• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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      7 months ago

      Not all of them! Some literally have zero idea what they’re voting for and just follow party lines. John Oliver had a recent episode on abortion rights where he played a clip of an interview with a Republican from Idaho who admitted he didn’t even look at an extremely restrictive anti-abortion bill before voting in favour of it. Only after it passed did he meet with OB/GYNs who educated him of all the terrible implications of the law which has caused him to reconsider his position.

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        7 months ago

        “I didn’t know the extent of the rights I was stripping before I voted to strip rights away from people”

        Yeah he doesn’t get a pass

        He’s in a position of power, he could have literally asked professionals in relevant fields their opinions before voting on it but he didn’t