Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert decided to use her speaking time during a Thursday House hearing to display photos of human fetuses.
During a Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee hearing, Boebert explained why she wanted to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list.
“I appreciate this time today and thank you so much for everyone who’s attending here and traveling so far to be here,” she began. “I do want to say before my opening remarks, you know, since we’re talking about the Endangered Species Act, I’m just wondering if my colleagues on the other side would put babies on the endangered species list.”
She then help up photos of human fetuses as she continued to speak.
“These babies were born in Washington, D.C. full term. I don’t know, maybe that’s a way we can save some children here in the United States.”
Boebert then turned to the gray wolf.
“For far too long, the Endangered Species Act has been weaponized by extremists, extremist environmentalists, to obstruct common sense multiple-use activities that they disagree with.”
Lauren Boebert brought photos of human fetuses to a hearing on endangered species. pic.twitter.com/IpXCI14cWT
Maison Des Champs likes to be known as the “pro-life Spiderman,” climbing tall buildings in order to spread his message that women should never ever be allowed to make their own reproductive choices.
Des Champs was a guest on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show Thursday evening, receiving congratulations from the host for climbing the 483-foot Chase Tower in Phoenix, which the Phoenix Fire Department called “very very dumb.”
But, according to HuffPost, Des Champs was delighted to be given a platform on the conservative “news” network so he could tell everyone why abortion is terrible.
Des Champs … has performed similar stunts in San Francisco and Los Angeles for an anti-abortion charity. He was jailed on trespassing charges for his latest ascent just days before the Super Bowl is played in the Phoenix area, and has since been released, the Arizona Republic reported.
“I climb these buildings because I want to show people how to have faith over fear,” Des Champs explained to an earnest-looking Carlson. “Abortion is murder and that’s the truth. Yet so many people my age are scared to speak the truth. They’re scared to offend. They’re scared to lose friends. But we can’t be scared. Abortion is just like climbing a skyscraper. It’s a matter of life or death. And we don’t have time for fear.”
Tucker Carlson hosts Pro-Life Spiderman who explains that getting an abortion is just like climbing a skyscraper (?) pic.twitter.com/pvAgSePyAP
So abortion is like climbing a skyscraper? Does that mean that getting a vasectomy (not that Des Champs has to worry about impregnating anyone; just look at the guy!) is a kind of like chopping up dad’s garden hose with a weed eater? Or is that too literal for the tiny minds on the right?
It didn’t take long before Twitter users began mocking Des Champs and reminding him that his abortion/skyscraper climbing comparison may well be the dumbest thing anyone has said in recent memory.
Coming from someone who has probably never seen a vagina in person.
“Nerdy-looking white guy climbs buildings to raise awareness that men, who have never seen a vagina, should never have any say over what happens in any vagina.”
Now that it’s clear Republicans screwed the proverbial pooch in the midterm elections and will only have a miniscule majority in the House with the Senate very probably remaining split 50-50 between the parties, it’s obvious that the issue of abortion and the Supreme Court’s June ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to take away a woman’s right to choose, was a major factor that hurt the GOP with voters.
And yet, former Trump administration press secretary Kayleigh McEnany is dismissing the impact of abortion as an issue, predicting that it will “go away.”
HuffPost notes that McEnany made her remarks during an appearance Thursday on Fox News:
“Roe v. Wade, and overturning it, was profoundly more important than any short-term politics. The victory that happened over the summer was a victory for the rule of law, and it is far more enormous than any slight margin in the House could have been. So we’ve got to look at the long game: Abortion’s going to go away.”
Kayleigh: The final factor I think was abortion.. The victory over the summer is the victory for the rule of law. It's more enormous than a slight margin in the house. We have to look at the long game. Abortion will go away. pic.twitter.com/fwVGuYq8kv
No, Kayleigh, abortion is NOT going to go away, and the more stories we see and hear about children who were raped or are the victims of incest yet cannot abort the product of those disgusting attacks, the more it will become clear to the vast majority of American voters that the Supreme Court was wrong and the right to choose must be enshrined in federal law.
Abortion is a losing issue for the GOP. It always has been and always will be. No matter how much the party tries to please the extremists on their right wing, those people will never be happy. Their vision of America is something right out of The Handmaid’s Tale, and they refuse to even consider compromise on the matter.
So, while Kayleigh McEnany think that abortion is just a one-time election issue, she’s wrong, and Twitter wasted no time letting her know that.
"Abortion's going to go away."
No, Republican laws to end it are going to go away.
And until that happens, abortion is going to be a red-hot political issue.
Yes by all means double down on the wildly unpopular policy that literally lost your party an election that should have been easy to win! We love this for you Kayleigh! https://t.co/QPb36yKAOf
If your long game is "Abortion's going to go away," you're doomed to be a minority party nationally.
Pre-Dobbs, Republicans could be firmly anti-abortion and still win, because they had no chance to translate their views into law. After Dobbs, that's no longer possible. https://t.co/Nne5FskmQe
Rape, incest, birth control failed…whatever the reason, none of it matters. Women do not need or want other people making decisions about our bodies. Period.
“Abortion will go away” – when has that ever happened?
Prohibibiting abortion only prohibits safe abortion.
Also, this doesn’t affect wealthy men like Kayleigh’s husband. They will continue to have access to abortion for their mistresses & family members w unwanted pregnancies. pic.twitter.com/lkjYNELVoH
No, abortion will never go away. It's a healthcare & economic issue and more importantly,it's no one's damn business what a woman chooses to do with HER body.
My mind is blown that she still thinks the abortion issue will “go away.”After Kansas and all the pro-choice amendments passed Tuesday, the massive Dem turnout, plus the results of all the abortion polls, they still think we’ll forget about it. They really don’t listen 🙄
According to many Republicans, abortion is murder and needs to be declared illegal across the country, no matter the reason a woman may be trying to terminate her pregnancy, with some on the right even going so far as to say there should be no exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
That hardline position is leaving many right-wingers in a difficult position when it comes to Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, who says he’s opposed to abortion yet reportedly paid for at least two women he impregnated to terminate their pregnancies.
Such was the case with a Georgia man who was interviewed by Jason Selvig of The Good Liars.
The man — who was wearing a pro-Trump cap and told Selvig that he did indeed support Walker — was asked:
“You think abortion is murder?”
The man replied:
Selvig then asked:
“Do you think that Herschel Walker is a murderer if he paid for an abortion?”
The man responded:
“Well, actually we’ve all done bad things.”
Once again, Selvig pressed:
“Murder is, you know — that’s one of the worst you could do, right?”
The man attempted to change the topic to Walker’s opponent, incumbent Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock:
“Warnock hasn’t repented for his sins.”
But Selvig had the perfect comeback:
“But, I mean, totally unrelated to Raphael Warnock, if Herschel Walker paid for an abortion, and you think abortion is murder, does that not make him a murderer?”
That led the man to tell Selvig:
“You know, it’s according to what you want to call murder. I mean, if you see somebody breaking into your house and you kill him, is that murder? If you accidentally run over somebody—”
Selvig asked yet again:
“Is abortion murder?”
The man replied:
“Well, if you do that, a premeditated taking of a life, I think that is murder.”
Selvig:
“So that, by definition, if the allegations are true, he was a murderer, but that’s okay with you because he repented.”
The man continued to twist himself into pretzel shape, replying:
“Well, what is sin is sin. I mean, some sins are more long lasting.”
Spoken like a true fake Christian who has either never read the Bible or read it and didn’t understand a word about forgiveness, redemption, and sin.
Here’s the video:
This Herschel Walker supporter says abortion is murder but doesn’t think Herschel Walker is a murderer if he paid for one. pic.twitter.com/X2OtjaEHIm
For years, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has said that the issue of abortion should be handled at the state level because it’s a matter of states’ rights, not the business of the federal government to set policy on such a personal matter.
And yet, on Tuesday Graham introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate that would ban all abortions beyond 15 weeks at the federal level.
Why the change of heart from the South Carolina Republican? That’s what Shannon Bream of Fox News asked Graham on Sunday, according to Mediaite:
“Graham’s stunt is a godsend and helps us remind voters Republicans want to ban abortion everywhere,” Bream said, quoting a source from Politico. Bream then brought up The American Spectator, a right-leaning outlet which just ran the headline “Lindsey Graham Hands Abortion Fans a Box of Hand Grenades.”
Graham replied:
“I’m pro-life, even in an election year.
“To those who suggest that being pro-life is losing politics, I reject that. Only in Washington is it extreme to protect a baby at 15 weeks from excruciating death…So I don’t apologize for being pro-life. I think the pro-life movement has found a position that most Americans will agree upon.”
Bream:
“You’ve got to explain the pivot.”
That’s when Graham pitched a full-blown hissy fit, going on an extended rant as he tried to defend his indefensible action which could wind up costing Republicans the midterm election:
“Number one if you know anything about me Shannon for 20 years I’ve been supporting federal legislation banning late-term abortions but you said there are states to make these decisions. The states, here’s what Dobbs says elected officials can make the decision state or federal. I’m not inconsistent in 2020. I had a bill on the floor of the United States Senate right across the Capitol that banned abortion at 20 weeks because the baby can feel pain. I had 51 republicans voting with me and two Democrats to suggest that I’m new to the game opposing late-term uh abortion is ridiculous.”
The senator continued, getting more animated as he spoke:
“No one’s excited. Listen I was the author of the unborn victims of violence act that made it a crime to hurt a baby if you attacked the mother you’d be charged with two crimes if you attack a mother and you hurt the baby it passed 72 votes in the United States Senate I never suggested there’s no place for the unborn in Washington, DC. if you tell the pro-life movement that we’re out of business in the nation’s Capitol that we can’t set some minimum national standard to prevent Chinese abortion policy in Maryland or California they’ll be a revolt by the pro-life community the people with me.”
Graham concluded:
“What am I saying I will not sit on the sidelines and watch this nation become China when it comes to boarding babies up to the moment of birth I reject that I will continue to introduce legislation at the national level setting a minimum standard. Okay at 15 weeks no abortion except for life rape uh save the life of the mother, rape, incest.”
