Days after Ohio voters passed Issue 1 and codified abortion rights into Ohio’s constitution, Republicans are not accepting the election results.
In a new, unhinged press release issued by the Ohio House Republican Committee, GOP members rant that “foreign billionaires” impacted the election results and call the results tainted by so-called “foreign interference.” It is unclear what they are referring to.
Ohio voters overwhelmingly voted ‘Yes’ on Issue 1 by a margin of 56.6% to 43.4%.
The press release further argues that the results of the election do not invalidate a 6-week abortion ban previously passed by the Ohio Legislature and that “no amendment can overturn the God given rights with which we were born.”
“no amendment can overturn the God given rights with which we were born.”
…so, no birth no problem then?
The really weird part was this:
The amendment’s language is dangerously vague and unconstrained, and can be weaponized to attack parental rights or defend rapists, pedophiles, and human traffickers.
I mean I know that they love to mix things together, but this might be the first time I’ve seen abortion linked to pedophilia and supporting rapists.
It’s just buzz phrase salad that they serve with every issue. Biden=pedo, immigrants=rapists, trans=rapist, abortion=trafficking, literally any issue=just add a,b, or c for justification. It’s a tired recipe, but their customers enjoy it.
I’m pretty sure they meant that line as a reference to their own god-given right to impose their will on everyone else.
It’s really funny when they whine about outside money. I didn’t see the GOP up in arms as Citizens United passed, I don’t see them upset when they SuperPACs give money to their campaigns so it seems they only care when it affects them, big fucking shocker there….
I have some shit to say about Trump and Russian influence. Think they want to have that conversation?
Please proceed.
You just got pounded at the polls over this issue. Please keep the rage levels high.
“Let your enemy continue to fuck themselves in the ass.”
~ Sun Tsu (paraphrased)
Pay attention, people. Recognize who you need to vote for in 2024 to preserve the rights that YOU HAVE ALREADY VOTED FOR…
They already set the stage to ignore the election results next year. Look at how many STILL think the 2020 election results were stolen. They’re either enacting laws to overturn the future results they didn’t like or commandeer the offices that handle elections to ignore them.
This time next year will be a very dangerous time for the United States. Even if every sane Republican voter, who recognizes the dangers proposed, votes for a Democrat, it may not even matter. I’m not looking forward to it…
Yeah, I don’t think most people truly grok how pivotal this is going to be. Yeah, they may say the whole “this is the most important election of your life” like they say every time (and it has been every time, unfortunately), but I don’t know how many people truly understand what’s coming.
Nah. It’s hard to ignore an election in the US because the one thing Americans hate is feeling impotent.
Mmmmm, if preserving your “democracy”(don’t laugh!) means having to “choose” between two genociders(lmao), then I’d rather your country fell instead. Put up someone who’s actually against fossil fuels, actually against the killer cops in our society, and actually against the exponentially-expanding military-industrial complex, then we can talk. Not a second beforehand; 'cause on David if y’all put up Genocide Joe “I’m gonna tell Charlamagne the God he’s not Black if he’s not for me” Biden again, I’ll be laughing as I withhold.
Matter of fact? Democrats don’t even get to talk about the potential of getting my vote until the RICO charges against the Stop Cop City activists get dropped. If it never happens, then fuck y’all, die slow and nameless.
WTF America. Don’t you have some sort of neutral House Constable with powers to kick out these idiots in cases like this? How can they just ignore official results without consequence?
It sounds like there needs to be a bottom-to-top reform of the law where every ‘norm’ that used to be assumed, gets new enforceable law to back it up.
The Republicans think they have a right to rule us without our consent. Sooner or later the military may have to get involved.
Most military members are actually conservative. If we get to that point we’re in big trouble.
There is no neutral role, everything can be made partisan.
If the people don’t like the actions of an elected official, they can either try to vote them out in the next election or try to force a recall and replace them.
Articles like this are just to make republican voters stop crying. Give them hope while also selling a news article.
Abortion rights will go in effect, and the election results will stay.
