Good morning and thanks APR peeps. I’ll delete if Georgia posts. WaPo’s usual suspects trashing Biden again with the scary headline: Frustration, anger rising among Democrats over caution on abortion. Usual suspects are Cleve Wootson and Maria Sotomayor and some other new name (to me). Who are the gang of Democrats? Cori Bush, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Elizabeth Warren. They have magic wands unlike Biden to turn the whole Dobbs mess around.
They criticize the notion that it is on voters to turn out in November when they say Democrats are unwilling to push boundaries and upend the system in defense of hard-won civil liberties.
Yes, because voting in November is just quaint and optional but doing stuff that they haven’t actually done before because, you know, they are in Congress not the WH, is the thing. Magic solutions:
Building abortion clinics on federal land. Funding people to seek abortions out of state. Limiting the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction or expanding its membership. Ending the filibuster.
It has been repeatedly pointed out to these people that it is a violation of the Hyde Amendment to build abortion clinics on federal land. Those who are not Native Americans seem to think the reservations are a solution without consulting actual Tribes. The SCOTUS change involves more votes than they have which is clear to everyone it seems but them. Ending the filibuster – same. See e.g. Manchin, Sinema.
Three Congress people. A consultant and Rev. Barber are also quoted but it appears that their solution is that the Democrats act like Republicans and just let the courts figure it out. Right the courts. I like Rev. Barber a lot but I don’t fucking want the Democrats to be as vile and unlawful as the GQP.
We knew this decision was coming. A bold move before would have been for the complaining Congressional Democrats to mount an aggressive effort to codify Roe long ago. Their job. They can blame Pelosi but she did get legislation through to codify Roe. It is languishing in the Senate where all progressive legislation goes to die. Now they prefer to blame the guy who can’t draft laws and depress the vote. Honestly, a pox on them if they continue down this path.