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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Dec 13, 2024, 02:54 PM Dec 13

Hardline activist who raised the idea of jailing women for abortions gets top policy job in Trump administration

Hat tip, Joe.My.God.


Hardline activist who raised the idea of jailing women for abortions gets top policy job in Trump administration

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN
4 minute read • Updated 5:11 PM EST, Thu December 12, 2024

(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Ed Martin, a hardline, socially conservative activist and commentator, to serve as the next chief of staff at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

As CNN first reported in July, Martin has publicly advocated for a national abortion ban without exceptions for rape or incest and has raised imposing criminal penalties on women and doctors involved in abortions.

Martin is a former chair of the Missouri Republican Party chair and former radio host, and served as one of the leaders of the 2024 Republican National Convention’s platform committee, which shaped the party’s official stance on key issues. He is the current president of socially conservative group Phyllis Schlafly Eagles.

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Hardline activist who raised the idea of jailing women for abortions gets top policy job in Trump administration (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 OP
Ever get the idea there is an old man who sits and consumes media all day long Midnight Writer Dec 13 #1

Midnight Writer

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1. Ever get the idea there is an old man who sits and consumes media all day long
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 03:05 PM
Dec 13

and he is picking his favorite entertainers to run the country?

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