• TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Because Ken Paxton is a piece of shit. The judge heard the testimony from doctors and decided it should go ahead. Ol’ Ken pushed it to the TSC because he knew they would sit on the case until she had the stillborn birth.

    Republicans want to punish women simply because.

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      11 months ago

      Don’t get Paxton’s play here, lose-lose proposition. Someone put yourself in his shoes and give me one reason this is a smart move.

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        11 months ago

        Because it fulfills their goal of revenge against women for rejecting them, having rights, etc.

        And that fulfills the goal of pleasing their bible-thumper and alt-right base, who seek vengeance against women for those and a myriad of other reasons.

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        11 months ago

        The only people who consider this a lose lose would not vote for him either way. But it galvanizes his base. Especially when you consider certain people would rather blame the mother. How they justify this blame is the only creativity i have seen from such people.

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          11 months ago

          You’re hitting at my point. His base is voting for him no matter what, so there’s no political gain here. Not like those people were sitting on the fence, but any who were got pushed right the fuck off his side.