TX Republican state rep says "Rape kits are for getting cleaned out."

[Are_grits_groceries]

"In the emergency room, they have what's called rape kits, where a woman can get cleaned out" -- Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R) TX
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/23/1218299/--In-the-emergency-room-they-have-what-s-called-rape-kits-where-a-woman-can-get-cleaned-out#

I thought I couldn't be surprised nymore. WRONG!

[Bolo Boffin]

1. She's the sponsor of one of the anti-abortion bills sailing through the Lege right now.

smh

[LuvNewcastle]

2. How can a woman be so ignorant?

It's one thing when some of the ignorant Republican men say something stupid, but I'm just gobsmacked that a woman could be that clueless.

[demwing]

10. Why? Do women have a better grasp of science?:

That's a strange point to make.

[HappyMe]

18. Science and actual facts have

nothing to do with Republican or Tea Party ideology. Women are not immune to being ass backwards.

[SamKnause]

3. Rape

I think Jodie took advantage of 'brain kits' at her local hospital.

The cleaning out of her brain was definitely extremely successful.

She should be in a padded room.

She is unfit to serve in any legislative body, or to hold any position that serves the public.

There are 32,000 pregnancies per year as a result of rape. Source; CDC:Center for Disease Control.

Were the hospitals out of 'rape cleaning kits' ???

What an embarrassment the U.S. has become.

[RandiFan1290]

4. Texas. nt

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. To be fair,

there are a lot of elected officials in a lot of states with RWingers in charge of legislatures that could say something as massively stupid as this.

[Berlin Expat]

6. The larger question

is how do people such as this Representative get through their day without causing serious injury to themselves?

[darkangel218]

9. They wear safety helmets. Duh!!

[RandiFan1290]

8. This is true

and if it were in Florida someone here would have pointed it out.

Texans and their defenders just need thicker skin.

[Bolo Boffin]

7. Texas.

That's the protest from tonight.

Maybe don't judge a state by the assholes in charge.

[LonePirate]

11. You're right. TX is a place where everyone can feel safe, welcomed and appreciated.

The leaders of a state are merely a reflection of the people who live there.

[Bolo Boffin]

21. Texas is a place turning bluer by the minute.

And it's nutty power grabs like this anti-abortion bullshit that is only hastening it.

Prejudice is ugly no matter where it rears its head.

[Javaman]

12. The TX legislature is the perfect example of what happens when the right wing is in charge

of everything.

it seems as if they feel now that they can unleash the full power of their gross stupidity.

I live in Austin and am witness to the raw awesome power of the repukes derangement on a daily basis.

[City Lights]

13. Knuckle-dragging ignoramus.

An embarrassment to the human race.

[jsr]

14. Jodie Laubenberg named Texas State Chair of ALEC

http://www.house.state.tx.us/news/member/press-releases/?id=4269&session=83&district=89&bill_code=3540

Laubenberg Named Texas State Chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council
02/05/2013



State Representative Jodie Laubenberg has been selected as the Texas State Chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

ALEC is a national nonpartisan legislative group founded in 1973 to promote the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism and individual liberty. With more than 2,000 bipartisan members representing all 50 states, it is the largest individual membership organization for state legislators. The group also has more than 300 private sector members.

Laubenberg said she is looking forward to her new role with ALEC. “At its heart, ALEC seeks to affect public policy that will ensure the powers of government are derived from, and assigned to, first the People, then the States, and finally the Federal Government," she said. “While ALEC is focused on policy at the state level, it is just as firm a believer in the need for public-private partnership in order to best promote a successful free market system. The business community provides many of the ideas and resources which make ALEC so successful,” Laubenberg said.

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus congratulated Laubenberg on the appointment. “I applaud Representative Laubenberg’s appointment to represent Texas as state chairwoman for the American Legislative Exchange Council,” Straus said. “Rep. Laubenberg’s commitment to advancing free-market and limited government policies in the Texas Legislature is well recognized and will be an asset to ALEC’s membership and board.”

[TexasTowelie]

19. Thanks for posting her picture--the people need to associate her ugly mug with her ugly bill.

I did the same thing last night on the thread I posted last night in the Texas group while the debate was going in the Texas House. I watched most of the debate last night and Laubenberg would not even step up to the mic to answer questions as the amendments were being discussed. She successfully tabled each amendment by "informing the chair" -- the ultimate in cowardice.

[alp227]

15. Where do Todd Akin types learn this sh**?

I thought they would have learned something after the 2012 losses of candidates like Akin who insulted rape victims.

[KamaAina]

16. Where's Molly Ivins when you need her?

[backscatter712]

17. That is truly one of the most idiotically offensive things I've heard in my life.

I thought the purpose of the "rape kit" was to collect evidence to be used to prosecute the rapist.

And that the use of a rape kit was pretty unpleasant for the rape victim.

[Are_grits_groceries]

20. Read the comments at the link.

Many survivors, nurses, and others have blasted her and they are talking about what a horrid experience it is.