In our current post-11/9 world,…the shock of Donald Trump’s win
over Hillary Clinton has subsided... and has been replaced
with the daily, or rather hourly, or really rather
minutely shock at the going-ons of this administration.
It’' s like a circus but a circus where each event could lead to a
death sentence for millions of people in the crowd or where
instead of handing the baton to your fellow acrobat, you hand
your country to a foreign adversary.
Democrats know that if they want to put an end to this charade,
they will have to reclaim the House in 2018.
But how do they plan to do that?
Well, apparently, by screwing over the very people who led the
#Resist movement, fought day in and day out to save the ACA, and
who predominantly voted Democrat in the fall.
You guessed it, the Democrats have decided to sell out us ladies.
On Monday, Representative Ben Lujan, who chairs the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee, said “the more the merrier” when it comes
to allocating funds to candidates, even if they oppose abortion rights.
He said, “There is not a litmus test for Democratic candidates.”
I’'m Hannah Cranston and my litmus test for human
decency includes protecting women’s choice, so here are some
choice words for members of the Democratic party who don'’t
think women should have the right to make decisions about their own bodies.
Now I get it, Representative Lujan, the election happened, we'’re all
wondering, “How do we get those Trump voters back on our team?!”
and you think to yourself "Well, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!"
"“I am pro-life, there has to be some form of punishment. For the woman? Yes.”"
81% of Evangelicals around the country heard this and were
like "“Yup! That’s mah dude.”"“
"Do you want to see the court overturn Roe v. Wade?
Well if we put another 2, perhaps 3 justices on that’s really what'’s
going, that will happen. And that'’ll happen automatically in
my opinion because I’'m putting pro-life justices on the court”."
9 out of 10 Republicans heard this and were like “
"Meh...but I'’ll still get my tax cut, right?"” and still voted for the man who wanted
take decisions about what happens to their bodies out of women's hands
and hand it over to “2...perhaps 3 justices.
So I get the appeal of broadening your base by broadening your ‘litmus test’ of
where candidates stand on certain issues, but abortion?
It cannot be one of those issues.
When you take a woman’'s right to abortion, you take away her
right to bodily autonomy, which should be an inalienable human right.
By promoting anti-choice candidates, you tell the women
who campaigned tirelessly for Hillary Clinton, who came out in
the millions on January 21st for the Women’s March--the true
catalysts of the #Resist movement, the women who fought
for the ACA...whether through protesting, writing letters, or
even voting against their party to protect choice...you tell
them that they don'’t matter.
That you’re willing to prioritize the pursuit of a few seats in the House over their rights.
And that their pink pussy hats were knit...knitted...knat...were made in vain.
Women are the backbone of their party and of the
movement fighting against Trump.
And yet in their new policy push, called “A Better Deal,” Democrats left
out abortion rights in favor of economic policies surrounding jobs, wages, and
reducing the burden of families.
But what do you know, these are all areas that are improved upon
by legalized abortion.
Reproductive choice is an economic issue.
Reproductive freedom gives women the opportunity to attain an education and
enter the workforce, and take more control over their financial decisions,
while giving women the choice to decide if and when they want to
start having children reduces the burden on families.
And 7out of 10 Americans understand this.
They get that choice is a human right and that we all
benefit when women are treated as humans, especially when it
comes to the economy and combating poverty.
So why, if the majority of Americans are pro-choice, is the Democratic party
abandoning us? Now after all that we’ve done?
Maybe it’s because, in the eyes of some, women represent little more
than a bargaining chip in the electoral game, easily sacrificed in the
pursuit of a few more votes.
When it’s convenient, you pander to us.
But at the end of the day, when you support people opposed to
our basic rights, we know that you don’t have our backs, maybe
you never did, and you’re just as bad as the other guys.
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