The stupid ..... it burns .... Matt Bevin Edition

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Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has claimed the strict abortion laws recently passed in Alabama and Georgia could be beneficial toward African Americans, as he believes the previous legislation was racist and intentionally targeted people of color.

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Host Carlson brought up a tweet from political activist Linda Sarsour, who wrote that white people “continue to uphold the patriarchy” and are therefore responsible for the so-called "heartbeat bill" in Georgia. Carlson also pointed to comments by actress Emily Ratajkowski, who noted that states with the highest proportion of black women are currently the ones imposing stricter abortion laws.

In response, Bevin described the argument that these abortion laws are racist as “so empty.”

“When you consider the fact that over 40 percent of all the abortions performed in America are the taking of young black lives...crime, accidents, cancer, disease, Aids, every other cause of death combined does not add up to the number of blacks that are killed by abortion.

“For people to come out and say that it is racial justice to be able to kill black children before they are even born is a remarkable empty argument and highly offensive to many people like myself.

“Look where these abortion clinics are established, they are in minority neighborhoods,” Bevin added. “They intentionally prey upon minorities."

Carlson asked is it not a racist argument to suggest that people from poor, black neighborhoods shouldn’t be able to have “a ton of kids.”

“It is a remarkably racist argument,” Bevin responds.

https://www.newsweek.com/abortion-alabama-matt-bevin-tucker-carlson-georgia-1428571