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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO, Youngkin clearly had higher aspirations and made some sort of faustian bargain that if he could deliver a republican victory and get an abortion ban passed in Virginia, he would run for president and the evangelical base would line up behind him.

He repeated, ad naseum, that Virginians wanted to be a national leader in showing the country what "reasonable abortion restrictions" are. [b]I can't think of anyone who says: "you know what keeps me up at night, not the economy, or housing costs, or school issues, or my kids, or the job market, but whether or not my state of Virginian can be a national leader on reasonable abortion restrictions! I can't sleep." Youngkin acted as if this was THE only issue Virginians cared about, that it was a statewide concern.[/b] I suspect his same strategists from the campaign carefully crafted these talking points, and he stuck to them like flies on $hit.

From my online research only about 20% of Virginians claim to be evangelical, leaving 80% not.  His claims made no sense, and his "disappointment" is insincere. Politico did a short podcast with his gubernatorial strategists right after the 2021 election that I found fascinating into his "branding". And this latest 15 week shenanigans plays right into it. Here is the link. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/05/glenn-youngkin-republican-strategists-519609[/quote]

Weird that you would say that.  Abortion seems to be very much the ONE issue that Democrats obsess over.  [/quote]

Wrong. Virginians aren't thinking about setting a national standard of "reasonable abortion restrictions" because the current law works just fine and nothing needs to change. So no, Virginia democrats (or Republicans for that matter) are not sitting around obsessing about how Virginia needs more restrictions to be a national trailblazer in setting what Youngkin has coined as "reasonable abortion restrictions" when the current status quo works. Period. End of story. And to talk to us like he was giving us what we wanted, is treating Virginians like we are stupid.  Nothing needs to change, it's fine as is.  But acting like all these "focus groups" told the governor in fact that is a top priority for Virginian (adding restrictions) is from another planet. [/quote]

Abortion after 12 weeks is an outdated procedure as everyone can have access to birth control and it's not needed. It's the same reason labodomy is outlawed now that we have new meds and technology. [/quote]

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