Huh? Ocasio Cortez Doesn’t Think the Hyde Amendment Is Actually About Abortion
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June 16, 2019The Hyde Amendment is a legislative provision barring the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except to save the life of the woman, or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape.
That’s… pretty clear.
Unless, of course, you’re Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, who seemingly has a very limited, and complicated, understanding of words.
She doesn’t think it’s ACTUALLY about abortion. It’s about income inequality.
…or something?
Former Vice President Joe Biden brought the Hyde Amendment — an amendment that prevented taxpayer dollars from funding abortions — back into the public dialogue after he flipped his position on the issue several times in the span of a few days.
Biden now says he supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, despite his career-long defense of the legislation.
During an interview on “ABC This Week,” Ocasio-Cortez addressed Biden’s change of heart and claimed that she was glad he finally settled with the majority of the Democratic Party. She claimed that support for taxpayer-funded abortions is a “base level where all [Democratic 2020] candidates need to be.”
Of course. Because there simply is no room for ideological diversity in the Democrat Party.
The New York congresswoman noted that she is working on legislation that would repeal the Hyde Amendment for incarcerated women, noting that she doesn’t believe it is actually about abortion.
Ocasio-Cortez added that the Hyde Amendment is about income inequality and it is no longer just a women’s issue.
“This is not in the niche topic of women’s issues anymore,” said Ocasio-Cortez. “This is an American issue. We’re talking about 50, 51% of the American public impacted by the realities of the Hyde Amendment.”
Ocasio Cortez thinks 51% of the American public is “impacted by the realities of the Hyde Amendment.”
I’m assuming that’s because she figures 51% of Americans want to receive federally funded abortions?
I have a different figure for her. I think EVERY AMERICAN WHO PAYS FEDERAL TAXES is impacted by the Hyde Amendment. As a tax-paying American, I will fight tooth and nail before MY tax money is spent killing YOUR child.
Are we clear here?
It’s one thing that they keep fighting for the “right” to kill your baby.
It’s a whole different one when they start forcing ME to pay for it.
