HOW DO YOU AS A TEXAN CITIZEN GO THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL WINTERS NOW AND THINK "TED CRUZ IS A GREAT GUY TO VOTE FOR" WHEN HE ABANDONED US FOR CANCUN WHILE TEXANS QUITE LITERALLY FROZE TO DEATH
It genuinely makes me so mad to see people I know, who literally have immigrant parents proudly announce they're voting for Trump. Like half your parents can’t even vote and you’re basically voting against everything they’ve had to fight for? IDIOTTTSSSS
So, as I understand the Supreme Court, the government can arrest and jail you without Miranda rights, execute you even if your lawyer screws up, force you to have a baby, and use tax dollars to support religion.
But it can't protect your right to vote or keep you safe from guns.
In the last 24 hours, Republicans have voted *against* funding to fix the baby formula shortage, *against* investigating white supremacist domestic terrorism, and *against* making it illegal for gas companies to price gouge American consumers.
The treatment for an ectopic pregnancy is abortion.
The treatment for a septic uterus is abortion.
The treatment for a miscarriage that your body won’t release is abortion.
If you can’t get those abortions, you die.
You. Die.
Roe v. Wade is based on the 'right to privacy.' If the majority opinion by SCOTUS suggests that the constitution does not protect the right to privacy... that affects a WHOLE lot of other decisions. Buckle up - this is the beginning of a lot of potential ugliness.
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As Abbott asks for federal help it’s important to remember that Abbott had restricted local governments from enforcing stay at home orders, prohibited local/state/county government entities from enforcing mask mandates & banned state agencies from requiring proof of Covid vaccine
Texas House passed extreme gerrymandered GOP state House map at 3:30 am last night. Democracy quite literally dying in dark
Whites 40% population but control 59% districts
Hispanics 39% of population but control 20% districts
Blacks 12% of population but control 2.7% districts
Texas law SB8 will significantly impair people’s access to the health care they need—particularly for communities of color and individuals with low incomes.
We are deeply committed to the constitutional right established in Roe v. Wade and will protect and defend that right.
1 in 3 Covid cases were in Florida and Texas in the past week. Florida seeing record hospitalizations of over 11,500 today. Two Republican governors who deny science, harming the citizens they were elected to protect.