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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Sun Jun 26, 2022, 03:41 PM Jun 2022

How Did Roe Fall? Before the Pivotal Ruling, a Red Wave.

The beginning of the end of Roe v. Wade arrived on election night in November 2010.

That night, control of statehouses across the country flipped from Democrat to Republican, almost to the number: Democrats had controlled 27 state legislatures going in and ended up with 16; Republicans started with 14 and ended up controlling 25. Republicans swept not only the South but Democratic strongholds in the Midwest, picking up more seats nationwide than either party had in four decades. By the time the votes had been counted, they held their biggest margin since the Great Depression.

There had been a time, in the 15 years after Roe, when Republicans were as likely as Democrats to support an absolute right to legal abortion, and sometimes even more so. But 2010 swept in a different breed of Republican, powered by Tea Party supporters, that locked in a new conservatism. Although Tea Party-backed candidates had campaigned on fiscal discipline and promised indifference to social issues, once in office they found it difficult to cut state budgets. And a well-established network was waiting with model anti-abortion laws.

In legislative sessions starting the following January, Republican-led states passed a record number of restrictions: 92, or nearly three times as many as the previous high, set in 2005.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-roe-fall-pivotal-ruling-151131838.html

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How Did Roe Fall? Before the Pivotal Ruling, a Red Wave. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
I am pissed off beyond words, Kath2 Jun 2022 #1
yes, the year every hater in America woke up mountain grammy Jun 2022 #2
DU was full of Obama and other democratic Haters JI7 Jun 2022 #3

mountain grammy

(26,622 posts)
2. yes, the year every hater in America woke up
Sun Jun 26, 2022, 05:46 PM
Jun 2022

and realized we had an amazing black president. Obama was a breath of fresh air and popular, but Democrats sat out the midterms and hate won a huge victory.

Coloradans elected that slug Gardner in the 2014 midterm that Dems sat out, losing Udall.. one of the best Senators the state has ever had.We worked hard and I donated way more $ than I could afford, but in the end, hate won and flipped our Senate seat red. also erasing gains we made in the House.

JI7

(89,250 posts)
3. DU was full of Obama and other democratic Haters
Sun Jun 26, 2022, 05:56 PM
Jun 2022

Actually it has usually been like this and it was only after Trump got into office that we have fewer of those types.

But this place was full of obvious trolls and just claim you are from the left so you can attack drivers l Democrats as much as you want.

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