Roland Martin drops the mic 🎤 on "PRO-LIFE"

[underpants]

Link to tweet

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[MLAA]

1. Dayum, he nailed it.

[Ex Lurker]

33. I always think of this guy and wonder what he did to draw DU's attention

[underpants]

37. 😆

[MLAA]

40. He nailed it as well based on the size of that poor fish!

[calimary]

58. DAAAAAAAAAAAAYUM!!!

PREACH!!!

And the moral of that story IS: if THAT’S where you stand, then you are NOT “pro-life”.


PREACH IT!!!

[LakeArenal]

2. If you let people shoot up schools and give only thoughts and prayers lip service.

You are not pro life and you don’t care about sustaining life.

[AllyCat]

35. That's what I thought too.

[ShazzieB]

41. Truth!

Protecting life in the womb = controlling women and their choices. Easy peasy! Them wimmins is out of control anyways and needs to be reeled back in!

Protecting life anywhere else would affect the choices of men, as well as women, an obvious no-no!

[treestar]

3. In the womb and then when they are hollering

good description of the post born!

[brer cat]

4. Preach!

[Maraya1969]

5. Wow. Get this on TV, FB, Youtube and wherever else you can stick videos.

[unblock]

6. And of course, they don't care about the life of the woman

There's no such thing as a risk-free pregnancy, and the pregnancy slavers think the woman should have suffer that risk against her will.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. Welp you asked him to be clear in what he's saying

That was pretty fucking CRYSTAL.

[Swede]

8. Longer youtube video.

&ab_channel=RolandS.Martin

[PatSeg]

10. Thanks!

[NoMoreRepugs]

12. TY , that made my day.

[barbtries]

19. oh thank you thank you

see my post below!

[barbtries]

21. totally worth watching the entire show.

though she can't give an inch. not an inch. sigh

nonetheless he made his point.

[inthewind21]

27. And none the less

Made her look like a complete fool. Can I get an AMEN! I chocked on my coffee when she tried to claim republicans support community health programs and local hospitals.

[barbtries]

31. no shit.

she had no argument. she sounded really lame. i just wonder at how she apparently cannot see that for herself.

[progressoid]

34. +1

[ShazzieB]

43. I agree with his position completely, of course, but I didn't love all the yelling.

My reaction to this was mixed, because I hate it when people are constantly interrupting and shouting over each other. That's a major turnoff for me, regardless of the content, who's right/wrong, etc. There were some excellent points made here, but there were also times when I just wanted ALL of them to shut up for a hot minute, take a deep breath, and then take turns talking!

I agree with every word Roland said (what I could hear of it, lol), and I agree that the anti-choice lady was laughably uninformed about a lot of things, but I think he could have made his case even more powerfully by letting her state her case without interrupting constantly, and then taking her points down one by one, complete with factual examples.

I enjoy spirited discussions, but I'm not a fan of screaming matches, which is what a lot of this seemed like to me.

[LakeArenal]

45. Agree. I hate being yelled at.

In movies, rock and roll and especially debates.

[ShazzieB]

46. Good to know I'm not the only one!

[Skittles]

50. sometimes yelling is called for

he essentially shut down her speaking over him

[The Jungle 1]

53. true that

She sat there and took the beating she knew was coming.
They know they are not pro life.

[Skittles]

61. I'm not a fan of yelling either, in these discussions

but sometimes when one side is just so freaking hypocritical and WON'T shut up, it is necessary- and hoo boy did he NAIL it

[The Jungle 1]

62. I thought he gave her equal time without letting her dominate.

However she had no content. The community health centers were started by Obama. Yet that was her only point

[markie]

9. Wow...

that's how it's done...

[Ohio Joe]

11. Well done

[lark]

13. Perfect!!!

If you are truly pro-life, you are pro-life from womb to tomb -

This is a truth bomb.

[wnylib]

14. Wow! I want to see this guy at town hall meetings across the country.

I want to see him speaking to Congress. He should be IN Congress. Powerful speaker.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. Do you understand now?

[In It to Win It]

16. Womb to the tomb

[Hekate]

17. Preach it, brother, preach it. May all who hear this, go forth and do likewise.

And let us all say, Amen

[czarjak]

30. Lettuce Prey

[barbtries]

18. Whos is this man?

I been screaming this for years but he put it so succinctly, so entirely, I need to share this if I can get it on a different platform. Does anyone know his name???

[underpants]

20. Roland Martin

[barbtries]

22. thanks

i subscribed to his youtube and shared the full video of this interaction. i love him

[inthewind21]

28. He

makes appearances on MSNBC from time to time.

[barbtries]

32. i don't watch much of the cable shows anymore.

only videos i find here and there. I should have known who he is but anyhow I do now.

[okaawhatever]

24. IKR. I was thinking, what is the name of my new husband?? I love this man. nt

[barbtries]

26. me too!

i even said it to him in the comments on the youtube. lol

[cksmithy]

23. Yes,

to everything he said. Back in the day, before abortion rights were legal, those opposed to abortion were for the death penalty. The pro-lifers have never been for life for everyone, they just want control. I am a woman in my 70's. I remember how it was and I don't like how it is now (in many states).

[SharonAnn]

42. Me, too. I'm in my 70's and I well remember the situation pre Roe v Wade.

Many women's lives were badly damaged. Some women died. others suffered permanent injuries.

[raging moderate]

55. You are right. I was there, too.

I remember women dying or having permanent injuries. I also remember the long, long debates at the Supreme Court, with extremely detailed information presented by many very knowledgeable people in sworn testimony, over long months, and Supreme Court justices obviously doing a lot of reading on the subject and asking many questions of those giving the testimony, before making their decision.

[liberalla]

25. Excellent! Thank you!

[Hugin]

29. That very scene has played out around my dining table...

Several times over the last year.

[Torchlight]

36. K&R

[Roc2020]

38. Exactly

Pure GOP Hypocrisy. Well said Roland.

[niyad]

39. If you are "pro-life", you are also anti-war, anti-death penalty, pro-gun control,

and pro-clmate change solutions. Otherwise, you are a WOMAN-HATING, CHRISTOFASCIST, THEOCRATIC, GESTATIONAL SLAVER, FUCKING HYPOCRITE.

[Rhiannon12866]

44. WOW! K&R!

He said it all!

[patphil]

48. It's not pro-life to ignore the woman's right to an abortion.

She's already living, and the fetus in the womb is merely potential life.
I don't see life as beginning until the child is born, and a soul is received with the child's first unaided breath.
That's life. Before that point it's just existence.
And then, these so-called pro-lifers do nothing to help mom and her newborn child. They're on their own from that point forward.
Their position on this is truly despicable.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

49. applause

[onecaliberal]

51. Hell yes!

[usonian]

52. Why do we let them call it "pro life'?

When it isn't?

Why do we accept their terminology? Why do we let them define the discourse?

It's not pro-life. It's GOVERNMENT CONTROL of personal life.

THEOCRACY, ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION DENYING OTHERS.

Pardon the all-caps.

[The Jungle 1]

54. Sorry but we need to scream more

So when are republicans going to release their healthcare plan for America? Still waiting. We have been waiting for decades! Republicans are not pro life!
She had one point that she repeated over and over. Community health centers are not the solution to systemic racism and healthcare in America.
Pa got told their entire school funding system is unconstitutional. Republicans in the Pa Senate are still blocking any fix. There are 214 schools in the Philly school system there are only ***7 libraries in the Philly school system.*** That folks is the face of systemic racism. Republicans do not care. Republicans want to destroy public education and do not care about healthcare for the poor.

[DFW]

56. Roland Martin! Wow, I haven't seen him in many years. Good to see see he hasn't changed much

Yeah, he can get a little blustery at times, but when it's a useless "talk over them until you win" Republican, that is the ONLY thing that works, and Roland Martin is SO good at not losing a breath while staying coherent, the radical right doesn't get away with their crap with him.

He went out partying with our two daughters one night at New Year's, MANY years ago. Our girls were already a little tipsy, but it was a larger group, and Roland was on his best behavior. Where DOES the time go?

[Emile]

57. Telling like it is!

[Oppaloopa]

59. Passionate Genius

[wendyb-NC]

60. 100% true

Thank you, Roland Martin.