Lady Bunny Instagram – This is from a CNN article after Roe was overturned. As you can see, 20 Dem legislators wrote to Biden to investigate other options. And AOC urged Biden to take the babiest of baby steps by using federal lands to house abortion clinics.
Was Biden willing to take this babiest of steps? Was he able to? If not, why on earth would you dream that Biden, who is now campaigning on securing abortion rights, would do anything he wouldn’t do in 2020? He didn’t want to ditch the filibuster or stack the Supreme Court.
Also, I understand wanting to fight Republicans on this issue. But what would be different if Biden wins again? Why would he be willing to skip baby steps, to ditch or reform the filibuster, and/or stack the courts? Is he being honest if he doesn’t admit that without larger majorities in Congress, Biden can’t keep his promises?
Are there abortion advocates demanding this before they’ll vote for Biden? This issue is so important that Dems did better than expected in the 2022 midterms because of it. But those who care about this issue need to get firm commitments from a conservative, catholic president with an iffy record on abortion before promising their votes to him. That’s the only thing politicians understand besides $.
And Joe doesn’t have a record of keeping promises. That’s why Dems are forced to campaign 4 years later on the 2020 agenda which mostly didn’t get done. I’m all for securing abortion rights. I just don’t see a firm commitment to that beyond the promises of a man who also promised a 2k stimulus check if GA voters put 2 Democrats in the Senate. which turned out to be only $1400. | Posted on 26/Jan/2024 01:42:28