When I see baffling actions like Tricia Coffman switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party specifically to institute a 12 week abortion ban that she expressly ran against in the first place, I have to wonder precisely what political calculus is going on here. Jacksonville just elected a Democratic mayor and Colorado Springs just elected someone who isn't a Republican. Every special election, every post-Dobbs metric shows a great deal of public anger over that decision. Meanwhile, so many prominent Republicans are doubling down on restrictive policies.
The canaries are dying left and right, and Republicans are wandering further into the coal mine. I suppose they believe that their gerrymandering and undemocratic control of the Courts insulates them from consequences, but I've found that consequences have a way of asserting themselves in the end.
If this is a smash-and-grab I think there will be repercussions in 2024, but if they have some secret knowledge, maybe we're all fucking doomed to living under Talibangelical rule.
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