Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer suggested that President Biden should talk about abortion more so people know he is a president who is “fighting” for the right to an abortion.

Asked by CBS News “Face the Nation” anchor Margaret Brennan if Biden, who is of Catholic faith, needs to talk about abortion more, Whitmer said, “I think it would be good if he did.”

“I know that one tenet of his belief system is that women and only women at — with their families and — and health care professionals are the ones who know what decision is right for them,” said Whitmer, co-chair for Biden’s reelection campaign. “And that he is fighting and going to continue to fight to make sure that that is squarely the ability … [of] an American woman to make that decision.”

Brennan then asked if Biden needs to be the messenger on that more, to which Whitmer said, “I don’t think it would hurt.”

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I’m not misrepresenting a damned thing. It’s never “the time” to criticize the useless-on-purpose centrist inaction wing of the party. The last time centrists didn’t get everything they wanted, they formed a PAC to elect McCain.

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      Here’s the thing; we are trying to treat a figurative heart attack while you are bitching about a figurative cancer.

      In medicine we have the concept of triage, wherein we treat the most immediately life-threatening issue first, and then, once the patient is stabilized, we move on to the next treatment.

      What you are arguing in favor of is basically treating the cancer while ignoring the full pulmonary arrest that is happening right before your eyes.

      What part about this do you not understand?

      I don’t get it. I truly don’t.

      Nothing about what you ultimately want will happen if you and I do not stand up together right fucking now.

      The plane is about to crash into the fucking mountain and you want to bitch about your little fucking objections?

      Really? That’s who you are?

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        In medicine we have the concept of triage, wherein we treat the most immediately life-threatening issue first, and then, once the patient is stabilized, we move on to the next treatment.

        Your analogy is worthless because we never move onto the next treatment.

        What you are arguing in favor of is basically treating the cancer while ignoring the full pulmonary arrest that is happening right before your eyes.

        What always happens is we treat the emergency and don’t care at all if the patient’s cancer gets worse. Ever.

        The plane is about to crash into the fucking mountain and you want to bitch about your little fucking objections?

        You regard literally anything that isn’t “shut the fuck up forever and vote like we order you because anything you’re upset about will never matter and we’ll never do anything to fix it. I got literally everything I want, fuck you” with absolute contempt.

        That’s all you are.

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        you want to bitch about your little fucking objections

        Buddy, we’ve been suffering since 2008. We’ve been patient. You can go fuck yourself.