Ohio Votes Today

[Rajoo]

In the Ohio GOP’s scam referendum, the majority backed majority rule

When you do everything you can to rig an election and still lose, you have a problem. Voters in Ohio told the state’s Republican Party on Tuesday that it has a big problem, and they sent that message to the GOP nationwide.

Hope this holds true since other Red states with one party rule are also considering similar moves which is to take away the power of the people, aka anti-democracy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...n-republicans/

[Oerets]

With this vote going down like this. Elected officials would rethink their approach. To modify or double down...

They have it appears doubled down! Heard reporting where it is being suggested they try it again during the upcoming Senate/Presidential election thinking higher chances of passing...

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Oerets

With this vote going down like this. Elected officials would rethink their approach. To modify or double down...

They have it appears doubled down! Heard reporting where it is being suggested they try it again during the upcoming Senate/Presidential election thinking higher chances of passing...

It will be interesting to see which Repukes embrace this and which run away from it.

[Pio1980]

Granting legal personhood to a fertilized egg, zygote, embryo, or fetus is fraught with unintended complex consequences.

[bobabode]

"Steve Bannon raged while interviewing a priest on his podcast following this week's Republican defeat in a vote in Ohio, arguing that unless the anti-abortion movement reorganizes itself, top GOP donors will begin pulling their money from activist groups.

"These are not left-wing places, Kansas and Ohio, brother. I mean, you're not going to get more MAGA," Bannon told Frank Pavone, a laicized Catholic priest and the national director of anti-abortion group Priests for Life, during Wednesday's episode of Bannon's War Room podcast. "Ohio is the bastion of MAGA."

Bannon went on: "I'm telling you that if [the anti-abortion movement] doesn't get organized, and I mean organized quickly, there's a lot of voices in the donor community and others saying, 'Hey, you know, what are we doing here? Because these guys are a drag right now when we can't afford it.'"

On Tuesday, voters in Ohio, which has become a Republican stronghold in recent elections, rebuked a GOP-backed effort known as Issue 1, shooting down a measure that would have made it harder to pass future amendments to the state constitution. Although the issue of abortion was not directly on the ballot, the vote sets up a showdown in November, when an amendment enshrining abortion rights in Ohio's constitution will come up for vote. Issue 1's defeat has been largely seen as a proxy win for abortion-rights advocates." NW
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...71ccd0b7&ei=48

Lovely to hear Steve Bannon melting down like the conjob snowflake he is.
Overreaching GQPers are getting a serious civics studies lesson administered by American women and their allies.

[RickeyM]

What is it with these people? The majority of Americans, Republicans included, are in favor of abortions being available. Why are they so dead set on getting them outlawed?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

What is it with these people? The majority of Americans, Republicans included, are in favor of abortions being available. Why are they so dead set on getting them outlawed?

Because they're fearful of being primaried if they don't. It's all about appeasing the base, a significant portion of which are Bible Thumpers.

The same applies to the GOP House's "impeachment inquiry." They have nothing, but have promised retribution to the Trumpist cult that comprises the bulk of their base.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by finnbow

It's all about appeasing the base, a significant portion of which are Bible Thumpers.

Reminded me of one of my favorite bits in the script of "Inherit The Wind"...

"Henry! Welcome to Hillsboro. Heavenly Hillsboro. The buckle on the bible belt."

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Reminded me of one of my favorite bits in the script of "Inherit The Wind"...

"Henry! Welcome to Hillsboro. Heavenly Hillsboro. The buckle on the bible belt."

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

What is it with these people? The majority of Americans, Republicans included, are in favor of abortions being available. Why are they so dead set on getting them outlawed?

Control over women. There are now more women college bound than men and since Trump loves the uneducated, goobers dropout of High School so they will never have to t go to college. (/s)

Btw, my understanding is that 60% of Republicans are opposed to abortion, but I find that the polls can be very confusing.