{"id":1030944,"date":"2024-04-25T21:12:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030944"},"modified":"2024-05-10T14:05:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:05:19","slug":"maga-in-the-states-pushing-extremism-and-attacking-americans-reproductive-freedom-and-basic-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/maga-in-the-states-pushing-extremism-and-attacking-americans-reproductive-freedom-and-basic-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGA in the States: Pushing Extremism and Attacking Americans\u2019 Reproductive Freedom and Basic Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This week, MAGA Republicans across the country made their extremist leader Donald Trump proud as they carried out his anti-freedom agenda in their states \u2013 promoting violent rhetoric and attacking the rights of constituents they swore to serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at the latest:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of Trump, from Arizona to Florida, women face dangerous and extreme abortion bans. This week, Trump said the horrifying reality he unleashed after he overturned <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong> is \u201cworking out very well.\u201d But across the country, women and doctors are confronting the suffering caused by Trump\u2019s cruel anti-choice agenda.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Angeles Magazine<\/a>: \u201cTrump Says Roe\u2019s Demise \u2018Working Out Very Well\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFormer President Donald Trump took his boast about overturning Roe v. Wade to a critical swing state Tuesday, even as he was stuck in court in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAppearing remotely before going into court for his election interference trial, Trump told Philadelphia’s ABC6 that his administration \u2018terminated Roe v. Wade.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“\u2019When you look at it and you look at what’s happening all over the country now, states are voting,\u2019 Trump said. \u2018Ohio just voted. All different by the way. It’s tailor made, and it’s really working out well for people and they’re very, very happy.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOhio voters voted last November to amend the state constitution to protect abortion rights with about 57 percent support. Similar efforts have also passed in red states like Kansas and Kentucky and appear headed for the ballot in Florida and Arizona this November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AP<\/a>: \u201cBiden blames Trump for Florida\u2019s 6-week abortion ban, says women nationwide face health crisis\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPresident Joe Biden on Tuesday blamed Donald Trump for Florida\u2019s upcoming abortion ban and other restrictions across the country that have imperiled access to care for pregnant women, arguing Trump has created a \u2018healthcare crisis for women all over this country.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn Tuesday, he chronicled increasing medical concerns for women in the two years since the Supreme Court ended federal abortion protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018There was one person who was responsible for this nightmare,\u2019 Biden said. \u2018And he\u2019s acknowledged it and he brags about it \u2014 Donald Trump.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 19th<\/a>: \u201cAs abortion bans loom, Black families are left vulnerable\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAbortion attacks aren\u2019t slowing down as the clock ticks on Florida\u2019s six-week ban and Arizona\u2019s Supreme Court has paved the way to reinforce a Civil War-era law that criminalizes nearly all abortions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe consequences could be catastrophic for Black reproductive health, exacerbating existing disparities in access to care and alarming rates of maternal mortality, advocates and health-care providers fear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Pretty much in the South, abortion care is null and void,\u2019  Cin\u00e9 Julien, a reproductive justice organizer for Florida Access Network, told Capital B.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cArizona patients, doctors describe chaos, confusion over 1864 abortion ban\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClinics … have had to periodically halt abortion services since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Abortion was allowed in Arizona up to 24 weeks, then a 15-week ban was put into place and soon, a near-total ban is set to go into effect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGA Republicans continue to double down on Trump\u2019s attacks on our democracy: spewing election falsehoods and disenfranchising their own constituents.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AZ Central<\/a>: \u201cGrand jury indicts fake electors who falsely certified Donald Trump as 2020 winner in Arizona\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAttorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, announced on Wednesday the grand jury had issued the nine-count indictment. It alleges the slate of Republicans sometimes known as fake electors and the Trump aides engaged in a conspiracy aimed at \u2018preventing the lawful transfer of the presidency of the United States, keeping President Donald J. Trump in office against the will of Arizona voters, and depriving Arizona voters of their right to vote and have their votes counted.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Arizonans now facing charges include powerful and influential GOP figures: a former Republican Party of Arizona chair; a Republican national committeeman and executive at Turning Point USA and its political arm; and two sitting state senators \u2014 one of whom retains immense political power at the Arizona Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colorado Springs Gazette Op-Ed<\/a>: \u201cState GOP throws good money at bad lawsuit\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnly a political party intent on becoming even more irrelevant and politically impotent could continue to pursue an irresponsible lawsuit doomed to fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring the recent Colorado Republican state convention in Pueblo, where only 2,100 of 3,500 delegates actually showed up, speakers continued to claim the 2020 election was stolen from defeated former President Donald Trump including here in Colorado. They also condemned the ability of unaffiliated voters to participate in major party primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baltimore Sun<\/a>: \u201cElections board files motion to stop lawsuit, says plaintiffs are \u2018trying to disenfranchise Maryland voters\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe lawsuit in Maryland is in line with a larger effort to target aspects of the voting process on behalf of the Republican Party and its presumptive presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, who will likely face a rematch against President Joe Biden \u2014 the presumptive Democratic nominee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMiller called United Sovereign Americans\u2019 tactic of filing lawsuits to challenge boards of elections\u2019 adherence to the law over election results a litigation strategy, and said one organization affiliated with the group has received a cease and desist letter from New York Attorney General Letitia James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe trend in elections lawsuits challenging voter rolls, voter IDs and voting by mail began to skyrocket following the 2020 general election when Trump and his allies failed to overturn his loss to Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raw Story<\/a>: \u201c’They will have thugs?’ Lara Trump’s claim RNC will ‘physically handle the ballots’ stuns\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFormer RNC Chairman Michael Steele blasted Lara Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Lara, you know why there was ‘a moratorium on the RNC for 40 years’? Because the RNC was caught cheating. The RNC was placed under a 1982 Consent decree for voter caging. Voter caging hinders an eligible voter\u2019s ability to vote. The process involves efforts to identify and disenfranchise improperly registered voters solely on the basis of undeliverable mail. It often leads to the unwarranted purging of election rolls of otherwise eligible voters.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018So,\u2019 Steele continued, \u2018given the continued lies about the 2020 election and your daddy-in-law claiming if he loses in 2024 it’s because the election is rigged, you’re planning to have your people ‘physically handle the ballots’–and we’re supposed to think that’s a good idea?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Echoing Trump\u2019s promise of a \u201cbloodbath\u201d if he loses, MAGA Republicans in the states are pushing violent and dangerous rhetoric. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cTom Cotton, Kari Lake show how much Trump, Republicans have normalized violent rhetoric\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne high-profile Republican, a sitting U.S. senator, suggested peaceful protesters should be thrown off bridges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnother high-profile Republican, often mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate, told supporters to \u2018strap on a Glock\u2019 to prepare for this year\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt would be nice to report that each of these public figures, Sen. Tom Cotton and U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake, respectively, faced bipartisan condemnation for their violent rhetoric. It would be reasonable, in a normal society, to assume such comments would bring a swift end to their political careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s where we should be as a nation \u2013 unwilling to put up with bellicose garbage babbled by opportunistic loons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s not where we are. Not even close.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cGOP nominee to run North Carolina public schools called for violence against Democrats, including executing Obama and Biden\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Republican nominee for superintendent overseeing North Carolina\u2019s public schools and its $11 billion budget has a history marked by extreme and controversial comments, including sharing baseless conspiracy theories and frequent calls for the execution of prominent Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMichele Morrow, a conservative activist who last week upset the incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction in North Carolina\u2019s Republican primary, expressed support in 2020 for the televised execution of former President Barack Obama and suggested killing then-President-elect Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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