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When the heat was on and the Left was seething, Republicans passed a very reasonable 15 week abortion ban that was broadly popular enough to give the Left 0 benefit and 0 backlash.
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Then just recently, now that the Right has consolidated more power and allowed the Left to waste their energy & credibility on dumb shit like "don't say gay" and banning porn books from schools, the Republicans come in with: "15 weeks? Let's do 6 weeks instead with exceptions for rape, incest and human trafficking" switching Florida from one of the more moderate restrictions to one of the most strict short of a ban.
And you know what? It's barely in the news. 0 backlash. There is no much other shit going on that this went right under the news cycle, and Democrats have already been seething so much over every little thing in Florida because they're desperate to stop DeSantis, that their REEEEing over this is just background noise.
This is how you win at politics. You win the battles you can win and move the front lines forward without overextending like many Rs did last year and got backlash, then you wait for your time to strike and you get it done. Politics is a game of propaganda, momentum, and timing.
I'm glad at least 1 state in this country has figured that out.
This is going to be bad for DeSantis if he runs for president in the general.
Maybe he's more concerned about winning the primary. He should be.
But it's still very bad.
Not at all. A total ban might have been a problem, but 6 weeks, while on the aggressive side, is still a compromise position. I think the "median" position would be more like 8-9 weeks.
My opinion is that the Florida Republicans calculated that they had more to gain from this with the base, than they had to lose. It's easy to get upset about a total ban, but 6 weeks with carve-outs for every possible "sympathy" case? Seems like a strong position to take politically.
No, in reality the woman just says it and they don't dare question it.
That's why libtards love rape and incest exceptions, because any woman willing to kill a baby late is obviously also willing to check a box to lie about rape to get her late abortion. And if anyone pushes back, the libs will go nuclear.
They wouldn't even care to accuse an innocent man of wrong doing so that they can participate in their religious sacrament.