THE RIGHT-WING TAKEOVER IS ALREADY UPON US
In early 2016, when the prospect that he could actually become president was still the stuff of late night jokes and distant nightmares, Donald Trump stirred outrage when he suggested that women who seek out abortions would face criminal consequences under his administration. There has to be some form of punishment, he told Chris Matthews. This wasnt his first controversy as a candidate; by that point in the campaign, hed already called Mexican immigrants rapists, mocked John McCains war service, and demanded a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States. And his comment to Matthews wasnt exactly out of step with what the so-called pro-life contingent of his party had been working toward for decades. If abortion was to be made illegal, punishment would seem to be the logical conclusion.
But at the time, saying stuff like that out loud could still provoke a scandal, and Trump quickly went on defensewhich, for him, meant taking as many positions as possible, many of them contradictory, until pinning him down was near impossiblenot that it was seen as important to do so in spring 2016. By the time October rolled around, however, his actual positions on issues like abortion had become far more important to the national interest. He was officially the GOPs guy, and while Hillary Clinton seemed poised to wipe the floor with him, the notion that Trump could bullshit his way into the presidency was no longer something that could be laughed off. So, in the third presidential debate, just a couple weeks out from Election Day, moderator Chris Wallace attempted to finally nail him down. Do you want to see the court overturn Roe v. Wade? Wallace asked.
Well, if we put another two or perhaps three justices on, thats really whats going to bethat will happen, Trump said, after some dithering. And thatll happen automatically, in my opinion, because I am putting pro-life justices on the court.
Trump told a lot of lies, but in this case he followed through. He went on to muscle three justices onto the bench: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and, following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg last fall, Amy Coney Barrett. And while Roe wasnt obliterated while he was actually president, Mitch McConnellthe architect of the conservative courtand the relentless anti-abortion movement has now gotten their return on investment: In a 5-4 shadow docket opinion Wednesday, the Supreme Courts conservativeswith the exception of Chief Justice John Roberts, who sided with the liberal dissentallowed an extreme anti-abortion law in Texas to stand, effectively ending most abortions in the state and opening the door for other states to enact their own restrictions.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/09/the-right-wing-takeover-is-already-upon-us
dalton99a
(81,406 posts)Pack the federal judiciary and make the judicial branch subservient to the Republican Party
Budi
(15,325 posts)It's not like we didn't know they existed. All signs pointed to a coup, yet Media ran the Trump promo on a 24/7 loop.
Maraya1969
(22,464 posts)Because I'd like to report him.
I want to report all of them. You know they've all paid for abortions for their mistresses - they just need to be reported.
Budi
(15,325 posts)He stated so early in 2016.
Yet big rallys & MSM & Social Media all deflected to an endless loop of image destroying slogans like Emails, Establishment & Corporatist! Wall Street
"They're the same!
Burn it all down!
Lock her up!"
Trump went on to co-opt & claim the "Lock her up" slogan, shouted 1st by a delegate at the Dem Convention.
Of course the plan to replace Democracy with an Authoritarian Govt had been planned for a long time.
Hillary Clinton was certainly a threat to that coup. Roe & Women's Rights had no way of being overturned with HRC as President.
She knew it & said it. She sounded a warning which was met with an increase of deflecting, & even more destructive sloganeering to break her credibility.
People shouldn't be shocked at the events of Tx. Why didn't they heed & act on her warnings?
I'd like an answer to that question.
Thanks.
Indyfan53
(473 posts)STOP SITTING OUT OF MIDTERMS ELECTIONS!
Vote in EVERY election or were fucked!!!
lees1975
(3,843 posts)and it's time now to start spending money to make sure every person who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 goes to the ballot box and votes Democrat in 2022. There is no way they can get a majority that way.