Republican Braun resets to miscegenation

[rommelrommel]

All this stuff seems to tie into a trend I'm seeing from conservatives/Pubs: A war on the 14th amendment (equal protection).

I've heard more about the 14th amendment (and "unenumerated rights") and how it shouldn't be used to grant so many rights (what a fucking bizarre position to take, people have too many rights) over this last SC confirmation hearing than I've really ever heard before.

It sounds like as Republicans move toward establishing a narrative delegitimizing the 14th for the sake of getting Roe overturned, they're willing to burn everything else predicated on the amendment to the ground to get what they want.

Also ties into the "personhood" argument for the unborn: if they're a person then the 14th can be turned around and applied to them thanks to the language of the amendment.

We all know they’re only fans of certain rights.

 

[HomerJS]

Anyone still have any doubts Republicans are card carrying members of The Racist Party?

 

[darkswordsman17]

I saw this earlier and thought, WTF is wrong with you? This is wrong on soooo many levels.

We are at this point because of people like you. You either need to realize what your constant defense of these people has led to and change, or don't, and then what happens next is on you.

 

[zinfamous]

Wow, what the actual fuck? I'm glad I actually watched the video.

At first I was like "Oh he just misheard the question and is unspooling some basic shit about states rights" lol oh standard "gotcha outrage"

Then the interviewer straight up asked "You'd be ok with leaving interracial marriage up to the states?"

Braun: "yes... you can't have your cake and eat it too"

What the actual fuck am I seeing?

What you are seeing is the angriest and most desperate of the republican party publicly admitting what 100% of the Republican party unconditionally supports.

 

[zinfamous]

All this stuff seems to tie into a trend I'm seeing from conservatives/Pubs: A war on the 14th amendment (equal protection).

I've heard more about the 14th amendment (and "unenumerated rights") and how it shouldn't be used to grant so many rights (what a fucking bizarre position to take, people have too many rights) over this last SC confirmation hearing than I've really ever heard before.

It sounds like as Republicans move toward establishing a narrative delegitimizing the 14th for the sake of getting Roe overturned, they're willing to burn everything else predicated on the amendment to the ground to get what they want.

Also ties into the "personhood" argument for the unborn: if they're a person then the 14th can be turned around and applied to them thanks to the language of the amendment.

the reason they might be making these "embarrassing errors in defense of their dubious legislative policies about rights-limiting via constitutional arguments" is really just them getting very close to understanding the toxicity of their inhuman beliefs, which fundamentally run counter to the "American exceptionalism" that they seem to believe exists, but never willing to acquiesce to that lesson, simply handwaving away their failure to do simple logic with "No, but God wants it this way, anyway."

Republicans are fundamentally bigoted, theocratic psychopaths. They have no talent and no skill for modern society, and certainly not for leadership. These are all of them ghouls, screaming in the expanding darkness of their decaying religio-fascist cult. They are the biggest threat to human advancement and achievement in the world today. They aren't just trying to eradicate democracy at home, they have been actively sabotaging it around the world, especially after empowering not-at-all-shy fascists like Bannon and Miller, via Trump and the brain cult. Look how the GOP has championed Trumps attempt to dissolve Ukraine, how several GOP congresscritters took a vacation in Russia on July 4th in support of their actual president.

 

[woolfe9998]

Some good news, after rapid and intense criticism, Braun has retracted his statements, saying he “misunderstood the question” and he condemned racism in any form.

Or in other words, he discovered running on an open racist platform will get you voted out in Indiana still.

Yeah, he walked it back.

GOP Senator Claims He Didn’t Mean to Say States Should Be Able to Ban Interracial Marriage, Despite Saying It Multiple Times

Mike Braun’s position seems extremely clear.

www.vanityfair.com

Though in another part of that interview, when asked about Griswold v. Connecticut , he also said states should be able to decide whether to outlaw contraception. Not just abortion. Contraception! I guess he must have misunderstood that question too...

 

[K1052]

Yeah, he walked it back.

GOP Senator Claims He Didn’t Mean to Say States Should Be Able to Ban Interracial Marriage, Despite Saying It Multiple Times

Mike Braun’s position seems extremely clear.

www.vanityfair.com

Though in another part of that interview, when asked about Griswold v. Connecticut , he also said states should be able to decide whether to outlaw contraception. Not just abortion. Contraception! I guess he must have misunderstood that question too...

He knew precisely what he was saying which is why the interviewer asked the same question a few ways.

Like when Rick Scott says he wants the poor and old people to be taxed more heavily. They mean all this stuff.

 

[HomerJS]

"I don't want mixing with those coloreds. Ooops, did I say that?"

You would think a non-racist party would issue a statement when one of their own advocated for allowing interracial marriages to be deemed illegal

 

[VashHT]

He knew precisely what he was saying which is why the interviewer asked the same question a few ways.

Like when Rick Scott says he wants the poor and old people to be taxed more heavily. They mean all this stuff.

He only walked it back because of negative feedback, it was a very straight forward question. Does not surprise me either, people still complain when interracial couples are featured in commercials, especially certain combos like a black man and a white woman. In the end the people that want that shit (republicans) will have heard his message already and don't care about the follow up.

 

[Captante]

I tend to stick to the Occom's Razor answer

they are just plain racist. Although I can see your point

Neither premise is incorrect.... your's is just the "condensed" version!

 

[FirNaTine]

So, are we going to do genetic testing and go back to the 1 drop rule? I can't wait until he finds out he's (very likely) not 100% white.