https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-8-2024
"Last night, Republicans and Democrats offered very different visions of the
roles and rights of women in American society.
In the State of the Union address, President Joe Biden thanked Vice President
Kamala Harris “for being an incredible leader defending reproductive freedom
and so much more.” Biden condemned “state laws banning the freedom to choose,
criminalizing doctors, forcing survivors of rape and incest to leave their
states to get the treatment they need,” and he called out Republicans
“promising to pass a national ban on reproductive freedom.”
Biden quoted back to the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court, sitting in
front of him in the chamber, their words when in June 2022 they overturned the
1973
Roe v. Wade decision that recognized the constitutional right to
abortion.
The justices wrote: “Women are not without electoral or political power.”
Biden responded: “You’re about to realize just how much you were right about
that.” “Clearly, those bragging about overturning
Roe v. Wade have no clue
about the power of women. But they found out. When reproductive freedom was on
the ballot, we won in 2022 and 2023. And we’ll win again in 2024.” Biden
promised to restore
Roe v. Wade if Americans elect a Congress that supports
the right to choose.
Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) gave the Republican rebuttal to the State of the
Union address. Sitting in a kitchen rather than in a setting that reflected her
position in one of the nation’s highest elected offices, Britt conspicuously
wore a necklace with a cross and spoke in a breathy, childlike voice as she
wavered between smiles and the suggestion she was on the verge of tears.
“What the hell am I watching right now?” an unnamed Trump advisor asked Nikki
McCann Ramirez and Asawin Suebsaeng of
Rolling Stone."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
