The reason behind the Republican's ALEC-prescribed War on Women is obvious.

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3. It is the scorpion and the frog

Just their nature.

It started with them just recycling the culture war BS that has worked for them in the past.

Then, when they got blowback on it, they did what they do when they are wrong about something - double down on it because they can bully the press into backing their play.

The problem is, women has exponentially grown as a political force in this country over the last decade.

I think sometimes people want to think that they have a lot of strategy to what they do, but as a party it really is short terms cycling of the same political plays. They just cycle through the same crape until something gets traction.