"We must inspire women who have been raped to understand how heroic they are in giving birth"

[Nevilledog]

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Garrett Soldano, a GOP candidate for governor in Michigan, says we must inspire women who have been raped to understand how heroic they are in giving birth and see that "God put them in this moment."

They don't know "that baby inside them may be the next president."


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2:43 PM · Jan 31, 2022

I. Can't. Even.

[peacefreak2.0]

1. What an asshole.

[blue neen]

2. What a f*king asshole.

Gawd.

[Ohio Joe]

3. Good jumping Jesus...

The repugs are monsters.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Someone actually said that?

[captain queeg]

5. WTF

[róisín_dubh]

6. Oh my god, these fucking people.

Rage.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. This is what we get when we center the most tragic and heartbreaking stories when trying to justify

abortion access, and why the narrative is changing.

[sanatanadharma]

8. Indeed, that baby inside might grow-up to be a GOP...

...a Soviet-Red being reborn to another chance to get it right, but becoming, rather, a Republican, a never-right wing, red-American.

[ismnotwasm]

9. This is a completely horrific way to think

What a creep.

[Ptah]

10. "God put them in this moment."

God is a rapist.

[Deuxcents]

11. WTH is that woman nodding n smiling about?

This jerk will never “be inspired” by rape n childbirth personally, but he knows it’s god’s plan..uggg

[mcar]

12. ...

[Pobeka]

13. What utter bullshit. Odds are far greater that next baby will be a criminal, if you want to argue.

Odds are greater yet the pregnancy will harm the mother than the baby being president.

Odds are greater yet that many rapists get off knowing they can impregnate a woman and know the woman can't abort.

Next president, utter bullshit.

Best odds are that Soldano is an entitled asshole.

[Solly Mack]

14. Barf

Only a sick mind would think that way.

[ecstatic]

15. fuck off. It's our choice. Period.

NOT yours, you smug piece of shit!

[Docreed2003]

16. Easy for him to say

What a prick

[keithbvadu2]

17. Abbot says he will eliminate rape and this guy favors rape pregnancy as a gift from God.

Abbot says he will eliminate rape and this guy favors rape pregnancy as a gift from God.

[phylny]

18. Oh, must we?

Asswipe.

[TomSlick]

19. Jesus wept.

The things said in God's name are astounding.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. This asshole makes me sick

[Phoenix61]

21. Deplorable would be a step up. nt

[Autumn]

22. Soldano, your fucking god is a piece of shit

Fuck you both.

[keep_left]

23. Crap like this is broadcast all the time on religious-right TV/radio like EWTN.

EWTN has a weekly "pro-life" show that features extremist "logic" like this. I'm pretty sure this line of "thought" started on fundamentalist Catholic rad-trad radio and TV. It spread into fundamentalist Protestant circles, and now religious-right politicians apparently think they can mainstream this garbage.

[maxsolomon]

24. The logical extreme of simplistic Fundamentalist belief.

"Everything happens for a reason", "God is in control", "It must be God's plan".

God, whatever that is, does not intervene, and does not cause events to happen. Countless atrocities happen, and God does nothing.

[crickets]

25. I could vomit after reading that. What a sociopathic thing to say. nt

[niyad]

26. May he, and his enablers, receive everything they deserve.

[Skittles]

27. see, ladies?

it should be HIS choice, not YOURS

[electric_blue68]

28. Screw you, buddy. What's heroic are women fighting to be full citizens in this country.

[Iris]

29. That's an argument a 3rd grader might make

[musette_sf]

30. Pretty sure that sociopathic sex criminal DNA

isn’t what an innocent assault victim wants to perpetuate.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

31. I wish men could be raped and get pregnant

Bet that would be an entirely different tune regarding men.

[niyad]

32. and the WAR ON WOMEN continues apace. Would you consider cross-posting this in

Women's Rights And Issues? Thanks in advance.

[niyad]

33. And let us not forget that the woman-hating gestational slavers in a number of states

actually allow a rapist to sue for parental rights, including visitation and custody. But not making them pay child support, one notes.

[gulliver]

34. Would make a great national ad for Dems

The Republican nuts are really starting to fall from the tree.

[musette_sf]

35. Suggest you first offer up Jennifer

(Mrs Soldano) for Hero Duty. Put your money where your big ugly mouth is.

[struggle4progress]

36. 'Vote for me, "Boner" Soldano the chiropractor!'

[Demovictory9]

37. ugh... can't even watch those stupid words coming from his stupid face

[elias7]

38. Completely lacking empathy

Dude needs to think more locally, like what if it was your wife who got raped, your kids or nieces, etc. total a-hole

[librechik]

39. This dingdong.