Can A Leopard Change Its Spots?

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The Republicans have introduced some bills in Congress that they now regret, a national abortion bill, a bill to drastically change Social Security and Medicare which they always hated since it was passed in the President Roosevelt passed Social Security and President Johnson signed the Medicare bill and the have been a thorn in the side of the Republicans ever since. Under the Republican you will have to be working up until you are on your death bed.They also passed a 2023 defense spending bill that blocking abortion coverage for military personnel, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender care.

Some Republican officials are trying to keep abortion off of state ballots. Here’s how
PBS NewsHour
August 6, 2023

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Across the country, Republican officials and activists who oppose abortion access have worked to make it harder to pass citizen-led ballot measures and added roadblocks to the process of getting abortion directly on the ballot  These attempts to stop voters from weighing in directly on abortion aren’t new, but advocates say the current anti-ballot-measure efforts are taking on a renewed pace and ferocity. As voters even in conservative states have chosen to back abortion rights, GOP legislators and officials have been willing to fundamentally change the rules of democracy.

The Republicans are in a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde situation… They play the good Dr. Jekyll who doesn’t want to talk about abortion to the general public, “No we don’t want to ban abortion nation wide.” to the evil Mr. Hyde, “We wan to ban all abortions and contraceptives!” and in last night debates you saw that.

GOP candidates clash over national abortion ban
The heated debate comes as deep-pocketed anti-abortion groups press the candidates to outline how far they would go if elected.
Politico
By Alice Miranda Ollstein
August 23, 2023


GOP presidential candidates battled Wednesday night over whether the next president should sign a federal abortion ban — a major question dividing the primary field even as all candidates self-identify as “pro-life.”

Both Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley refused to answer directly.

DeSantis touted the six-week abortion ban he signed in Florida — a law that has yet to take effect, pending state Supreme Court review — but dodged the moderator’s question of whether he would sign a similar federal ban into law.

“I will stand on the side of life,” he responded. “I understand Wisconsin will do it different than Texas. I understand Iowa and New Hampshire will do it different. But I will support the cause of life as governor and as president.”

I would like to point out that every time this question was brought to the voters the voters voted it down, they don’t want abortions bans. The only woman candidate,  Nikki Haley said,

“Can’t we all agree that we should ban late-term abortions? Can’t we all agree that we should encourage adoptions? Can’t we all agree that doctors and nurses who don’t believe in abortions shouldn’t have to perform them? Can’t we agree that contraception should be available? Can’t we all agree that we are not going to put a woman in jail or give her the death penalty if she gets an abortion?”

And she got pounced on by all the men.

The clash highlighted how Republicans have yet to rally around a single strategy on abortion more than a year after achieving their decades-long goal of overturning Roe v. Wade, with conservatives continuing to argue over what point in pregnancy to ban the procedure, whether to allow exemptions for rape, incest and health risks, and whether states or the federal government should decide.

So the question is do you believe them that they will not go for a national ban on abortion, can a leopard change its spots? Or are they just lying to get elected and then ignore the will of the people?  

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