Republicans pound abortion 'infanticide' message
Source: Politico
Democrats say the GOP arguments are inflammatory and inaccurate, but Republicans are already seizing on the issue in their 2020 strategy.
By ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN 03/02/2019 06:46 AM EST
Republicans amped-up focus on so-called late term abortions has brought new energy to the issue for their conservative base forcing Democrats to respond to rhetoric about infanticide.
The GOP plans to keep at the message through the 2020 election, even if they lose the battle in Congress to pass a Born-Alive Abortion Survivors bill, H.R. 962, that abortion-rights advocates warn could add new pain to already wrenching medical decisions. Under criticism, Republicans' language has only continued to escalate, including President Donald Trumps charge this week that Democrats dont mind executing babies AFTER birth.
Democrats are taking a barbaric position, said Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the No. 2 Republican in the House. It's a radical far-left shift theyve taken and, frankly, most Americans are sickened by that.
So far the tactics arent swaying Democrats, who are highly unified around abortion rights and accuse the GOP of spreading inflammatory misinformation. To redirect the conversation, they hope to focus on aspects of womens health where they are on more solid ground for instance by, attacking the Trump administrations recent move to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, congressional aides said.
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TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)n/t
Botany
(70,510 posts)... evangelical christian then you might very well be stupid enough to believe that babies are
born alive and then killed by socialist abortion doctors.
I wonder how many abortions Trump has paid for?
groundloop
(11,519 posts)(Hey, this is every bit as factual as all the shit Tiny and his enabling repubs throw out there.)
Botany
(70,510 posts)n/t
groundloop
(11,519 posts)Botany
(70,510 posts)... "some people say" you can say any kind of claptrap. And don't worry
about math figures because they are transitory and not fixed to any set
of rules. We are so down the rabbit hole w/Trump & Fox that I think we should
all join the Walrus & the Queen for tea.
EleanorR
(2,393 posts)And in line they'll fall like the good uninformed lemmings they are,
yerop
(89 posts)Some of my family fell for it this week, and not all of them are Trump fans.
They fell for the news about that fake bill stunt the GOP recently pulled. I was able to point out that the "baby killers" was BS. But millions are falling for it. The GOP Lie Machine is in high gear and it's winning over gullible people on this one, I'm afraid.
Tumbulu
(6,278 posts)And they are sort of allowing the medical community to get off scot free in terms of explaining themselves.
It is way over due that the medical community stand up to these blatant lies. But they do not, they allow the democrats to do the heavy lifting and they just stay quiet.
If anything I am really tired of them not speaking forcefully up.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Abortion on its own wont erode womens support of these GOP fartmonglers, but the explicitly anti-woman language (host bodies, anyone?), combined with the escalating rabidity their incel base demands, just might.
mahina
(17,663 posts)That would be a very powerful argument against this bullshit. It would take money and organization.
Letters to editors could reach some.
Leafleting cars parked at church services could help if its done carefully and persuasively.
Other ways to fight this?
We cant let them define us with this.
cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)our guys might be able to use this to their advantage in some purplish state's especially if they link it to Kavanaugh.
Yavin4
(35,441 posts)Why didn't the Republicans do something about abortion when they had the presidency and the congress?
McKim
(2,412 posts)The Republicans did not pass anti abortion laws because once this is done and the Right Wing Religious Base gets what they want, they will take their marbles and go home! As long as this debate rages, the Republicans are the winners!
jayschool2013
(2,312 posts)feels like this:
A group of people standing on the street corner wait for a bus.
A meteorologist, a Democrat, notes the unusually bright sun and says, "Nice day, isn't it?"
A Republican peeks up from his Bible, looks at the same sun and screams, "Oh, my god!! That Dumbocrat wants us all to die standing here waiting for that giant fireball to fall on us! Run!"
Everyone runs.
The Democrat is then left to herself trying to explain the various meteorological influences that make the sun brighter on some days and at some times of the year than others.
But all anybody heard was "That Dumbocrat wants us all to die."
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)Socialism is scary, infanticide, and Trump's Stupid Wall (TSW).
Dems have the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and the For the People Act, which will restore integrity to elections and public life generally.
If we can't sell the difference between those two platforms, then we don't deserve to be in power.
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radical noodle
(8,000 posts)the tried and true anti-abortion message to stir up the voters. They know they're in trouble in 2020 so making Democrats into baby killers is the best way for them to fix that. It's been a hot topic on Facebook since New York state updated its laws.
azureblue
(2,146 posts)the GOP is a party of thieves, crooks and liars. They have a decades long track record of stealing your money. You gonna let them keep doing that?
Anything that comes out of the mouth of a Repub is a lie. All they have is hate, lies and fear. And greed.
bluestarone
(16,959 posts)We will need to do EVERYTHING to beat these bastards!!!!
lastlib
(23,239 posts)It's all they have.
CDerekGo
(507 posts)Everyone begins to believe it, the GOP Mantra
Mr. Evil
(2,844 posts)that women pop up from the table and scream at the ObGyn to abort with the fetus halfway out already. Then they'd have you believe that they turn up some music, pull out the meat cleavers and have a baby chopping party. These people (for lack of a better word) are fucking sick! They need to smacked down somehow, some way, once and for all. They are a detriment to society and humanity. And the idiotic base are easily led to believe that preventing a woman from terminating a pregnancy (hers and only hers) will magically put more food on their table and more money into their bank account. Worthless fucking fools, the lot of them!
Botany
(70,510 posts)paleotn
(17,920 posts)But completely devoid of facts or anything remotely resembling reality, it will only rile up the already riled up religo-nut base. Fuck them. They're unreachable anyway, so I could care less what that rabble of morons believes. They can take their fake aborted fetus models, and bloody signs and shove them up their tight, prudish asses. The sooner we grind their ilk to dust, the better.
keithbvadu2
(36,816 posts)Republicans are in favor of killing living babies and have done so.
Pro-life is a myth.
The supposed pro-lifers cared naught when the state of Texas (republican gov, republican Prez) deliberately killed living baby Sun Hudson against the mother's wishes because he was an inconvenience to the state.
It is not a matter of life to the supposed pro-lifers.
It is a matter of control.
Infanticide has been approved and accomplished by republicans.
47of74
(18,470 posts)McKim
(2,412 posts)Not to mention the slower death by having unaffordable health care that is out of reach for many Americans. This is just a slower infanticide.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,344 posts)No, wait, I'm thinking of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Kirsten Nielsen's Homeland Security. Never mind.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Maxheader
(4,373 posts)The 70%ers will see right through this horrendous attempt to paint liberals as murderers...
And it will backfire on them...
videohead5
(2,175 posts)Why didn't the Republicans pass this bill when they had control of the house?
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)The day we impeach that son of a bitch, convict him - and by the time the Mueller Report comes out, the GOP will be lined up around the corner to remove that embarrassment from their ranks - and send him to prison will be the greatest day in the history of the world.
area51
(11,909 posts)we'd have a right to healthcare.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)...
Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)Hey Democratic leaders, fight fire with fury.