are important, like they matter. People just want their representatives to fight with a fraction of the tenacity of the people trying to hurt them. It’s not too much to ask.