In Ohio, we have a much-watched Senate race between incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown and right-wing pro-lifer Bernie Moreno. As TPM notes, this could’ve been much more of an “abortion race” had Ohio progressives pushed to have their pro-choice referendum on the ballot this year instead of last year (it passed).
Moreno, for his part, should have been over the moon to avoid having this be a referendum on abortion (given that literally NO polling shows the GOP position as popular post-Roe), but you wouldn’t know it from his comments:
“You know, the left has a lot of single issue voters,” Moreno said. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’ … Okay. It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’”
Yes, it’s entirely bananas that these women would care what happens to OTHER women, right? The Republican position on so many issues boils down to “I got mine, fuck you,” and that POV absolutely ignores the very possibility that one human might care what happens to other people.
