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FTA, Courtesy of u/LethalSmack:
Two Republicans, TJ Shopes and Shawnna LM Bolick, joined all 14 Democrats to pass the measure, sending it to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk
FTA, Courtesy of u/LethalSmack:
Two Republicans, TJ Shopes and Shawnna LM Bolick, joined all 14 Democrats to pass the measure, sending it to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk
It didn’t mention it in this article, but the NY Times reported that Bolick directly referenced her own pregnancies in debate, one of which was not viable:
Like a true Conservative, she only came to her decision because it affected her personally. Still, it was enough to push it through.
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I heard a clip of her speech on NYT’s The Daily podcast. It was good.
If only she was able to apply that kind of empathy and emotion to issues that don’t affect her personally.
Yeah, conservatives can really step up when their own interests are on the line.
Just their own personal interests though. Only one other Republican voted to repeal, all the rest listened to her speech and voted to keep the law.
Her motivations aren’t even as noble as that. The article goes on to describe how she’s actually just trying to undercut a proposed constitutional amendment:
RULES FOR THEE, BUT NOT FOR MEE (until it matters)