Women Don't Need To Be Told How They'll Vote

Here’s what I heard from a Republican commentator on Sunday morning TV: Women aren’t going to vote for Democratic candidates in November because they’re angry about the loss of abortion rights and concerned about the future. Abortion doesn’t matter to them.

Fortunately, Yamiche Alcindor and (former Senator) Claire McCaskill were there to set him right. Gorman’s Twitter bio says he formerly worked for the NRCC, as well as Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush. (The NRCC is the National Republican Congressional Committee, and to give you an idea of the tenor of today’s official party apparatus, their Twitter bio says, “The NRCC is dedicated to defeating the socialist Democrats and taking back the House.”)

Not only did Gorman try to mansplain two smart women, who had no difficulty holding their own, his buddy showed up on Twitter to double-down. He tried to help. He failed.

Republicans seem intent on ignoring the impact of Dobbs on voters, both male and female. I’m all for that! People are waking up to the fact that restrictions on abortion also limit access to lifesaving medical procedures and inflict further damage on victims of rape, incest, and human trafficking. And in my conversations, I’m hearing more people, regardless of their views on abortion, who are thinking through the implications for them, personally, if women are reduced to second-class citizenship.

The vote in Kansas (refresher here) confirmed that. Voter registration numbers across the country reflect the same trend, most recently in Texas, where registration for young, Democratic voters was ahead of pace.

But, we shouldn’t get complacent. Make sure you continue to keep the importance of this election front and center for the people around you. Democracy is on the ballot. Women’s lives are on the ballot. We have to do whatever we can to make sure every like-minded person is registered and ready to vote, up and down the ballot, come November.

We’re in this together,

Joyce