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So for those not following VA politics, I'll do up a bit of a TL;DR:

Pre-Nov-2023:

  • Governor: Republican
  • Legislature: 1 house was Dem, 1 house was Republican
  • Abortion was used to try to drum up support to make both legislative houses Republican in the Nov 2023 elections (among other things)

Nov 2023 elections happen.

  • Plan backfires. Dems get both legislative houses, but Gov seat is still Republican.

New Legislative session starts for 2024.

  • Republican filed a bill to remove funding for abortions
  • Dems were like "lol no", wanted to bring a floor vote on the bill to get votes recorded on where everyone stands on it
  • Republicans tried to revoke and water down bill, Dems were like "lol no"
  • Dems forced the bill to floor vote
  • Almost every single Republican decided to vote "no" on bill, so it failed by 97 votes (out of 100).
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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 76 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Griffin then faulted Democrats for turning his bill into a “circus,” saying he supports exceptions for the life of the mother but was never afforded a chance to amend the legislation to reflect that.

Either you oppose the provisions you wrote into your own bill, or your don't. Can't have it both ways, Grif.

[–] Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 8 months ago

Right!? Like, you wrote the damn thing, if those are your thoughts, put them in there to begin with!

Dude acts like someone stole the rough draft off his desk.