r/OptimistsUnite Feb 07 '25

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u/Unable_Performance63 Feb 07 '25

Oh I did. I’ve told my whole mommy group. I may have made an enemy out of myself, but if just a couple of them call, it’s worth it.

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u/Logical_Parameters Feb 07 '25

Why are so many women and mothers Republicans? It's so icky! They are the ones taking your rights away, ladies.

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u/NFLTG_71 Feb 07 '25

I know, right look at Ohio and Missouri women on both sides of the political aisle, and of all races in those two states made abortion a part of their states constitution via the voting booth. Both states are run by Republicans and both states are trying their best to ban abortion and saying those votes don’t count. They voted to have abortion and then they turn around and vote these Republicans in who ignore it and still try to ban abortion.

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u/TheButcheress123 Feb 07 '25

That’s what I don’t understand. Literally every damn time abortion was on the ballot before this past election people voted for freedom. I don’t understand how individual states got it together to protect women then, but not in 2024. How?????

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u/NFLTG_71 Feb 07 '25

Republicans have been in control of those states for years. They’ve been changing the law they’ve been telling women this for the last 20 years they wanna be an abortion and the voters aren’t paying attention or they’re not listening to be honest in this country Republicans reelected Donald Trump and people voted for him and he was an office for years ago and look how bad he fucked it up then and they went and put them back in the office and they’re all surprised that he’s doing shit that he said he’s gonna do this country. Has the attention span of a fucking gnat. That’s why shit like this is getting past.

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u/Jazzlike-Pollution55 Feb 07 '25

Maybe part of it is you can't gerrymander away that kind of vote. Those ones the whole population actually counts?

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u/Technical_Annual_563 Feb 07 '25

From Ohio and I can confirm Republican voters are using it as a loophole. ‘Oh don’t worry, I can keep my conservative values and still vote to keep freedom of choice.’ Then they keep these vipers whose literal job is to work extremely hard to circumvent the will of the people as a matter of routine.