RFK Jr. says he’d sign a federal ban on abortions after three months of pregnancy

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RFK Jr. says he’d sign a federal ban on abortions after three months of pregnancy - Lemmy.world

The stance puts Kennedy — who’s mounting long shot bid to unseat President Joe Biden as the Democratic standard bearer in 2024 — out of step with most of his party.

He's being bankrolled by a republican donor. I have no idea who this guy is appeals to.
Republicans are hoping his name will split the Democratic vote.
With this announcement on his stance on abortion, I think that idea is out the window.
I dunno. It didn’t seem to hamper Henry Cuellar.
Henry Cuellar’s success in his district in Texas isn’t indicative of anything at all on a national level.
It indicates that party leadership will abandon any principle to shut out progressives.
Down voters apparently aren’t aware that the national Democratic party will back an anti choice candidate in order to prevent a progressive from taking the seat.
Or they all like anti-choice candidates.
No, it doesn’t. Democrats in red states have a much higher likelihood of being closer to Republicans stances in order to get elected.
It’s so nice that the national party has to step in to save us from ourselves. Otherwise we might elect a progressive instead of the anti-choice candidate they prefer.

Is it your belief that Joe Biden is “anti-choice?”

Because he is 100% the pick of the Dem Party

It’s my belief that the party will abandon any principle to shut out progressives, and Coathanger Cuellar shows that.
That’s silly, since there is literally a progressive Dem caucus, and it has more.mwmbwrs in 2023 than in the past 60 years.
The party doesn’t always succeed in shutting out progressives. They’re just willing to prop up anti-choice candidates if that’s what it takes. Congratulations on Cuellar.