{"id":268,"date":"2024-11-08T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flipthestates.com\/pages\/?p=268"},"modified":"2024-11-09T14:49:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T14:49:47","slug":"268-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flipthestates.com\/pages\/268-2\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years to Take Our Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently read the Fall of Roe by Dias and Lerer. It tells the devastating story of the last decade of work on both sides of the abortion debate. What it takes for granted is that abortion rights have been under attack since the day Roe became law, more than 50 years ago. 50 years of the anti-abortion movement fighting against women\u2019s reproductive rights, sometimes lurching forward and then back, sometimes chipping away piece by piece. Those in that movement plotted, planned, stayed committed and brought new strategies and tactics to strip away our rights for almost 50 years. And then, one day in 2022, Roe was suddenly<\/em> gone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been almost 10 years of Donald Trump. Ten years of MAGA and we are about to enter another four. We are facing the reality we, I, had hoped, pleaded, prayed, begged to avoid. But here we are. Exhausted, enraged, desperate, frightened. But the only way forward is through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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50 years of anti-abortion activism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30 years of Fox News & Rush Limbaugh to Joe Rogan disinformation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 years of Mitch McConnell obstructionism <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 years of MAGA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This fight has long been waged.<\/strong> The question I\u2019ve been asking myself is how long have I really been in it? 10 years if I\u2019m being generous, closer to 8 if I\u2019m honest and less if I remember my true exhaustion from Trump which I solved by periodically tuning out. And now the question-  how long am I willing to stay in this fight? Will I, can I go 50 years for the sake of my family, my community, my country to bring our rights and ideals back? The only answer is Yes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Warren warned us, \u201cWe can\u2019t control everything that comes next. But we can control how we respond.\u201d She\u2019s right. We must focus on what we can control. Today, what we can control is throwing our weight, our dollars behind every Democrat in a recount race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The US House stands alone in a chance at a majority needed to stop an extreme right Trump agenda. But it\u2019s also not the only place we must grind to dig out a victory. We must put up every roadblock, every legal challenge, every obstruction to this agenda we can. And right now, that means ensuring these Democrats have the money they need to mount or withstand a recount. Before votes were ever cast, we identified these races as top race opportunities to hold or flip, identifying them as critical races and we were right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n