Believe them when they tell you who they are the first second time:
After days of nationwide debate over the Arizona supreme court’s recent decision to uphold a near-total abortion ban from the 19th century, Arizona’s Republican-controlled statehouse has again quashed an effort to repeal the ban.
Republicans, who hold a one-seat majority in both the Arizona house and senate, on Wednesday shot down a procedural measure in the statehouse that would have enabled the chamber to vote on a bill to repeal the ban. Just one Republican, the representative Matt Gress, voted with the house’s 29 Democrats, but the 30-30 split was not enough to move forward.
Wednesday marked the second time that state legislators have tried to repeal the ban, which was first passed in 1864, since the state supreme court ruling. Last week, Gress tried to bring forth a vote on the repeal bill. However, he then voted with other Republicans to recess until Wednesday...
Even after the first time Democrats tried to repeal the ban, causing some frightened career pols to start furiously lying and backpedaling on their extremist stances on abortion rights, the Christofascist MAGAt Republicans just couldn't help themselves and blocked repeal of the ban again. It's in the DNA of their cult. It's their patriarchal fundamentalism that has its origins even earlier than the 1864 law they want to keep on the books. "The Handmaid's Tale" analogy has been overworked at times, but if Gilead isn't the model for Arizona that Christofascist MAGAt Republicans want, we can't think of a more accurate one.
These mossback loons hold a one- seat majority in both the Arizona House and Senate. That needs to change in November.
(Photo: Arizona Christofascist MAGAt Republicans applaud blocking repeal effort / Matt York, AP)
