If I'm reading this correctly, Schumer thinks he's going to score a political win against the GOP by making them vote against an abortion bill? The same one they voted against two months ago?
Wouldn't it be smarter to put up a much narrower bill -- like idk, protecting abortion for ectopic pregnancies, or in first trimester, or whatever -- to really make Republican Senators squirm?
"Republican extremists vote against medical care for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies" is a political message with some teeth. "Republican senators say abortion is bad" is, uh, not.
Like on the evidentiary merits they should be protecting abortion full stop! But Schumer appears to already be conceding he doesn't have the votes for that. If that's the case, be ruthless!
Maybe I'm missing something but it does seem like yet another case where the current generation of Dem leadership is not up to the task of governing in this political moment.
"We will see where every single senator stands" my man they literally just told us where they stand on March 1, what are you even doing? vox.com/2022/2/28/2294…
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