Catherine Rampell tweeted this short thread that I think expresses the fundamental political message that the Democrats have to hammer home: political FREEDOM.
The more significant political fallout of this IVF discourse may not be revelation that GOP is often anti-family (surprise!), but rather the undermining of narrative that Dems are merely “pro-abortion” (rather than pro-reproductive freedom)
Subtext (or text) of Repub attacks on Dem abortion positions is that they’re driven by childless elites who want to kill babies.
IVF debate suggests Ds are promoting not abortion, but freedom—specifically, reproductive freedom, to choose when to begin or expand your familyIf Dems are smart, this is the angle they’ll play up — perhaps taking a page from @SecretaryPete’s 2020 campaign, about how Dems should reclaim “freedom” as a rhetorical device.
His message should be even more compelling today, as one party considers putting an authoritarian in office.
2024’s political “freedom” fight isn’t about mask mandates. It’s about when citizens can freely dissent, what books kids are free to read, whether women have bodily freedom.
Meanwhile, this loser is spouting GOP rhetoric from 1987 like it’s still relevant:
Well, except for pregnant women, parents, teachers, non-Christians, foreigners, immigrants and businesses. But sure, other than that, they’re all about tolerance.