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“The president has been adamant that we need to restore Roe. It is unfathomable that women today wake up in a country with less rights than their ancestors had years ago,” Fulks said.

Biden has been poised to run on what has been described as the strongest abortion rights platform of any general election candidate as he and his allies look to notch a victory in the first presidential election since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.

Last month, Biden seized on a case in Texas, where a woman, Kate Cox, was denied an abortion despite the risk to her life posed by her pregnancy.

“No woman should be forced to go to court or flee her home state just to receive the health care she needs,” Biden said of the case. “But that is exactly what happened in Texas thanks to Republican elected officials, and it is simply outrageous. This should never happen in America, period.”

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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I suspect they'll have no problem getting those new judges confirmed through the Senate. Genius play.

I get that you're frustrated. We all are. But attacking the people who are mostly on your side instead of the people actively trying to hurt you doesn't help.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A firefighter standing by my house while it brings down isn't helping me.

Especially when he keeps telling me I need to work with the arsonist who set the fire and unless the arsonist agrees, he has no choice but to stand there socializing with the arsonist

I can say we need a different firefighter and that if the only other option is the arsonist....

Then ignoring that our system is broken doesn't help anyone.

All it does is make less people vote on who the next firefighter is, and gives the arsonist better odds of winning.

I know it's tempting, but burying your head in the sand won't fix anything anymore than it has with climate change

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ok but the alternative wants me dead. He’s promising to strip my rights and get rid of people like me. So maybe some of us see y’all standing and taking this position and think “wow, we’re fucked”. Because you can’t even bring yourself to vote for a liberal against a fascist. Vote in the primaries like the rest of us. Try to convince moderates to vote left as they can.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Do you honestly think everyone that criticizes Biden won't vote for him?

Jill Stein would have gotten second place if that was true. Most of the votes moderates get are from people that hate them.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I’m seeing a lot of people saying they won’t on here. And I’m getting sick of their bullshit.

[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You keep trying to push this narrative that only the far left has any actually significant popularity, like mainstream dem success is all a part of some grand conspiracy or something. But I think the reason most of the dem party in the House and Senate is more moderate, is because there are still a huge number of moderate voters.

It's odd that you're so reluctant to acknowledge that the dem party is a party of diversity, not some monolith of purity.