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[sheshe2]

GOP Congresswoman: I Opposed Domestic Violence Bill Because It Protected Too Many Groups

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Monday openly admitted that she opposed the latest reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) because it included protections for LGBT, Native American, and undocumented victims of domestic violence.

In an appearance on MSNBC, Blackburn pointed out that the latest iteration of the law protects “different groups” and thus dilutes funding for straight, non-Native American women with the proper documentation:


When you start to make this about other things it becomes an “against violence act” and not a targeted focus act… I didn’t like the way it was expanded to include other different groups. What you need is something that is focused specifically to help the shelters and to help out law enforcement, who is trying to work with the crimes that have been committed against women and helping them to stand up.

Watch it:

Domestic violence is domestic violence, period. And there is no way to justify Blackburn’s suggestion that some victims of this violence are more deserving than others. The reauthorized VAWA allows programs targeting LGBT victims of domestic violence to compete on equal footing for grant money with other groups serving underserved populations, and it ensures that LGBT victims will not be turned away from shelters and other services because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. These victims of violence deserve the same protections as anyone else caught in domestic abuse.

"I didn’t like the way it was expanded to include other different groups." Yeah Marsha I just know that you hated this part!



http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/04/1669601/blackburn-vawa/

[GoCubsGo]

1. As if I needed another reason to dislike that sack of garbage.

I guess it's okay with this cretin that those not in the "targeted" group have the shit beat out of them?

[Scuba]

2. Marsha was all set to support the Violence Against White Women Act.

[sheshe2]

4. She's a White woman after all, she has her dignity...and her priorities!

As one white woman to another, may she roast in hell for her prejudice.

[spanone]

3. she's a heartless pos

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Happened to be watching when she said this.

Still amazes, not that she'd think such things, but that she'd say them where everyone can hear. Guess it's no longer sufficient just to be an ass, you now have to be misogynistic and bigoted to qualify for GOP asshood. In that regard, she may be over qualified.

[WillyT]

6. Tea-Bagger... Tried And True...

[madamesilverspurs]

7. Then there's this -

just showed up on facebook

[sheshe2]

8. Well said Madeleine Albright! Well said.

Thank you for that excellent graphic, MSS. Perfect absolutely perfect!

[one_voice]

9. You know what they say about...

karma. I will come back to her...

[LadyHawkAZ]

10. Run through the Republican Bullshit Translator:

I wanted a bill that would protect ME! and people who look like ME! Those people don't look like ME! MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME!!! Did you spell my name right? Make sure you spell my name right. ME!