Chris Hayes Blasts Democrats' 'Absent' Plan on Abortion
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By Zachary LeemanJun 28th, 2022, 9:57 am Twitter share button <?php // Post Body ?>
MSNBC's Chris Hayes is unimpressed with the response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade from Democratic Party leadership, calling out everyone from President Joe Biden to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Monday.
Before tearing into Democrats, Hayes did blast Republicans' influence over the Supreme Court, calling out the once pro-choice Donald Trump for putting three conservative Justices on the Supreme Court who all eventually voted to overturnRoe v. Wade. But then Hayes turned his focus to the Left:
Democrats, what are you gonna do about it? What are you gonna do next? Democratic Party leadership shouldn't sugarcoat it, pretend there's a magic one they can wave, to reverse this decision. There isn't, but they do need to articulate a plan to fight back. And right now, I gotta say that is shockingly absent.
Hayes specifically called out Pelosi for her first public response to the Supreme Court's decision being to read a poem, rather than release a detailed plan for her party. Biden's calls to "go vote" are equally uninspiring, Hayes added.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's first reaction was not a detailed plan or response to something we knew was coming. It was to read a poem among other things. House Majority Whip Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina, called someone infamously, the decision anticlimactic. Even President Joe Biden's response, which was, you know, was a nationally televised address, ultimately amounted to go vote, which are massively undersells the immediate urgency of the current state of affairs.
Electing more Democrats is a solution, Hayes continued, but not the sole solution as institutions are producing "terrifying results." Plus, Democrats already control majorities in the Senate and House.
"Just telling people to vote as the sole guidance, when your party already controls both Chambers of Congress and the White House, it just can't be enough," he said. "It's not enough."
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Nothing to see here, folks.
Just another monumental failure to 'message' this all correctly for the Democratic Party.
Democrats eating their own again, I guess.
It's not like they didn't know it was coming. Their lack of action speaks volumes about their "message".
It's Putin's fault. Or it's Trump's fault. Or it's the fault of that guy on YouTube spreading misinformation. Democrats even blame their own voters.
Democrats not having a plan seems unremarkable. That's been business as usual for Democrats. Democrats only plan to whine, point fingers, and play the victim card.
The important message is to vote early and often for Democrats next election. Just don't expect Democrats to actually do anything other than beat dead horses.