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Charles Gaba ✡️ Profile picture
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May 5, 2022 • 60 tweets • 19 min read • Read on X
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⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: W/the impending repeal of #RoevWade and the GOP licking their chops at the thought of criminalizing abortion, possibly preventing pregnant women from crossing state lines & w/out exceptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother, it's time once again...
...to go down memory lane with 50 actual statements/actions by Republican elected officials & high-profile GOP members on opining on the topics of rape & abortion.

Sources & links for each of these can be found at goprapeadvisorychart.com. 2/
1988: Republican State Representative Stephen Freind of Pennsylvania. 3/
1990: Republican Gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams of Texas: 4/
1995: Republican state representative Henry Aldridge of North Carolina. 5/
1998: Republican state Senator & U.S. Senate candidate Fay Boozman of Arkansas. 6/
2002: Republican state senate candidate Dick Black of Virginia. 7/
2003: Republican Governor Jen Bush of Florida. 8/
2005: Republican state representative Mark Anderson of Arizona. 9/
2005: Republican state representative Wards Nichols of Arizona. 10/
2006: Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck of Colorado. 11/
2006: Republican state representative Bill Napoli of South Dakota. 12/
2008: Republican state representative Jonathan Strickland of Texas. 13/
2010: Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle of Nevada. 14/
2010: Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa. 15/
2011: Republican state representative Kathleen Passidomo of Florida. 16/

(oh yeah...she's still in office...as a FL State SENATOR now.)
2011: Republican state senator Brent Crane of Idaho. 17/
2011: Republican state representative Pete DeGraaf of Kansas. 18/
2011: Republican Governor and Presidential candidate Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. 19/
2011: Republican state representative Roger Rivard of Wisconsin. 20/
2012: Republican state representative John Ragan of Tennessee. 21/
2012: Republican Senator and Presidential candidate Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. 22/
2012: Republican Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron Paul of Texas. 23/
2012: Republican state Senator Chuck Winder of Idaho. 24/
2012: Republican Senate candidate Tom Smith of Pennsylvania. 25/
2012: Republican Congressman and Senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri (the "inspiration" for my decision to start tracking these statements). 26/
2012: Republican former Governor and Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee of Arkansas. 27/
Halfway through the list; we're only up to 2012.

Taking a short break to try and let the bile subside for a bit. Back soon with entries #26 - 50.
During this intermission, here's some links to help reduce the number of elected Republicans who say & do these horrific things:

--U.S. Senate:
secure.actblue.com/donate/senateb…
--U.S. House (AL - MN):
secure.actblue.com/donate/housebl…
--U.S. House (MS - WY):
secure.actblue.com/donate/housebl…
--Governors:
secure.actblue.com/donate/govblue…
--Secretaries of State:
secure.actblue.com/donate/sosblue…
--Attorneys General:
secure.actblue.com/donate/agsblue…
--Michigan House:
secure.actblue.com/donate/bluemi2…
--Michigan Senate:
secure.actblue.com/donate/misenat…
--Pennsylvania Legislature:
secure.actblue.com/donate/pablue22
⚠️ OK, I'm back for Phase 2...

2012: Republican former Congressman, Vice-Presidential nominee & Speaker of the House Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. 28/
2012: Republican Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Rick Berg of North Dakota. 29/
2012: U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon of Connecticut. 30/
2012: Republican state Treasurer and U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock of Indiana. 31/
2012: Republican former state Supreme Court Justice and current U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas. 32/
2012: Republican disgraced former Speaker of the House and Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich of Georgia. 33/
2012: Republican Congressional candidate John Koster of Washington State. 34/
2012: Republican U.S. Senator and former Presidential candidate Ted Cruz of Texas. 35/
2012: "Conservative" (presumably Republican) talk show host Michael Graham.

From what I can tell, this prediction (which Obama didn't actually make, but probably should have) was only off by 10 years. 36/
2013: Republcian U.S. Congressman Phil Gingey of Georgia. 37/
2013: Republican State Representative Cathrynn Brown of New Mexico. 38/
2013: Republican campaign manager, pollster and eventual White House advisor/spokesperson to...Donald Trump...@KellyannePolls. 39/
2013: Republican state Assembly president Celeste Greig of California.

FWIW, an estimated 25,000 - 32,000 pregnancies are caused by rape in the U.S. every year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy… 40/
2013: FOX News contributor (presumably Republican) Steven Crowder. 41/
2013: Republican State Representative Andy Holt of Tennessee. 42/
2013: Republican strategist Brad Blakeman, referring to President Obama. 43/
2013: MI Right to Life president Barbara Listing of Michigan. 44/
2013: Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia. 45/
2013: Republican former Congressman Allen West of Florida. 46/
2013: Oh, look...it's @KellyannePolls again! 47/
2013: Republican U.S. Congressman Trent Franks of Arizona.

Oh yeah...Franks resigned in disgrace in 2017 after being busted sexually harassing his staff while offering one of them $5 million to be a surrogate mother for his sperm. 48/
2013: Republican U.S. Congressman Michael Burgess of Texas. 49/

Yes, this is an actual quote from him.
2013: Republican state Representative Jodie Laubenberg of Texas. 50/
2013: Republican County Party Chair Robert J. Kearns of Pennsylvania. 51/
2013: Republican Governor Rick Perry of Texas. 52/
There you have it: 50 entries.

Even more jaw-dropping: This only gets us through 2013.

There's another ~50 entries from 2014 - 2016 here: goprapeadvisorychart.com

I stopped updating it after Donald Trump was elected because, honestly, I didn't see the point after that. 53/
ONCE AGAIN, here's some links to help reduce the number of elected Republicans who say & do these horrific things:

--U.S. Senate:
secure.actblue.com/donate/senateb…
--U.S. House (AL - MN):
secure.actblue.com/donate/housebl…
--U.S. House (MS - WY):
secure.actblue.com/donate/housebl…
--Governors:
secure.actblue.com/donate/govblue…
--Secretaries of State:
secure.actblue.com/donate/sosblue…
--Attorneys General:
secure.actblue.com/donate/agsblue…
--Michigan House:
secure.actblue.com/donate/bluemi2…
--Michigan Senate:
secure.actblue.com/donate/misenat…
--Pennsylvania Legislature:
secure.actblue.com/donate/pablue22
And yes, THIS is what's coming next in some states if the GOP takes or remains in power.
#GOPHandmaidsTale
And now, as a palette cleanser after all that ugliness, here’s a beautiful song:

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Jul 17
With early voting starting in just 65 days in a few states, David asked this very reasonable question. I'm not an expert, but my general understanding of the situation is this: 1/
There've been a number of polls claiming that Harris/etc. would perform a few points better...but that's all THEORETICAL.

We all know that the moment it became a reality the numbers could change dramatically...especially given all the other chaos which would surround it. 2/
The thinking seems to be that Harris has a higher ceiling but also a lower floor. If you're 100% certain that Biden can't win, it therefore makes sense to figure you have nothing to lose.

However, this would upset millions of Dems who voted for Biden in the primary... 3/
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Thread. ~20 years ago, one of the minor controversies surrounding then-President George W. Bush was after being warned that something he wanted to do was unconstitutional, he allegedly angrily replied that the Constitution is "just a damned piece of paper!" 1/
I don't know whether this actually happened or not, but regardless of how appalling it my is, on the most basic level that's actually *correct*: The Constitution *in and of itself* *is* "just a damned peice of paper." It's not a talisman. It doesn't have any magical powers. 2/
The power of The Constitution is in the hands of whoever the American People happen to be at any particular point in time.

If those in charge *and* enough of those who aren't either actively want to ignore the Constitution or just don't care enough to defend it, guess what? 3/
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Jul 3
🧵 I just had a lengthy conversation with someone who wanted some insight as to how I've been so successful with my Democratic fundraising project over the past few cycles.

(obviously it wasn't called that in 2020 or 2022) 1/Blue24.org
For those unaware, I've raised nearly $8 MILLION *directly* for hundreds of Democratic candidates since 2019. And I've done it *without* a mailing list or texting anyone. I've done it without a PAC or a staff.

It's all been done purely online via social media. 2/
The reason I started "formally" raising money for Democrats online (as opposed to just occasionally retweeting some candidates ActBlue link now & then) is because I kept seeing Dems griping that they didn't trust how the DCCC/DSCC was allocating funds, etc. 3/
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Jun 29
ELECTIONS. HAVE. CONSEQUENCES.

WE SCREAMED ABOUT SCOTUS FROM THE TOP OF OUR LUNGS IN 2016 AND Y'ALL SHRUGGED IT OFF.

NOW WE'RE FACING THE CONSEQUENCES.

Biden is appointing judges at a furious pace, but our ONLY shot at fixing SCOTUS is to re-elect Biden & keep Senate control.
"So if we do that, Biden fixes SCOTUS?"

I said it's our only *chance* of doing so. It would also require, within the next 4 years, either:

1. Both Alito & Thomas retire (hah) or pass away.

Or...

2. Congress passes legislation to either expand or otherwise modify SCOTUS.
Even THEN, the damage done by the SCOTUS majority (half of which appointed by Trump) *until* either of those things happens would still take YEARS or DECADES to repair.

And some of it can never be repaired.

...all because some of you refused to vote for Hillary in 2016.
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Jun 27
🚨 STATE BY STATE: How much more will YOU pay if enhanced #ACA subsidies aren't extended? (Massachusetts - Missouri):

acasignups.net/24/06/27/state…
The original ACA subsidy formula was decent at low incomes, stingy at moderate incomes & nonexistent at middle class incomes.

ARPA/IRA had solid subsidy upgrades, bringing them up to where they should have been in the first place...but they're scheduled to revert in 2026. 2/
If the upgraded subsidies are allowed to expire at the end of 2025, up to *20 MILLION* #ACA enrollees will see their net premiums spike dramatically.

Many will no longer be able to afford this & will be forced to either downgrade to far worse plans or drop coverage entirely. 3/
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Jun 27
As someone pushing HARD for folks to donate to Democrats up & down the ballot, I’d like to note something about the AIPAC money brouhaha re NY-16.

Yes, money CAN make a significant difference in a race, but only up to a point. After that there’s diminishing returns. 1/
My guess is the first few million dollars AIPAC spent on the NY-16 race probably helped Latimer by a point or two. After that, however, it probably didn’t make much difference at all & may have even hurt him a bit due to residents getting sick of the constant ads/mailers etc. 2/
As a different example, in 2020, the poster child for throwing money down the drain was Amy McGrath for Senate in KY. She raised an insane $90 million & lost by 20 points. Even more insane is she probably would have lost by about the same margin if she’d spent 1/10th as much. 3/
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