If Republican moderation on abortion doesn’t exist, it must be invented
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J.D. Vance’s misogyny and opposition to reproductive freedom are completely unambiguous:
Because while we’ve heard for months that Trump wanted a vice presidential candidate who appeared moderate on abortion rights, that is most definitely not Vance—who calls abortion “the first political issue” he ever cared about.
But Vance isn’t just your run-of-the-mill anti-abortion Republican: he’s a full-on trad husband, obsessed with forcing women in the home and calling anyone who disagrees “childless cat ladies.” A hundred dollars says he has Harrison Butker on speed dial.
Remember, this is a guy who opined for 1950s marriages and encouraged women to stay in abusive marriages.
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f you don’t want to opt-out, Vance’s policies will force you out: The new VP candidate not only supports a federal abortion ban, but opposes rape and incest exceptions. When he was asked about abortion access for sexual violence in a 2021 interview, Vance replied that “two wrong don’t make a right.”
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Vance has also compared abortion to slavery in an absolutely wild interview where he complained that people see children as “inconveniences to be discarded instead of blessings to cherish.” (Something tells me he’d feel differently if those blessings were being cherished in his body against his will.)
But nothing can ever be ambiguous enough for reporters, who if Republican moderation on abortion doesn’t exist are determined to invent it:
Here's the full quote, where Vance clearly calls for a national ban. This is journalistic malpractice. pic.twitter.com/hRiOuZNGoY— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) July 16, 2024
“We should leave it to the states…until we can pass a national aboriton ban” is the oldest rhetorical trick in the book, and I guess there’s no reason for Republicans to stop it as long as it keeps working. Roe has been overruled, two of the three largest states in the country have near-total abortion bans, and the Savvy “Mark Uterus” crowd is STILL unwilling to accept what Republicans want to do irrespective of their words or conduct.