#us senate election

[tomorrowusa]

Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX-32) is the Democrat running against Sen. Ted "Cancún" Cruz for US Senate this year.

Rep. Allred visited The Daily Show to talk with Desi Lydic this week.

In addition to reminding viewers of what an embarrassment Cruz is, he talked about Texas Republicans' war against reproductive freedom.

It was mentioned in the conversation that Rep. Allred was the first House member ever to take paternity leave.

He also repeated his support for a two-state solution regarding Israel-Palestine. That position has now become standard among Democrats.

For anybody who would like to help Colin Allred defeat Ted Cruz...

Colin Allred for Senate

BONUS TRACK: Remember when Donald Trump was calling Allred's opponent "Lyin' Ted"? It's now ironic in this clip from 2016 that Trump was making fun of Cruz for waving a Bible around.

#colin allred #tx-32 #us house of representatives #us senate election #texas #abortion #texas gop abortion restrictions #reproductive freedom #ted cruz #“cancún” cruz #election 2024 #lyin' ted #donald trump #vote blue no matter who #desi lydic #the daily show #Youtube

[bloggingblue]

Ruben (Gallego) would be running to win.

Ruben (Gallego) would be running to win.

Jeepers…it really is now a 14/7/365 election cycle as this missive hit the email box this morning: Monday night on Chris Hayes, Ruben was asked if he was going to run against Senator Sinema and he made it clear: “I am a Marine and Marines prepare. That’s what I am doing right now.” Preparation means being ready on day one. Preparation means having the resources to run a winning campaign and…

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#Ed Heinzelman #Kyrsten Sinema #Rubin Gallego #us senate #US Senate election

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

it is. so weird to me that I'm having to say this again after a real-life cartoon supervillian already once ran for president on a platform of hatred & fascism and won, but.

it's November, please fucking vote

#not a shitpost #serious post #this election cycle will DETERMINE what legislation gets passed #it will DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF ABORTION RIGHTS AND GAY MARRIAGE AND OTHER LGBTQ+ PROTECTIONS #the supreme court plans to destroy as much progress as possible and that means we have to rely on congress to protect those rights #which they can only do if the Dems control the senate and the house #we are in FULL BLOWN DAMAGE CONTROL MODE here #especially because it is still somehow perfectly possible and actually probable #that the festering pile of garbage in human form who recently tried to overthrow the government will end up back on the ballot in 2024 #we still haven't recovered from 4 years of trump and if we don't show up at the polls it is perfectly possible we will get another 4 years #vote this november to protect basic human rights #and vote in november 2024 so we don't have to survive another 4 years under trump #because many of us--the most vulnerable of us--won't survive. and many many more will suffer #vote to protect yourself and your neighbors. vote to protect those who most need protection. #vote because it is the right thing to do #vote out of kindness #and vote out of spite--because billionaires are spending insane amounts of money to prevent you from voting #so tell them to get fucked and vote anyway #do it out of spite and do it out of heart and do it out of rage and do it out of love #show up #us politics

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us supreme court #2022 elections #2022 midterms #us congress #us house of representatives #us senate #biden administration #rep. alexandria ocasio cortez #new york #us history #President Franklin d. Roosevelt #president abraham lincoln #abortions #abortion bans #roe v. wade #scotus #us politics #news #twitter #tweet #2022 #progressives #progressivism #democrats

[batboyblog]

Senate 2022: You'd Better Vote!

If you're an American VERY IMPORTANT! elections are coming up on November 8th. Since the 2020 election the US Senate has been tied at 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans with Vice-President Harris casting the tie breaking vote that gives Democrats their majority. Even with such a tight margin Democrats have managed to pass the largest climate action taken by any country so far on earth (yet), lower prescription drug costs, pass the first gun control law since the 1990s , made lynching a federal crime after over 100 years of trying, made Juneteenth a federal holiday, confirmed the first black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court, passed a trillion dollar infrastructure bill to rebuild our roads, bridges, transportation, better internet, clean water, and support electric cars, saved the US Post Office, passed a renewal of the Violence Against Women Act which had been in limbo since 2019.

Imagine all that the Democrats in the Senate could get done in the next 2 years with a stable majority? On the Flip side if Republicans net just one seat Mitch McConnell has made it clear there will be no progress if he's majority leader again. There are 35 Senate seats up on November 8th, I'm gonna list out the 9 seats with vulnerable Democrats who need re-electing and seats Democrats can flip to expand their majority. Everyone needs to vote, but voting is the start, the most basic thing you need to do, if you live in any of these states PLEASE sign up to volunteer for these candidates, to go talk to voters, to register new voters, to give rides to the polls etc. If you don't live in any of these states, you can still volunteer to make phone calls or text voters it's easy! if you have money to give please please give money campaigns are so expensive. Finally most of these campaigns have merch shops so if you feed more comfortable buying a shirt or a bag or whatever do that lots of them have cool pro-choice things.

Arizona

Mark Kelly (Re-elect)

Senator Mark Kelly was elected in a special election in 2020 and is running for a full term this year. Kelly is a former astronaut and the husband of gun violence survivor and gun control advocate Gabby Giffords. Kelly is a strong supporter of gun control an issue he's worked on with Giffords as an activist for 10 years before Congress. Republicans have nominated Blake Masters, who worked for one of Trump's top supporters, Peter Thiel, Thiel spent 13 million dollars to get Masters nominated. Masters calls himself a "America First Conservative" and a "hard-core nationalist". Masters has embraced the racist "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, supports Trump's conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being stolen, is against gay marriage, says gun violence is all the fault of black people, and is against aid to Ukraine. Kelly is a good democrat, Masters is a white nationalist and election denier, we need Kelly back in the Senate, and we need to keep Masters far far away

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Florida

Val Demings (Flip)

Congresswoman Val Demings has represented the city of Orlando in the US House since 2017. Before that she served as Orlando's first woman chief of police. In Congress Demings has used her law enforcement background to lend credibility to gun control and police reform. Demings also served as one of the impeachment managers in Trump's first impeachment trial. If elected Val Demings will be Florida's first woman and first black Senator. Demings is running to unseat Republican Senator Marco Rubio. After running against Trump in the 2016 primaries Rubio became one of Trump's biggest supporters in Congress. Rubio reacted to the Parkland shooting in his state by doubling down on opposing any gun control, Val Demings voted to ban assault rifles. Rubio has also been a cheerleader for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' anti-LGBT/anti-Trans policies that bully queer students in Florida, he doesn't believe in the right to same sex marriage and is for banning books. Rubio also wants a total ban on abortion in all cases, Val Demings has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America. Florida needs a strong supporter of Gun control, climate action, the right to choose, and LGBT rights in the Senate, Florida needs Demings not Rubio

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Georgia

Raphael Warnock (re-elect)

Senator Raphael Warnock was elected in a special election in 2020 and is running for a full 6 year term this year. Warnock is the first black senator from the State of Georgia and the first Democrat elected in 20 years. Before becoming a senator Warnock was the pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, which was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's church and a center of the 1960s civil rights movement. Warnock used his position to protest and fight against the death penalty, to expand medicare in Georgia, for gun control, and for voting rights. In the Senate, Senator Warnock has been one of the most outspoken on voting rights pushing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act named after his late friend Georgia Congressman John Lewis. Republicans for nominated former football player, and Trump super fan, Herschel Walker to try to unseat Senator Warnock. Walker vocally supported Trump's election lies, posting many times on social media that Biden did not win the 2020 election. Walker declared this week that climate action was "giving money to trees" and "don't we have enough trees?". Walker believes in a total ban on abortion, and is against LGBT rights. Walker is against gun control and floated the idea of the government monitoring all social media and internet usage by Americans instead of gun control. Walker beat his now ex-wife Cindy Grossman, and threatened her with a gun and knives multiple times, after the divorce Grossman feared Walker would kill her and her boyfriend. Walker also is a dead beat dad who has a number of children out of wedlock that he has no contact with, he has criticized black men many times for being absent fathers. The US Senate doesn't need a man who threatens to shoot women, re-elect Senator Warnock.

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Nevada

Catherine Cortez Masto (re-elect)

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto was narrowly elected in 2016 and his running for her second term in the Senate. Senator Cortez Masto is the first women elected to represent Nevada in the Senate and the first and to date ONLY Latina elected to the US Senate. When she was Nevada's attorney general Cortez Masto sued Bank of America for it's predatory lending practices and won nearly a billion dollars against the bank. As a US Senator Cortez Masto has been a major supporter of clean energy jobs and hopes to turn Nevada into the solar energy capital of America. Republicans have nominated former Nevada attorney general Adam Laxalt to try to unseat Cortez Masto. Laxalt spent his time as AG (2015-2019) suing the Obama Administration EPA to fight against strong climate regulations. Laxalt opposed a multi-state law suit against ExxonMobil for it's role in downplaying Climate change. Laxalt also sued the Obama administration to stop DACA, filed briefs supporting radical anti-abortion laws from Texas and Mississippi when they went to court, and sued the Obama Department of Labor to stop certain workers being paid over time. After leaving office Laxalt was the Chairman of Trump's 2020 re-election effort in Nevada. As Chairman Laxalt was the leading figure in the election conspiracy in Nevada claiming the election in his state was fraudulent and Biden hadn't really won Nevada. Laxalt has made many false claims of election fraud in Nevada in the 2020 election. Laxalt launched his 2022 campaign for Senate claiming "woke corporations" "academia" and "the radical left" have taken over America. Nevada has to send Cortez Masto, the only Latina in the Senate, back for another term, Laxalt is dangerously unfit.

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New Hampshire

Maggie Hassan (re-elect)

Senator Maggie Hassan was elected in the closest senate race of 2016 and is running for her second term in the senate. Senator Hassan was a key vote to save Obamacare from repel in 2017. During her time in the US Senate Senator Hassan has helped pass bills to more than double the funding to help treat the opioid crisis as well as banning surprise medical billing. Senator Hassan first ran for office 20 years ago as a way to advocate for her son who has Cerebral palsy, she's been a strong advocate for disability rights and special education through out her time in public service. Because New Hampshire has one of the latest primaries (September 13th) we don't know for sure which Republican will be nominated to face her in November. The front runner is a retired general named Don Bolduc. Bolduc's first foray into into politics was spinning and supporting 2020 election denial conspiracy theories, even after the January 6th riot. Bolduc has closely tied himself to Trump. Bolduc called fellow Republican, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu "Chinese Communist sympathizer" and accused him of "supports terrorism" for not being conservative enough and loyal to Trump enough. New Hampshire should send back a Senator who gets things done and not a wing-nut calling people in his own party communists and terrorists.

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North Carolina

Cheri Beasley (flip)

Former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Cheri Beasley is running to fill a Senate seat opened up by the retirement of Republican Senator Richard Burr. In 2008 Beasley became the first black women to win a state wide election in North Carolina when she was elected to the Court of Appeals. In 2012 she was appointed to the state Supreme Court and won election in 2014. She was appointed the Chief Justice in 2019 the first black woman to serve as the State's Chief Justice. Beasley lost by less than 500 votes her run for a full term as Chief Justice in 2020. In her time as a public defender and elected Judge and Justice Beasley has stressed fairness and equity. If elected she'd be the first black Senator from North Carolina. She's stressed health care and abortion rights as key issues of her campaign. Republicans have nominated Congressman Ted Budd to try to fill the seat. Congressman Budd is a member of the radical "House Freedom Caucus". He voted to repeal Obamacare in 2017. Budd was also a major support of Trump's attempt to over throw the result of the 2020 election. Congressman Budd voted against certifying the election result on January 6th, even after the capital had been stormed by violent Trump supporters. Budd is Trump's hand picked candidate for the North Carolina Senate seat, Budd only launched his campaign after meeting with Trump in Mar-a-Lago. North Carolina doesn't need an election denying Trump toady for Senator, send Cheri Beasley to Congress.

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Ohio

Tim Ryan (flip)

Congressman Tim Ryan is running to fill a Senate seat being opened up by the retirement of Republican Senator Rob Portman. Congressman Ryan has represented the Youngstown area of Ohio since 2003. In his time in Congress Ryan has been a champion of unions and American workers. His Senate run is focused on protecting American manufacturing jobs and bring well paying union jobs back to the American heart land. Ryan is strongly pro-choice. Republicans have nominated author and venture capitalist JD Vance. Vance is closely tied to Trump money man Peter Thiel as well as Arizona candidate and white nationalist Blake Masters. Vance has publicly said that women should stay in abusive marriages. Vance is against abortion in all cases even rape or health of the mother. Vance has also publicly stated he sees the populist, antisemitic, anti-LGBT dictatorship of Hungarian Prime Minster Viktor Orbán as a model for America. Vance talked about how he hopes in a second Trump term to purge all civil servants who don't agree with Trumpism and replace them with "our people". America does not need a pro-fascist who supports wife beating in the Senate, send Tim Ryan to the Senate instead.

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Pennsylvania

John Fetterman (flip)

Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman is running to fill a seat opened by the retirement of Republican Senator Pat Toomey. First elected Lt Governor in 2018 Fetterman has used his platform to advocate the legalization of marijuana. Fetterman also is a vocal supporter of the LGBT community clashing with the Republican state legislature repeatedly about the display of a pride flag off the balcony of his official office at the state capital. Fetterman is running a campaign that is strongly pro-choice, supportive of criminal justice reform, and calls healthcare a human right. Republicans have nominated Mehmet Oz, better known as Dr. Oz. As a reality TV star "physician" Oz was criticized repeatedly for advocating fake cures and dangerous weight loss pills. During the Covid-19 pandemic Oz pushed Trump's favorite fake cure, Hydroxychloroquine, which is not a treatment for Covid. While running for the senate Oz has endorsed banning trans people from sports by law, and that trans youth are based on "false science". Oz is also says he'd vote to repeal Obamacare and strongly supports fracking. Pennsylvania doesn't need a flip flopping TV huckster from New Jersey as its Senator, election Fetterman.

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Wisconsin

Mandela Barnes (flip)

Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes is running to unseat Republican Senator Ron Johnson. Barnes served in the state legislature from 2013 till 2017 before being elected Lt Governor in 2018, he is the first black person to win state wide office in Wisconsin. As Lt Governor Barnes served as the chair of the Climate Task Force putting forward a 55 point plan to combat climate change. Barnes has been a vocal supporter of policies like Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and marijuana legalization. If elected Barnes would be the first black Senator from Wisconsin and one of only two Senators in their 30s. Incumbent Republican Senator Ron Johnson has been Wisconsin's Senator since 2010 and is running for his 3rd term in office. In the Senate Johnson was one of Trump's strongest allies. Johnson was one of the main congressional pushers of the 2020 election conspiracy theories to the point his home town paper the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel called him a member of the "Sedition Caucus". Johnson also has pushed conspiracy theories that the January 6th riot was the fault of Nancy Pelosi or the FBI, and said he didn't think it was a big deal and felt safe during the attack because they were Trump supporters. Johnson has also pushed Covid misinformation, such as mouthwash as a treatment for Covid-19 or that "thousands" of deaths had been linked to the vaccine. Johnson has blamed mass shootings on a failure to teach "values" and is against gun control. in resent weeks Johnson has floated the idea of privatizing Social Security and Medicare. Protect Social Security, send Barnes to Congress.

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If you're one of the 85 million Americans who live in one of these States please PLEASE PLEASE remember to VOTE November 8th

Everyone remember to VOTE NOVEMBER 8th! vote in EVERY election from School Board on up to Governor and Senate, now more than ever all these elections matter and they matter a lot.

if you have $10, $5, even $1 to spare please please please think about giving it to one of these candidates, Democrats are passing big things and are running against the worst of the worst.

If you live in one of these states please please PLEASE think about giving just one weekend between now and Election Day to talk to voters and help turn out the vote. Even if you don't live in any of these states you can call or text voters in these states and help these campaigns

#Politics #US politics #Democrats #Senate #Florida #pennsylvania #Ohio #Georgia #Arizona #election #vote #voting #November 8th

[decolonize-the-left]

Libs and Dems love using that "leopards eating my face party" meme to poke at Republican women and queers but like

Youre asking us to vote for man committing genocide overseas because you think he wouldn't do the same to you. Even though it's him opening the wallet for it to happen and he didn't give a shit when you protested and called and marched for him to stop, did he?

In fact let me see here, what he did was *checks notes* tell the collective USA to get fucked cuz he's gonna keep supporting Israel committing war crimes. Which is currently causing a massive party divide. Headlines from today:

Oh right and he did this.

After he did this already

And hows your healthcare look? Your rent? Your gas tank? Groceries? Your paycheck? Winter is coming up for the USA and how often are you gonna worry about paying the electric bill?

And he wants to use more of your taxes to keep committing war crimes, knowing full well that you're already struggling.

And you think that guy will protect you from Republicans and Fascists?

Him? He's gonna protect y'all from fascism?? The dude cutting educational funding and student work programs for this?

#am i in the fucking twilight zone #biden #joe biden #Claudia de la cruz #2024 elections #us elections #voting #current events #democrats #liberals #congress #senate #third party #lesser evil my whole ass

[amtrak-official]

Let's simulation a local election

Jane Cornface - she likes corn and comprise, hates confrontion

Baby Killer MacGuns - likes murder and guns, hates human life, taxes, and polar bear cubs

#polls #us politics #state senate election

[fangirlofall]

We won Nevada by 5,000 votes. FIVE. THOUSAND. Less than 1%, For a seat that quite literally made the difference between democrat and republican control of the senate. 

How much do you want to bet 5,000, or more, people in Nevada thought their vote wouldn’t matter but showed up anyway? How many people made the difference despite believing they never could? How many people changed the course of our politics for the next 2 years by dropping off a ballot?

Your. Vote. Matters. Your vote is one of the biggest ways you are going to matter in your life. The only way they win is if you give them exactly what they want: your disengagement.

#vote #election #election 2022 #american election #politics #democrat #nevada #abortion #senate #senate race #us politics

[vaguelyaperson]

Bruh why does it feel like I'm the only one pointing out that primary elections are a thing?

We were all so gungho about primaries and nearly got Bernie to the general election, but then y'all seemed to abandon the concept when we got Joe instead. Don't you fuckin see??? Bernie's near victory in the primaries is WHY the Dems (under Biden) have been so progressive lately about student loans, unions, ect. It's because the Democrats are aware there's a large voting bloc that won't support them unless they have progressive policies.

Y'all can do that again in the 2024 primaries!!!

(I'm currently compiling a list) but there are a number of Democrat pro-Israel incumbent House and Senate reps up against better Democrat candidates in the 2024 spring primaries.

One example race is for California Senator; former House Rep Barbara Lee is running, and she has been among the few 18 House reps to cosponsor a bill for ceasefire. If you vote in the primaries, you could have 🍉 Barbara Lee as your Democrat Senator on the November ticket! 🍉

You can vote against the guys who let 10k+ people die without voting Republican or giving up your vote altogether.

Come the general election, we vote Democrat no matter what, because it is leagues better than the alternative.

But in the meantime: primaries, primaries, PRIMARIES

#us politics #us elections #2024 elections #2024 presidential election #us senate #us house of representatives #primary elections #🍉🍉🍉 #ceasefire #free gaza #palestine #student loans #pro union #labor rights #starbucks boycott #eat the rich

[spennythespoon]

Georgia Senate race really be like

Edit 12/07/2022: Hell Yeah Warnock won

#in all seriousness I'm glad the democrats did better than expected last night #the gop will probably take the house but hopefully not too big of a majority #and Pennsylvania voted blue for the senate!!! #also super happy that the state measures for abortion were pro choice - even in a state like Kentucky holy shit #also the night went bad for trump but went great for desantis #i hate them both though #its too close to call for Arizona and Nevada but hopefully the dems can get those seats and keep the senate #because id rather have incompetent dems than a gop that's literally a death cult and wants to murder lgbt people #us politics #bernie sanders #2022 midterm elections #Georgia #raphael warnock #herschel walker #republican copium #no red wave #kung pow penis #runoff elections

[whenweallvote]

On This Day in 1913: The 17th Amendment was ratified, giving VOTERS the power to elect U.S. Senators instead of letting the state legislatures decide.

As women and people of color won the right to vote, they took their power to the ballot box and voted for Senators that better represented the diversity of our country.

The power should be in the hands of the people. ✊🏽

Exercise YOUR power at the ballot box this year. Register to vote at weall.vote/register.

#OTD #on this day #onthisday #history #1913 #17th amendment #the 17th amendment #u.s. constitution #constitution #us constitution #voting #vote #senators #senator #senate #us senate #ballot box #election #elections #popular vote #popular election #diversity #power #register to vote

[firespirited]

Sick of USA voting discourse. Might have to blacklist Biden/Trump because of the ridiculous takes on the 'ethics'.

America sells guns and war for a living, that is the basket in which they have put all their eggs. The legislative and judiciary branches are designed from the ground up to allow the military industrial complex to lobby, interfere and blackmail for whatever they want.

Voting for a magical unicorn anti-war executive leader won't change those other branches.

Only incremental change, such as allowing citizens the ability to strike without fear of death from illness for example, can sway what America invests in, and divests from.

That means that Americans can *only* vote for internal American interests- for as long as their main export is weapons and destruction.

And if they vote tactically across all three branches, maybe in a decade Raytheon et al won't dictate policy and eat a good portion of their taxes.

If the glorious revolution didn't happen when thousands of people were losing loved ones and going hungry, it's sure not going to happen if this election goes to wackjobs again.

Keep the hope for the local and state elections, keep the semi senile executive leader with a decent FTC appointee that's stopped mega mergers that would have screwed the world.

And please stop with the brain dead ideas that a president actually has power against three branches stacked against peace anywhere. Obama couldn't even close the local blatant war crime that is Guantanamo or reduce the leveling of two countries in 8 years with extensive global pressure.

America is not run by a dozen 'great men' that set the priorities, it's run by tens of thousands of laws protecting tens of thousands of financial interests and what isn't tied up in the war machines is tied up in keeping the populace unable to affect change.

There is hope but it won't come from a president. It'll come from below and produce a dream team *supporting* the senators and congressmen *supporting* a president that won't stink so much to vote for, you might even get to choose between two decent options for the primaries in the next one.

#us politics #Uspol #They really made Trump look powerful like he wasn't serving other people's interests when not golfing and selling state secrets. #The president actually doesn't get much power unless there's a house and senate and wallstreet aligned with the same interests. #The discourse gives me second hand embarrassment. #Disclaimer for the piss poor: a potus cannot be ethical under such conditions (plus the 13th and a non democratic election) #In case I get accused of pres Obama apologia

[bloggingblue]

Insteresting That We Are Still Worrying About John Fetterman's Stroke When One Of Our Recent Heroes Was This Guy:

Insteresting That We Are Still Worrying About John Fetterman’s Stroke When One Of Our Recent Heroes Was This Guy:

Professor Stephen Hawking The GOP in Pennsylvania, particularly carpet bagger and quack, Dr. Oz, keep trying to make hay during the Senate campaign, out of the recent stroke suffered by Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (we’ll ignore the GOP candidate in Georgia, Herschel Walker for now). They are trying to belittle Fetterman’s commitment and ability to serve. Yet, one of the most admired scientists of…

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#Ed Heinzelman #US Senate election

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Camaron Stevenson at The Copper Courier:

Republican candidate for US Senate Kari Lake on Saturday seemed to solidify her support for Arizona’s total abortion ban and called on county sheriffs to enforce the law once it goes into effect. “We can have that law, but it’s not going to be enforced with the people we have in office,” Lake said in a recording obtained by The Copper Courier. “No, we don’t have that law. She’s not enforcing the law, so we don’t have them. The only people who can enforce that law are our sheriffs. And we need to start asking the sheriffs if they’re willing to enforce that. I don’t think they are.”

Lake’s statements at a Mohave County Republican Party event clarify her position on the soon-to-be reinstated, total ban on abortion. Despite coming out in strong support of reinstating the 1864 law during her run for governor in 2022, once it was announced that the law would go into effect, she opposed the ruling. “It is abundantly clear that the pre-statehood law is out of step with Arizonans,” Lake said in a statement last week. “I am calling on Katie Hobbs and the State Legislature to come up with an immediate common sense solution.”

Clarifying support for the ban

While many took Lake’s opposition to mean she, like other Republicans facing an election in November, instead supported the state’s 15-week ban, her comments to Mohave County residents seem to confirm that her support of a total ban is resolute—but that an exception should be allowed for victims of sexual assault. “I agree with President Trump, that we need to have exceptions for rape and incest,” said Lake. “It’s very reasonable to ask for that. I know that there’s very few abortions that happen that are [due to] rape and incest, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask for that.” Despite this recent display of concern over the law, comments made during Lake’s campaign for governor imply that she has long known the 1864 abortion ban did not include an exception for victims of sexual assault, such as pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. When she spoke in support of the ban on the talk show Conservative Circus, she described it as a “great law” but only mentioned its exception that would “prohibit abortion in Arizona except to save the life of a mother.”

[...]

Pushing police to enforce the ban

Lake’s suggestion that sheriffs enforce the law would mean arresting those found to be in violation of the law as it currently stands, which would include doctors and women who are pregnant as a result of sexual assault, would put local law enforcement in direct contradiction of the state’s chief legal officer, Attorney General Kris Mayes. Mayes was given full authority over prosecution for violations of the state’s abortion laws by Gov. Katie Hobbs and has repeatedly said she would not prosecute the 15-week ban or the 1864 total ban.

#AZSen GOP candidate Kari Lake continues her flip-flopping tour on Arizona's territorial-era draconian abortion ban from 1864, this time by suggesting that its county sheriffs enforce the ban once it takes effect officially.

#Kari Lake #Arizona #Abortion Bans #Anti Abortion Extremism #2024 US Senate Elections #2024 Elections #2024 Arizona Elections #Kris Mayes #Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Mayes #Katie Hobbs

[pythiaswine]

"i dont want to vote trump or biden bc they both suck" VOTE THIRD PARTY THEN!! If we don't all do it, it reinforces the idea that our votes don't matter. if you vote for one over the other, they think they can get away w the two party system. if you don't vote at all, they won't even know the difference because they'll still have a winner and no third-party contenders. if you want the electoral college gone, VOTE THIRD PARTY! they won't listen until we make them. this is called political efficacy. stop believing it's hopeless bc that is how they have the power to keep making decisions that the people don't agree with.

#voting #u.s. house of representatives #u.s. politics #u.s. supreme court #u.s. senate #2024 elections #us elections #u.s. elections #fuck the elites #electoral college #political #politics #us politics #donald trump #joe biden #democrats #republicans #political efficacy

[pochqmqri]

ATTENTION Maryland Voters:

For the upcoming Primary Election in the state on May 14th, you have the option to vote "Uncommitted" for President.

You also have the option to vote for "uncommitted" delegates to the Democratic National Convention, but this depends on what Congressional District you reside in. Some districts only have delegates associated with actual candidates.

Check your sample ballot on the Board of Elections website here.

#us politics #palestine #uncommitted #ceasefire #gaza #maryland #politics #democratic party #vote uncommitted #also unrelated but please vote alsobrooks for us senate #like im not totally excited for her but fuck david trone #he's a millionaire trying to buy his way to another election again