Just four days ago, Virginia's governor, Glenn Youngkin, a Republican who was presented to voters as a moderate, vetoed legislation that would have guaranteed all Virginians the right to access contraception, and in the 22 months since "the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 ending the federal right to abortion, dozens of states have also passed restrictions on access to contraceptives."N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 6:45 pm In a new interview, Donald Trump says he's considering limiting access to contraception ...
I guess after his Manhattan trial more widely disseminated the fact that he didn't use a condom when cheating on his wife, he's decided to go all in on that subject?
(Later today, Donald Trump did try to walk back his comments that had indicated he was open to restrictions on birth control.)
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Forcing women to give birth against their will, by banning birth control and abortions? All good by Republicans!
Forcing a criminal defendant to sit in a hot courtroom that he bizarrely claims is cold? A travesty, per Republicans!
Rational observers all said after Trump complained about this yesterday that the court is stifling not frigid.
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Rep. Victoria Spartz, an Indiana Republican who was born in Ukraine but voted against the recent military package to defend Ukraine against Russia's attacks, today said that Republicans should "shut down the economy" in order to force President Biden to punish immigrants.
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Republican pollster Patrick Ruffini admits that inflation is largely Donald Trump's fault (he "juiced the economy needlessly with the CARES Act, eviction moratorium, student loan pause, etc.") and says that Trump leaving it for President Biden to "deal with the hangover" represents the "best practical joke a president has ever pulled on his successor".
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Donald Trump's campaign raised more money than President Biden's campaign in April ($76 million vs. $51 million), but Biden has much more cash on hand.