“So a Democratic Senator is indicted on serious charges, and no Democrats attacking the Justice Department, no Democrats attacking the prosecutors, no Democrats calling for an investigation of the prosecution, and no Democrats calling to defund the Justice Department.
Dear Speaker McCarthy,
Would you rather be humiliated by the riffraff fringe of your party in the House because you make a last ditch effort on behalf of democracy, national security, and the global economy ... or, who knows, *they* might be the ones who end up humiliated ... or would you rather to be humiliated in the next election by the farmers, small business owners, and working folks in your district who will say, "He had his shot and he blew it"?
Choose your own adventure.
It's as if some elected officials read about the Fugitive Slave laws of 1793 and 1850 and said, "Is there any reason we couldn't do that to women in 2023?"
It's as if some elected officials read the German Reich Citizens Law of September 15, 1935, and said, "Hey, why can't we decide that women are no longer protected citizens?"
It's as if some elected officials read The Handmaids Tale and said, 'Yeh, let's do that."
From Boston College political historian Heather Cox Richardson, 09.01.23:
"Last year, after the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision ending the recognition of the constitutional right to an abortion, I suggested to a group of people that it was only a question of time until we saw laws designed to make it impossible for women to travel across state lines. They told me there was no way such a thing could happen in the United States.
And yet, here we are."
