Posted on 05/19/2019 10:22:07 AM PDT by BadLands59
A Democratic lawmaker argued Friday that her party needed to take a strong stance against efforts to restrict abortion rights, telling reporters that it was impossible to be a Democrat and not support the right to an abortion.
At a press conference Friday, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) told reporters that the party should only support members who agree to a core set of party principles including support for LGBTQ Americans and immigrants. ADVERTISEMENT
"I think the party's response will be strong, and hopefully you've seen [that] it's been strong across the board," Jayapal said to a reporter who asked how the party should respond to recent efforts in Georgia and Alabama to restrict abortion rights.
"Personally, I do think there should be a core set of Democratic ideals that we all agree to," she added. "That you can't say you're a Democrat if you're against immigrants, if you're against abortion, if you're against gay marriage, LGBTQ rights."
"I'm not sure what it means to be a Democrat if all of those things are true," Jayapal added.
Her remarks come as a clear shot aimed at her party's House campaign wing, which has offered continued public support for Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.), an incumbent lawmaker who won a close battle for reelection against a progressive, pro-abortion rights challenger endorsed by EMILY's List and other groups last year.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), led by Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), has so far refused to bow to progressive demands to end its policy of blacklisting vendors who work for primary challengers, a move that has earned the ire of many who took office after winning primaries against Democratic incumbents.
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I hope they go hard on this. It will be interesting to see what that does to those democrats who have been having lingering thoughts on whether it is time they should walk away.
Up to the first breath or else you will never be nominated.
I believe the primary activists at least will push these agenda items - then the true motives will be concealed by the same media that pretended Obama was as American as apple pie.
She’s calling for a catechism. In case there’s anyone left who is still wondering if politics is these people’s religion.
And you can’t be a Christian if you do...
Hear that Latinos? Muslims? Christians of all stripes?
These days you can’t be a Democrat unless you are a communist.
Dem rep: You can’t be a Democrat if you don’t support abortion, LGBTQ rights... open-borders, global warming, socialism, the green new deal, government healthcare for all and you must hate God, hate America, hate the founders, hate the constitution, hate free market capitalism and be willing to follow whatever else Satan comes up with.
Democrats are some of the most vile, evil people on earth.
Why is some Indian ass faced ho telling any American anything. Go back to your sh*thole country.
Mitt Romney and Justin Amash will be pleased to hear that...
Greg Gutfeld said it best - to paraphrase - he doeons’t believe in slavery personally but feels everyone has the right to decide if they want to own a slave.
Gutfled making fun of ‘choice’ is on the mark...
Jayapal is putting in a pre-order for 666 on the forehead.
Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana, is a pro life Democrat. And he may well sign a restrictive anti abortion bill working its way through the Louisiana legislature.
So what’s the deal? Will the Democrat party purge itself of such people? If Edwards signs that bill, will he be evicted from the Democrat party?
The Democrat party does not seem to have a “big tent” so to speak. They say you have to be liberal on various issues, and that there is to be no deviation from the party line.
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Then they will be really upset when Den Gov LA signs the new pro-life bill.
Yes, I wonder if he will be kicked out of the party? Since abortion is one of those “holy grail” issues for the liberals,along with homosexuality/transsexuality and global warming, will his deviation from the party line target him for being purged?
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