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yellowcanine

(36,792 posts)
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 04:27 PM Aug 2022

The shocking vote in Kansas gets worse and worse for the Republican Taliban.

All four congressional districts voting no means there is a backlash among rural voters as well as suburban and urban voters to Republican overreach on abortion. And I suspect on other issues, such as transgender rights, etc. Abbot in Texas should be particularly worried as well as DeSantis in Florida. Democrats now have the tools to turn the midterms into a referendum on Republican overreach on abortion and other social issues.

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The shocking vote in Kansas gets worse and worse for the Republican Taliban. (Original Post) yellowcanine Aug 2022 OP
Damn right! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2022 #1
I agree 100% Onama Biden Man Aug 2022 #3
Let's do this. Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #2
how NJCher Aug 2022 #5
I got an email that took me to this link: Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #9
Thanks for the link Ananda62 Aug 2022 #14
Great! Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #29
Thanks wryter2000 Aug 2022 #16
You're welcome -- and thank you! Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #28
Exactly. 2022 should definitely be a referrendum on Republicans.... Sogo Aug 2022 #4
This is our momentum for the midterms AdamGG Aug 2022 #6
if we play this right, this could truly be transformative for our country LymphocyteLover Aug 2022 #7
GQP allowed Christian Fundamentalism to drive the narrative and mistook silence for approval bucolic_frolic Aug 2022 #8
When I did GOTV...every time, I warned about the courts in numerous elections. I was met with Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #10
True that! mountain grammy Aug 2022 #12
Troll bots were dominating the forced birth movement online. Crowman2009 Aug 2022 #19
And Jesus still ain't coming? czarjak Aug 2022 #20
Listening to male politicians (mostly) debate whrether rape incest liife of mother Demovictory9 Aug 2022 #25
That's great news. mountain grammy Aug 2022 #11
It's promising Zeitghost Aug 2022 #18
Dems nationwide should be running ads on this... Wounded Bear Aug 2022 #13
Happy to rec this wryter2000 Aug 2022 #15
Not to mention killing their own supporters w/COVID via their anti-mask & vax agenda. Crowman2009 Aug 2022 #17
Republicans have overplayed their hands before gratuitous Aug 2022 #21
The Repukes have figured out there aren't enough Christo-fascists in this country FakeNoose Aug 2022 #22
Hells yeah! Blue Owl Aug 2022 #23
Rightwing radio spin on loss was pitiful Demovictory9 Aug 2022 #24
935,000 voters turned out to vote for Gretchen Whitmer of MI on 8/2 GreenEyedLefty Aug 2022 #26
Yeah, if abortion wasn't on the ballot in MI then the GQP is .. NO DOUBT .. in trouble uponit7771 Aug 2022 #39
Wow! Kaleva Aug 2022 #44
Great news! Unwind Your Mind Aug 2022 #47
It was so satisfying to fill in that dot for Whitmer even though she was running unopposed. catbyte Aug 2022 #49
Good news. I like it👍 Handler Aug 2022 #27
This is what it means to snatch the narrative away from the opposition peggysue2 Aug 2022 #30
Great post, you should write an OP on this Unwind Your Mind Aug 2022 #48
Thanks, Unwind! peggysue2 Aug 2022 #51
Rural and Religious Women Get Abortions Too. Did the GOP Not Know This? Indykatie Aug 2022 #31
yes Skittles Aug 2022 #34
Don't forget the book banning. -nt CrispyQ Aug 2022 #32
K&R n/t Alice Kramden Aug 2022 #33
The great ads used by Kansans for Constitutional Freedoms may summer_in_TX Aug 2022 #35
Nobody wants government mandated birth. Women are NOT state-owned incubators. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #36
Roe roe roe your Vote Heather MC Aug 2022 #38
Did you guys see turtle man on television trying to just blame the 9 Supreme Court justices Heather MC Aug 2022 #37
yellowcanine............. Upthevibe Aug 2022 #40
Can I get a HELL YA' !!!! VoteBlue2175 Aug 2022 #41
THE GQP ARE A BUNCH OF DENIAL BELIEVERS Oldtimeralso Aug 2022 #42
Can it be placed on the ballot in all 50 states? ecstatic Aug 2022 #43
This may not translate into defeats for Rs this fall. Kaleva Aug 2022 #45
I was listening to the news talking to the lady in charge Tree Lady Aug 2022 #46
If they follow their past behavior, they'll double down on something else NullTuples Aug 2022 #50

Onama Biden Man

(40 posts)
3. I agree 100%
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 04:46 PM
Aug 2022

Every democrat running should aggressively espouse codifying Roe into law and make it one of the main (if not the main) issues.

 

Sky Jewels

(9,148 posts)
2. Let's do this.
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 04:44 PM
Aug 2022

I usually give to individual candidates, but I got an email from the House Majority Pac and threw them a little cash because donations are matched times seven. So 5 bucks turns into 35; 50 turns into 350 ... You get the picture...

Sogo

(7,191 posts)
4. Exactly. 2022 should definitely be a referrendum on Republicans....
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 05:15 PM
Aug 2022

They're out-of-touch with America and incompetent as leaders....

AdamGG

(1,882 posts)
6. This is our momentum for the midterms
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 05:32 PM
Aug 2022

The party of reason vs. the party of extremism dominates KANSAS. We need to expand on this and draw more examples every day.

bucolic_frolic

(55,136 posts)
8. GQP allowed Christian Fundamentalism to drive the narrative and mistook silence for approval
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 05:41 PM
Aug 2022

from the rest of the populace. Now it's all out in the open.

Demsrule86

(71,542 posts)
10. When I did GOTV...every time, I warned about the courts in numerous elections. I was met with
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 05:45 PM
Aug 2022

folks who expressed the belief that would never happen.

mountain grammy

(29,035 posts)
12. True that!
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 05:50 PM
Aug 2022

We saws hundreds of 'vote yes' signs when we drove through Kansas in June.. not a single vote no. But they sure spoke up when it mattered.

Crowman2009

(3,524 posts)
19. Troll bots were dominating the forced birth movement online.
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 06:16 PM
Aug 2022

Outside of the delusional fantasy world of the internet, they are a small minority.

Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)
25. Listening to male politicians (mostly) debate whrether rape incest liife of mother
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 06:37 PM
Aug 2022

Would be consideredd was sickening..so unilateral... As if they decide and women have no say

mountain grammy

(29,035 posts)
11. That's great news.
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 05:47 PM
Aug 2022

Last night I read that in Hayes, which had voted 70% for trump (I can't even imagine,) the yes vote was ahead, but only by a little and only with about half the votes were counted.

So glad to see this amendment fail. what a huge ray of hope Kansas, of all places, has given us.

 

Zeitghost

(4,557 posts)
18. It's promising
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 06:15 PM
Aug 2022

But I am cautious. The results of the election also showed that many who voted for abortion rights also voted for a full slate of Republican politicians. There are many on the right who are pro choice, at least to some degree, that do not base their votes on it.

Wounded Bear

(64,324 posts)
13. Dems nationwide should be running ads on this...
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 05:52 PM
Aug 2022

While it may not be the focal point for their individual campaigns, the whole "repubs are coming for your women's health care and rights" should be pushed to the max. There are a whole range of women's issues that are affected by the anti-abortion push and that should be exploited by Dems everywhere.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
21. Republicans have overplayed their hands before
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 06:18 PM
Aug 2022

But it's looking like this time there may be actual repercussions doled out by we the people.

FakeNoose

(41,634 posts)
22. The Repukes have figured out there aren't enough Christo-fascists in this country
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 06:21 PM
Aug 2022

... to support their evil agenda.

They just figured the rural, conservative people of Kansas would play along. But no! The Kansas voters aren't sheep. They ARE paying attention and they don't like this one bit. None of us do, and we're going to show the Repukes when it's our turn to vote.

Thank you Kansas!


GreenEyedLefty

(2,116 posts)
26. 935,000 voters turned out to vote for Gretchen Whitmer of MI on 8/2
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 06:46 PM
Aug 2022

even though she ran unopposed.

She received more votes than all of the Republican primary candidates combined.

catbyte

(39,152 posts)
49. It was so satisfying to fill in that dot for Whitmer even though she was running unopposed.
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 12:05 PM
Aug 2022

I did the same for Elissa Slotkin, too. I just couldn't leave them blank. My favorites for State Rep and Senate won so I was happy about the Primary.

peggysue2

(12,533 posts)
30. This is what it means to snatch the narrative away from the opposition
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 07:23 PM
Aug 2022

Abortion rights and women's health care has proven itself a mighty narrative thread. But there's more. Americans do not like rights stripped away, period, and we know the Republicans were very hot on the idea of banning contraceptives, then other privacy matters. Marriage equality, for instance.

Then on the economic front with right-wingers howling about inflation and gas prices (now coming down), we have The GOP's Plan, thanks to Rick Scott and shouted out by Ron Johnson, to strip the so-called 'entitlements,' Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid. There's a reason the 65+ electorate is moving away from the Republican Party and I suspect this is why. Defund the police was repeated forever, weaponized by the GOP against Democratic candidates. Let's try Defund Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid and let that play out. Or beat them over the head with Defund Public Education, something Mastriano in PA has said out loud.

And, of course, there's the whole question of the type of governance Republicans are so enamored with, why they're besotted by the likes of Victor Orban, an authoritarian who likes to pretend he's running a democratic state. Throw in the remaining J6 investigations and we've got a horror story brewing.

Narratives are important. And this time? We get to run with it by simply quoting what Republicans have said and written and promised.

It's a beautiful thing!



Skittles

(171,710 posts)
34. yes
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 08:39 PM
Aug 2022

and I imagine not too many women - or their partners - would be thrilled to know the government would force you to carry a rapists's baby

summer_in_TX

(4,168 posts)
35. The great ads used by Kansans for Constitutional Freedoms may
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 09:33 PM
Aug 2022

be good to piggyback on.


A similarly-named Texans for Constitutional Freedoms might talk about government mandates, governmental over-reach, governmental tyranny, governmental corruption, governmental failures, by this Texas Republican leadership on a whole host of issues, especially the two that most affect people: abortion rights and trans rights.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
36. Nobody wants government mandated birth. Women are NOT state-owned incubators.
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 09:49 PM
Aug 2022

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

 

Heather MC

(8,084 posts)
38. Roe roe roe your Vote
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 10:00 PM
Aug 2022

🎼🎶Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

Roe roe roe your Vote
To FREEDOM and Liberty
Rejecting the Republican partys
Pro Slavery🎶
💜
 

Heather MC

(8,084 posts)
37. Did you guys see turtle man on television trying to just blame the 9 Supreme Court justices
Thu Aug 4, 2022, 09:56 PM
Aug 2022

Isn't the last 3 of the last 4 Supreme Court justices he didn't hand pick his damn self 🤦🏾‍♀️🙄🖕🏾

The Supreme Court justices that he handpicked and stole from democrats when he didn't allow Barack Obama and Joe Biden to pick 2 of the justices.


And hes sitting on a interview trying to say well those were 9 justices that weren't elected that made that decision

What an unmitigated wrinkled useless withered up wee wee man

Oldtimeralso

(1,945 posts)
42. THE GQP ARE A BUNCH OF DENIAL BELIEVERS
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 05:47 AM
Aug 2022

Covid is a Democratic hoax...how did that work out? Ask over one million dead. Climate change doesn't exist...how about the record flooding in the south, the drought in the midwest, and the wildfires in the west. Wait that one I can explain we just didn't have enough Norwegians to rake the leaves. I'm also glad that the Revolutionary army took control of the airports before the Redcoats were able to. I hope that the trumpanziees wake up before monkey pox gets them.

Kaleva

(40,365 posts)
45. This may not translate into defeats for Rs this fall.
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 06:15 AM
Aug 2022

It's unlikely that Rs in red districts may lose this fall even if the district voted to maintain abortion rights. It might have an impact on swing districts though

Tree Lady

(13,282 posts)
46. I was listening to the news talking to the lady in charge
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 07:28 AM
Aug 2022

Of the vote no campaign and they asked her about the ads that didn't specifically mention abortion. What they did in their ads was mention personal rights being taken away and republicans are big on personal rights.

I think this is how they won.

They showed if they talked about the word abortion they would vote against it. So democrats are getting smarter with their word usage. It's something republicans have used to their advantage for years tricking people with the way they worded issues.

Not sure we are tricking them so much as making them realize our bodies are a right we should be able to control. I think seeing how extreme they went to no exemptions even if you die finally did it.

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
50. If they follow their past behavior, they'll double down on something else
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 02:55 PM
Aug 2022

For instance right now Florida’s Board of Medicine - made up of doctors appointed by Gov DeSantis - is meeting to decide if the state will restrict trans health care. Or maybe the GOP will go back to spouting openly racist drivel as their prime distraction and rabble-rousing target. But they won't back down on abortion, they've been working for too many years to get to this point.

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