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Ongoing US GOP Debacle Thread: Seditious Republicans march toward authoritarianism

GOP candidates for Michigan Attorney General are asked in a debate where they stand on Griswold v. Connecticut, the 1965 Supreme Court case that struck down a Connecticut law banning the sale of contraceptives. None of the 3 candidates seemed to have heard of the case, but after being told what it was, they all said they opposed it and thought it was "wrongly decided" and said the issue of access to birth control should be left up to the states.

"The final question from the audience at Friday night’s debate for the Republican candidates for Michigan attorney general was as straightforward as it gets: “How do each of you stand on Griswold v. Connecticut?” But that assumed that all the candidates even knew what Griswold was. No one immediately answered, but Tom Leonard, a former state speaker of the house who lost in 2018 to the current incumbent, Democrat Dana Nessell, eventually spoke up—to ask for clarification. “Remind me,” said Leonard, who was endorsed in December by Right to Life of Michigan.

“Griswold v. Connecticut—do you know the case?” a moderator asked. “Which—give me a quick—” Leonard said. The voter explained what it was.

“Yeah, okay, I just, and I wanted clarification,” Leonard said. “This case, much like Roe v. Wade, I believe was wrongly decided, because it was an issue that trampled states’ rights and it was an issue that should have been left up to the states.”

Next up was Ryan Berman, a current state rep, who could be seen pulling out a mobile device while Leonard was speaking.

“Yeah, you know what, I wasn’t familiar with Griswold v. Connecticut, but I’m an advanced legal researcher so I pulled it up real quick to look what it’s about,” he said. “And it says the court ruled that the Constitution did in fact protect the right of marital privacy against state restrictions on contraception. Again, I would have to look more into it and the reasoning behind it, but I’m all about states’ rights and limiting federal judicial activism.”

“I didn’t know we could have our phones up here,” said Matthew DePerno, the final candidate, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump because of his role in spreading conspiracies about voting machines. “Listen, all these cases that deal—Griswold, Roe v. Wade, Dobbs— these are all state right issues. I think that’s what we’re gonna see with the US Supreme Court. They’re gonna come down on the side that these liberty issues—number one, the wide expanse that was given on Roe v. Wade and this litany—are unworkable. The Supreme Court has to deal with that, has to decide, mark my words, that the privacy issue currently is unworkable. It’s going to be a state right issue on all of these things—as it should be!”

 
These dumbass Republican legal mega minds probably thought it referred to a Vacation movie.
 
Highland Deac said:
Next up was Ryan Berman, a current state rep, who could be seen pulling out a mobile device while Leonard was speaking.

“Yeah, you know what, I wasn’t familiar with Griswold v. Connecticut, but I’m an advanced legal researcher so I pulled it up real quick to look what it’s about,”
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JFC
 
Nixon, Trump, Coolidge, and both Bushes are not exactly a murderer's row of great US Presidents. Funny how they left out Theodore Roosevelt - they must still be bitter over his third-party Progressive Party campaign in 1912.

 
Have they figured out Eisenhower was against their biggest grift (military industrial complex)? Second biggest is the prosperity gospel.
 
They don't know jack shit. That's why they don't want people to learn the history they themselves don't even know.
 
WFFaithful said:
RESPECT THE OFFICE!
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Somehow it's fitting that even a GOP tweet to celebrate their greatest presidents omits one of the top ones - Teddy Roosevelt - and is mainly being used as a way to troll Democrats by attacking Biden. "If you ain't trolling the libs, you ain't tryin'" seems to be the modern GOP slogan.
 
"Florida lawmakers: Teens will die if you pass the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill and the latest proposed amendment."

That's the point. I hope he doesn't believe Florida Republicans care about LGBTQ+ children.
 
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