President Biden’s reelection campaign is preparing to highlight abortion rights in the lead-up to the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision, CBS News has learned, seeking to tie the upcoming election to a “woman’s right to make her own health care decisions — including the very possible reality of a MAGA Republican-led national abortion ban.”
The extensive plans include ad buys, campaign rallies and events across the U.S. organized in lockstep with the Democratic National Committee, which will launch opinion pieces in local newspapers focusing on statewide abortion bans.
Ahead of the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision on Jan. 22, television and digital ads highlighting the personal impact of abortion restrictions will air in swing states like Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to a Biden-Harris campaign official.
So…he waited to make this a reelection issue?
Implying he could have done anything else?
List the exact actions Biden could have actually taken between Roe being struck down and now that he “waited to do” to make it a reelection issue.
I swear Republicans will start imposing mandatory pregnancy tests at travel checkpoints between state borders and the white left will still find a way to make it the Democrats’ fault to justify not doing anything to stop the Republicans from coming back to power.
Fuckin’ porcelain-american shit.
This. This right fucking here that he waited till close to reelection is at least what he could have done. This article we are commenting on.
So you’re mad that he’s making it a campaign issue because he didn’t explicitly make it one beforehand, which he did, you just either didn’t read the news when he did or forgot he did it.
I’m as annoyed with Dems not being loud enough as the next guy but at a certain point it stops being their fault for being bad at communicating and yours for just refusing to listen.
The article itself in the headline calls out that this is an effort that he’s been contributing to and is publicizing a fresh push in.
Porcelain American Shit.
yes. Im mad he waited till close to election to really make an issue of this instead of leaving it on the back burner. This is a MASSIVE FUCKING THING that he has said next to nothing about. yes I know he has finger waged about it a few times, i haven’t forgotten.
also…dude is that porcelain thing like a signature for you?
If it’s such a “fucking massive thing” then why did no one bother to show up to vote in 2016? 2016 had the lowest voter turn out among young voters. Seems really convenient when something matters. Biden can do no right it seems, even though Roe v Wade was overturned like last year.
Because we had shit options in 2016. Remember? You were there right? Everybody constantly talking about how the fuck are we having to pick between Trump and Clinton?
I showed up and I voted for Clinton even though I wasn’t happy about it but yeah… Here we are.
Also I’m not understanding your quotation marks around massive fucking thing. Are you trying to act like this isn’t actually a big deal? That this isn’t a hot button issue among people? That’s the only thing I can figure out you’re trying to imply with that?
Nah, it’s because your opportunistically short attention span having types always happens to be of the fragile white variety.
Even assuming that back burner crack is accurate, which it’s not, we both know that you’d be pissing and moaning about him making climate change or student loans or health care the back burner issue instead if you weren’t making up grievance about him not being vocal enough about reproductive rights.
It’s always the porcelain american folks that are on this shit because it is literally always an excuse to be mad at the Dems and not vote for them instead of being mad at the Republicans who are actually responsible and vote against them, because only you fragile and white as porcelain folks are privileged enough to be so determined to find a reason why we should all be mad at the Democrats for something the Republicans did, because if we spend enough time being mad at the Republicans, someone might remember that the Republicans came into power pretty soon after one of you fragile and white as porcelain folks raised yet another crock of shit about how we should be more mad at the Democrats for something the Republicans did.
You’re literally manufacturing consent for the underprivileged to endure 4 more years of Republican administration so you shitheads feel validated enough that “the establishment learned its lesson this time.”
It is fucking always the white left, fucking always, “why let moral objections to letting queer folks be hunted for sport get in the way of a good session of letting the establishment learn their lesson about “not doing enough” to stop queer folks being hunted for sport? Republicans? You mean the NPCs I ascribe no agency to whatsoever in my crusade against some old fucksticks who are responsible for absolutely nothing I’m currently up in arms about?”
Y’all get to be taken seriously as soon as you can lodge a complaint without everyone being able to tell you’re implicitly threatening to vote strike of vote third party over it, because then we’ll know you actually believe anything you say more than you believe in how important it is to feel validated about being right over whatever issue you’re pissed about.
Holy ever living fuck my man. Not only are you racist as shit but you are completely making shit up. Nowhere did I say we shouldn’t be voting for Democrats. I’ve been very fucking clear that the Republicans are a million times worse and I will be sticking with Democrats.
But seriously… Please reread what you fucking said and tell me how it isn’t just pure fucking racism.
Also I need to point out that all I did was criticize a single fucking action of biden’s and you’re trying to turn that into, not only questioning my loyalty to the fucking party, but you’re also saying I’m trying to sabotage the goddamn party.
By criticizing a single fucking action of his. One. One thing I criticized and this is your reaction.
You are literally a fucking cultist. You are exactly 100% the democrat version of a red hat. Frothing in rage at anyone who dares to question a single step your god emperor makes.
So does porcelain American mean brittle and prone to fracture, or is it an exclusively white person designation, or most probably both? Genuinely asking, as it is a neologism for me
Of course he did. The dems have had many chances to enshrine Roe v Wade in law. They just always decided that holding it over everyone’s head as a “look what they’ll do if you don’t vote for us!” was more valuable thsn doing the bare fucking minimum of the right thing.
When have Dems had a chance to secure it into law? They need the House and Senate, plus the President. When was the last time they had that by not a 1-2 margin? Because margins that tight are asking for assholes like Manchin or Sinema to make it all about them and there are still moderately conservative democrats.
Most recently? The supermajority in 2009. The DNC is not your friend. Neolibs are not your friend. They’re simply the least shit option at the moment.
Obamas? that he had for like a month? That he used to try to get ACA passed? Because that’s the ONLY one people ever bring up and it’s a facile argument.
so it’s not the democrat’s fault when they don’t do anything even when they literally can, and have been able to several distinct times?
They haven’t been able to do it. Going back to that short supermajority is drawing from a well giving dust. And when else could they have? When would they have had the public’s support before then? People love to make up history to fit their narrative. But it turns out America isn’t that progressive, unfortunately. Not until lately.
If you don’t think they couldn’t have gotten Roe enshrined in law during that, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. This is absolutely the type of legislation you have written up in advance for day one to immediately force it through if you have any sort of conscious or morality.
72 days. A new congress. A new president. And a MOMENTUS policy change? You’re rewriting history. Especially in 2009 when it was much less supported as a law BECAUSE of Roe V Wade. You’re just looking for reasons to hate the democrats and this tactic of going back to the short supermajority is sad and transparent.
That was also 15 years ago. Anything before then never would have flown.
Definitely. Think about it: people believed that Roe v. Wade was settled law. The Supreme Court said it was. Why would they waste valuable time making that a law?
Laws take months unless there’s a national emergency, and then all other work is stopped. Literally hundreds of people need to write, read, and decide on the specific wording of the text. It’s like writing a book by committee, for no reason, at the expense of other issues. Abortion doesn’t matter if people don’t have healthcare!
So as I was saying, I’ll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge for the low sum of $50,000!
And trust me, I don’t have to look for reasons to hate the DNC. Them being slightly less shit than the GOP does not make them good. It makes them slightly less shit.
Dems have been over-performing compared to polls by like 9 points since Roe was overturned. They’re not gonna give up that kind of advantage to secure women’s rights!
It’s a reminder that I think a lot of people need. The core of the dem platform is still neolib dogshit. It’s absolutely less awful than the gop “platform”, and I will absolutely be doing whatever I can to keeo those fucks out of office, but that doesn’t mean the dems are your best friend.
I don’t even blame the Dems for this. This is the end result of the sort of undemocratic bullshit that’s baked into our government. The Republicans have won The Game™ that is our government by controlling most of the land in the country, and thanks to FPTP our only alternative is a feckless coalition run by people who should have retired two decades ago.
We need a reset and we’ve needed it since at least 1971 but we haven’t got it and each year we delay will intensify the collapse.
Good luck everyone.
1971? lol our government has been dogshit since day one. We are founded on genocide and built by slaves. This country has, since day one, been absolutely fucking disgusting.
God damn you people are a bunch of sad sacks.
I did say “at least 1971”
fair enough
What county are you talking about? You’re going to have to be a bit more specific than that. There isn’t a single country out there that doesn’t have a disgusting history.
Specifically slavery: millions of victims were brought to the Americas (almost every country), but that was just their final destination. Who brought them? Europeans. Who sold them? Africans. It’s a shame of four continents, not just one country.
Dude… How in the ever living fuck, just from the context, could you not tell I was currently talking about the United States of America? This is a comment section about American politics. It’s a comment chain about American politics. I’m really trying to wrap my mind around how the hell you got lost but glossing over that onto the rest of your post… Yes there are disgusting things all over the world. But right now I’m currently discussing America.
I have never understood this weird issue with certain Americans. Every time you try to criticize America they come screaming WHY ARENT YOU TALKING ABOUT HOW HORRIBLE AFRICA IS!!
I’m not talking about the horrors of Africa right now because this isn’t a thread about Africa. Simple as that.
lol yep. And of course my comment is very controversial because, on lemmy, you must worship all of Biden’s actions and never even hint that maybe SOME THINGS he does are bad.
Exactly! Came here to comment the same thing. Fight against the dying of the light, butt man.
It’s heartening to hear that not everyone is not buying the Democrats bs.
Yeah…im not trying to ‘both sides’ this shit because obviously anything republican is a million times worse but…fucking come on.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The extensive plans include ad buys, campaign rallies and events across the U.S. organized in lockstep with the Democratic National Committee, which will launch opinion pieces in local newspapers focusing on statewide abortion bans.
Ahead of the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision on Jan. 22, television and digital ads highlighting the personal impact of abortion restrictions will air in swing states like Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to a Biden-Harris campaign official.
The rally will focus on attempts in Virginia and other states to roll back reproductive rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
“Virginians unequivocally rebuked the MAGA agenda and their attacks on women’s reproductive freedom, leading to Democrats retaining the Senate and flipping the House of Delegates to take full control of the General Assembly,” the Biden-Harris campaign said in a statement to CBS News.
According to Democratic allies close to Mr. Biden’s reelection effort, his campaign sees abortion rights as a galvanizing issue for their coalition that will bolster the president’s chances of retaining the White House.
“Trump directly paved the way for Republican extremists across the country to enact draconian bans that are hurting women and threatening doctors,” Biden-Harris campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a statement.
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