Dems run with Biden’s attacks on MAGA Republicans, call pro-life lawmakers ‘threat to democracy’
Sep 21, 2022 11:33:38 #
House Democrats leaders have expanded the party’s crusade to label MAGA Republicans a “threat to democracy” to include pro-life conservatives.
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries of New York said Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, belongs in the threat-to-democracy camp because of his bill that would ban a******ns nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
“If your top agenda is a nationwide ban on a******n, we’re not making [that] up,” Mr. Jeffries said. “Lindsey Graham just introduced the bill that would leave in place extreme bans that states have enacted all across the country and undermine the freedom of women to make their own reproductive health care decisions in states like California, New York or the commonwealth of Massachusetts and beyond.”
Mr. Jeffries named Sen. Rick Scott, Florida Republican, as an extremist. He cited Mr. Scott’s proposals to sunset all federal programs, which critics say would jeopardize the existence of Medicare and Social Security.
The chairman singled out Mr. Graham and Mr. Scott when pressed by The Washington Times to identify lawmakers that fit President Biden’s description of being a threat to democracy. Mr. Biden in recent speeches labeled supporters of former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement as threats to American democracy.
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries of New York said Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, belongs in the threat-to-democracy camp because of his bill that would ban a******ns nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
“If your top agenda is a nationwide ban on a******n, we’re not making [that] up,” Mr. Jeffries said. “Lindsey Graham just introduced the bill that would leave in place extreme bans that states have enacted all across the country and undermine the freedom of women to make their own reproductive health care decisions in states like California, New York or the commonwealth of Massachusetts and beyond.”
Mr. Jeffries named Sen. Rick Scott, Florida Republican, as an extremist. He cited Mr. Scott’s proposals to sunset all federal programs, which critics say would jeopardize the existence of Medicare and Social Security.
The chairman singled out Mr. Graham and Mr. Scott when pressed by The Washington Times to identify lawmakers that fit President Biden’s description of being a threat to democracy. Mr. Biden in recent speeches labeled supporters of former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement as threats to American democracy.
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