Arizona GOP leaders mistakenly leak abortion plan

A group of Republicans has been working behind closed doors on a strategy to challenge the ballot measure that expands abortion protections for up to 6 months.

For more Local News from KPHO: www.azfamily.com/
For more KZbin Content: / @azfamily

[@Brandalf_The_Grey]

Wow, nobody is working harder to turn Arizona blue than Arizona Republicans

[@thec9424]

I hate to say it, but if not for the arrogance and overreaching of the lgbtq community, the presidency, house, and senate would be blue.

[@beetlebob4675]

​@@thec9424 "Overreaching"??? Like the queer community can even hold a candle to GOP overreach.😂

[@Eldeecue]

@@beetlebob4675 ...is that a reach-around joke?

[@beetlebob4675]

@@Eldeecue It could be, but the GOP would cancel me for it. So. It's Schrödinger's reach-around.

[@beetlebob4675]

@@thec9424 You mean all the hundreds of anti-queer bills being proposed in state legislation?? Are you talking about THAT acceptance??

[@bullsilverback4354]

How’s this not being blasted everywhere?

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

Half of the country has no problem with the GOP.

[@tringuyen7519]

@@johnbrowneyes7534Wrong! GOP has only 1/4 of the voters. Independents will eviscerate all GOP politicians & ballot initiatives in November!

[@ChristyKRobinson]

Arizona Mirror did an article on it ; so did Laurie Roberts of AZCentral. You're right, though, the story is not well-known.

[@annmarieknapp]

​@@johnbrowneyes7534I sure do.

[@DBRising]

We need to get this to Pakman!

[@PleaseVoteBlue]

This is why when people say vote at the ballot box on abortion, it makes me laugh. The GOP never planned on acting in good faith or giving the voters the choice. This country is slowly falling into a dictatorship with Trump as their leader. VOTE BLUE 💙

[@user-yp2ps3gn3x]

In THIS case, just the names change. You are STILL going to be voting on abortion, duh. Just that to keep abortion safe and available, we've first got to vote OUT those who tried this trick... One step at a time wins the race...

[@nico8587d]

Never trust a republican ever again.

[@benniecleveland7092]

Amen vote blue💙

[@RevCeleste]

It is incumbent upon the voter to do enough research to make a decision that will end up being best for them

[@chuckb.1328]

@@RevCeleste So falling for Republican trickery is the voters' fault?

[@user-rn8qy3nx3p]

So we tried this in Europe. It was called the Dark Ages. So, the GOP is headed that way.

[@thisbushnell2012]

The GOP long for the days when wealth could buy you a godhead, and lack thereof = serfdom or worse. A time when lack of a dangling member meant you were less than a goat or chicken in the eyes of the "legal system".

[@restezlameme]

And it's even technically in our Constitution... smh

[@AxelQC]

They think the Renaissance was a mistake.

[@bobloblaw9679]

abortion is technically illegal in germany....

[@strezztechnoid]

Concerned your last sentence didn't finish with a question mark--uh oh.

[@om3g4888]

The GOP can't come up with any helpful or beneficial legislation for the people so they just try to confuse everyone. Just vote all Republicans out.

[@gabrielfair724]

They figured out a long time ago that most people don't actually bother to check up on their actions, so they can just mouth focus-tested feel good platitudes, and then just do whatever once they're in office. That's why they went to so much trouble to limit and discredit reporting - the news was one of the few groups that would report on what they actually DID. So they made a propaganda network and spent a lot of time convincing people that "all other news is lies" and "We are the only ones you can trust, the network that argued in court that it wasn't actually news so it didn't have to be factual"

[@Ishi_hagane01]

They tell us it's about the babies they don't care it's about control. This couldn't be more clear.

[@dennischristopher9952]

If they really cared about children, they wouldn't vote against free lunch programs for low income kids

[@Ishi_hagane01]

@dennischristopher9952 oh I know. I couldn't get an abortion but I am fighting with the pro-choicers because it doesn't stop at abortion, ivf, contraception, fertility treatments. Who knows where it ends. If you give into pro-choice time and time again they compromise with a 24 week ban and good faith clauses for doctors.

[@Mark5mith]

They'd have the vote off women if they could.

[@fantym1633]

@Mark They are already talking about the 19th. See also Project 2025.

[@Mark5mith]

@fantym1633 gilead, here we come.

[@seymourbutts4654]

So this means the Arizona republican party is not being honest with the people. Good to know.

[@workingmamma5342]

And totally unsurprising. Alas.

[@tringuyen7519]

@@workingmamma5342AZ voters have to turn out & show AZ GOP where they truly stand. Don’t give into the GOP BS ballot initiatives!

[@Mark5mith]

Rule don't represent is their motto.

[@SweetJustice11]

Surprise! Surprise! Who would have thought a bunch of God fearing Christians would lie?

[@seymourbutts4654]

@@SweetJustice11 They pretend to eat the flesh and drink the blood of their savior and the symbol of their religion is a torture device.

[@momof1576]

Are they planning to force men to pay child support from the date of conception? Are they going to give free pregnancy care and medical care for women and children? Are they going to provide food and housing for pregnant women and mothers?

[@terib470]

No,

[@tringuyen7519]

@@terib470BC AZ GOP aren’t pro-life. They are just anti-abortion!

[@fdjt241]

Nope

[@homerroad]

And are they going to start regulating sperm?????? Unregulated sperm cause pregnancies.

[@jamesonrosen1773]

@homerroad yeah why not put a switch on the vas deferens instead of taking away bodily autonomy? That way there is absolutely no way to even have a pregnancy unless the male wants one.

[@Sticky-Situation]

The GOP's incompetence, in full display. Get involved and VOTE.

[@kimleemoon]

They want to make it as confusing as possible

[@narda1072]

If voters were educated there wouldnt be any gop party

[@decaydjk8922]

​@@narda1072 that's not true; Republicans don't have a majority of support anywhere but the elections are rigged in any number of ways. Blaming the people is doing the Reps' work for them.

[@serendipityshopnyc]

Incompetence or malice? Or just a nice mixture of both?

[@philbarone4603]

Is it possible that they leaked it on purpose as a strategy?

[@kathypariso6102]

DECEPTION is the only word that should ever be attached to the GOP!

[@CBlargh]

@@ceresdog5362 Exactly my thought. Republicans can be characterised mainly by lies and criminality. They think they should not have to obey the rules they want everyone else to obey.

[@That-Guy_]

GOP = Grifters Only Party

[@ml-jt6eg]

Cause the DNC has never lied, deceived, or done anything criminal. Go be emotional somewhere else

[@charlesbeaudry3263]

Sounds like a standard KGB strategy. Multiply the explanations to confuse everyone so nobody can ascertain the truth.

[@crafty-lady6853]

Excellent comment!

[@jburton8594]

GOP is the party of Putin so no coincidence.

[@drjanines3301]

This is the reason BTC, ROF, Pakman, Beau, MT, etc are out performing MSM - We The People WANT the actual facts ⚖️

[@gcactus69]

Demoralization initiated!

[@DBRising]

Vote in support of women’s reproductive health rights. The line is drawn.

[@yveeriksson7437]

Women don't have human rights in Arizona.

[@gabrielfair724]

10-20% Pregnancies result in a miscarriage in the United States. A primary treatment for miscarriage is an abortion. Abortion is a necessary procedure for the health and safety of women.

[@Vynjira-chan]

​@@gabrielfair724 I want to know who she's calling moderate saying everyone agreed with the 15 week ban. 66% of Arizonans disapproved of the 15 week ban. That means more than 2 to 1 on Arizonans thinking the 15 week ban was too far. With 49% of Arizonans believe it should be legal in all or most cases (which is the majority with 46% saying it should be illegal in most or all cases). So these Moderates who support the 15 week ban represent less than 33% of Arizonans.. how is that Moderate?

[@martinpenwald9475]

@@gabrielfair724 I’ve heard that the rate was higher than that. Closer to 50%. But maybe it’s only 10 to 20% that need medical intervention.

[@ml-jt6eg]

@gabrielfair724 you do realize that removing a miscarried baby is not illegal and is not an abortion at that point. Your trying to misrepresent something to try and get people to agree with you.

[@mandy7982]

I don’t even live is this state, but I am down for a media station calling out wrongdoing. Thank you for not “both-siding” in this segment.

[@Vynjira-chan]

I kind of feel like they are tho, 66% of Arizonans opposed the 15 week ban.. which she tried to frame as the Moderate position that everyone agreed with.

[@clickrick]

"They will have had a full week to think about it." I'm sorry, where does "think" ever come into the GOP's process?

[@matlew1960]

"If you can't win, cheat, if you get caught cheating, change the rules."

[@ml-jt6eg]

Kind of like mystery thousands of votes showing up in the middle of the night out of nowhere when losing

[@basecitizen]

Democrats would know all about this, as we've seen over the past 10 years. But, you wouldn't know this.

[@dboone7670]

​@@ml-jt6eg I'm sure all that evidence will drop any day now, right? Mike Pillow will come to the rescue!

[@user-vh8gs1sw1j]

@@ml-jt6eg Making up nonsense doesn't make it a thing.

[@guybrush1701]

@@ml-jt6eg the👏🏻election👏🏻was👏🏻not👏🏻stolen.

[@AthenaKeatingThomas]

Please note that as of today, Wednesday, that the Arizona Republicans blocked even debating a repeal of the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban. They applauded and cheered after the vote tally. I'm looking forward to seeing Arizona turn Blue on November 5th!

[@RLucas3000]

Is there even a chance of flipping the state house blue??

[@MrMarket1987]

@@RLucas3000 There is. They have a narrow majority, and they're sitting on their laurels on that alone.

[@leepo007]

💙💙💙💙

[@TrafficConeGD]

If you asked me a month ago, I would’ve thought that trump had the election in the bag. Not anymore, they really fumbled.

[@topperman4541]

I get so sick of hearing conservatives say “socialism is the first step to communism “these two words couldn’t be further from each other than day and night.

[@DBRising]

A fundamental misunderstanding of terminology and ideology. Low information voters are lured into the trap.

[@johnniemcbride2772]

They also conflate communism (econimic system of government running companies), socialism (social system of people helping people), and fascism (economic system of companies/corporations running government).

[@LadyElizondo]

There's a recent video of Newt Gingrich stating that the average voter in that particular party has a third grade education. That's exactly how little respect that party has for its constituents. They've even convinced those people that being well educated is a bad thing.

[@peterd9698]

Its a bit more complex. It is a deliberate strategy of equivocation, a well-known fallacy used in propaganda. By deliberately switching definitions without clear indication, you can pretend someone advocating for universal healthcare is advocating for Stalinist pogroms to impose communism, and that agreeing not to have Stalinist pogroms to impose communism means you agree there should be no universal healthcare. From Merriam Webster: (1) any of various egalitarian economic and political theories or movements advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods (for example the NHS in Britain I suppose) (2) a stage of society in Marxist theory that is transitional between capitalism and communism. I myself have used it just to describe social democracy: eg taxation to pay for social safety nets. Im going to avoid that because I think it is too fuzzy and too easily twisted.

[@johnsomn2148]

I wish when they throw these terms out while speaking in front of the cameras ,-" sir can you define that term" . Then maybe a whole lot of news folks don't know their definition 😢

[@snowrose101]

The 1864 Arizona abortion law was created before the shootout at the OK Corral with Doc Holliday, who was a dentist who had tuberculosis and coughed all over his patients. That's how much they knew about medicine back when the Arizona abortion law was created, that a dentist didn't even know he was giving his patients tuberculosis.

[@johnniemcbride2772]

That law also made 10 years old the age of consent.

[@erikaarnold4780]

Good ol’ Arizona. I used to live there as a kid. This is also the state where resident psycho sheriff, Joe Arpaio, bragged about making prisoners wear pink specifically to humiliate them…he also purposely made sure that the prison dogs had better food and air conditioning, while the prisoners slept in bunk tents in 120 degree desert heat. He really thought it was funny. That place is STILL the Wild, Wild West…fr.

[@erikaarnold4780]

@@johnniemcbride2772Good Lord

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Why does a law being old necessarily make it a bad law? The constitution and most of the bill of rights is even older.

[@snowrose101]

@@gregorymalchuk272 I explained EXACTLY why it was a bad law in my first post: because it was made with next to ZERO knowledge of medicine and the human body. Ignoring truth makes your argument worse, not better.

[@barbaraeslick558]

Vote out every Republican from every office

[@ml-jt6eg]

No thx. I’ve seen how blue is ruining America already so I’d like to keep my state from becoming California

[@basecitizen]

Vote out every democrap out of every office.

[@gcactus69]

When was the last time you had sex?

[@Kiki-en9vm]

This is their nation wide pkan for abortion,create confusion.

[@52flyingbicycles]

But they claim everyone agrees with their “common sense” regulations 😒

[@bonniegaither3994]

Why should somebody (men) have any say about something they can and usually do, just walk away from?

[@phoenixtoash2396]

True. They don't care. Obvious pure hate is driving them. I say allow them to be gay is they hate women so much.

[@jadedcrow6796]

It’s good now people learn before voting and not after elections!

[@SweetJustice11]

Yep!

[@narda1072]

People are still dumb

[@patriciasweeton1358]

This shouldn't even be there. That was before it was a state. Null and Void.

[@jenna2431]

11. That's how many AZ electoral votes for Biden come November. Thanks, y'all.

[@Michelle-hf6pj]

Woman in Arizona don't deserve this!!!!!

[@serendipityshopnyc]

This issue should also do wonders for Ruben Gallego, and Dems' chances of getting control of the AZ state legislature.

[@jacquesvilleneuve8391]

​@serendipityshopnyc Let's see if "independents" get it right this time around. There is nothing wrong with being it, I consider myself to be one, but I won't vote Republican in almost any curcunstance anylonger. I will never understand a pro-choice Independent who votes Republican. Republicans will never stop pandering to anti-choice folks in the near future. Simply because if they do it, they lose money support and votes from those who make up a substantial chunk of the electorate and their base: religious zealots. Therefore, you ARE NOT reigning them in voting them out in an election cycle if you come around and vote them again in 2026. They also know this, that's why they don't hesitate to create anti-choice laws up to the last consequences. At most, they will soften their position when it becomes too unbearable, just as in an election year, but they will come back around again when the storm has passed. Therefore, stop voting for them altogether, for goodness's sake. Otherwise, we will always have to be fighting to be able to make the most personal decisions about ourselves. As I said, theyll never stop. Not even state constitutional amendments passed in order to protect the procedure are immune from their shenanigans: they will find a looophole here and there to put hurdles in it, thus pandering again to religious nuts. We need to create a decades lose-streak for them in Congress just as there were from (1954-1980) and Presidency as well. Vote blue until that party reborns itself from the ashes; don't believe anything they may say unless they put "I support a woman's choice to perform an abortion if she so chooses at least in the first 15 weeks" in their official platform and take official action to repeal laws who do not conform to it. Vote blue every race everywhere this year and beyond.

[@truesouthdesigns4304]

Vote out the Guilty Of Perjury Party, aka GOP, and get your freedoms back.

[@psloveszombies]

Vote Blue for women’s rights 2024💙

[@AnonymOus-dp3jj]

democrats re defined women with male penis so what exactly is women’s rights

[@basecitizen]

Women's rights? You mean murderer's rights.

[@BryceBurris]

Abortion is not a right. The body of the baby is not your body.

[@mcg3534]

They can't win on the merits of their issue so they're trying to TRICK the public. Disgusting.

[@justinpoland1137]

Hey Arizona, here’s a great idea. Why don’t you just let a woman and her doctor make the decision… After all, it’s her uterus and her pregnancy!!! Now that’s FREEDOM 👍🏼

[@saminaneen]

@justinpoland1137, Because YOU do not know the defining of a "woman", Babyboy.

[@joyceshefland5272]

@@saminaneen A woman is anyone who will never have anything to do with a deplorable like you.

[@Sara-mf3px]

This is so disgusting. They should have called the plan Handmsids Tale.

[@phoenixtoash2396]

It's exactly what they are after.

[@danielgodfrey9515]

What happened to the will of the people that conservatives always go on about? The will of the people only matters if it aligns with their beliefs

[@NoahPadi-ij3rf]

When they see "the people", they imagine a "normal" white Christian male. Those are the real Americans, to them.

[@52flyingbicycles]

When they say “we’re a republic not a democracy” they mean “theocratic republic” like Iran

[@aff77141]

"bUt If You MaKe DeciSiOnS BasEd oN 51% oF vOtERS yoUrE stEamRolLinG EvEryOneE ElSe!!1!1!1" Oh really greg please tell me more about how silencing minorities is bad. No really please go on I just think we have different minorities in mind in that your 'minority' is you and a bunch of other random dudes who will never have to deal with the consequences of your idiotic choices. Please continue.

[@michaelspurling4376]

The GOP wants to ignore the will of the voters. The solution is to vote them out!

[@Linda-qt8qk]

GOP are their own worst enemy.

[@crashoverride2345]

I would argue that they are the people's worst enemy, but I understand your point.

[@tygrahof9268]

Banning abortion is an illegal way to deny women's rights. Period.

[@tesladrew2608]

Not sure you understand what illegal means

[@restezlameme]

@tesladrew2608 It IS illegal. The 13th Amendment absolutely applies.

[@Handle70770]

13th has nothing to do with your point. I get that you’re trying to say that women are slaves now but no not legally, it’s something else. More like dehumanized breeder. The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on December 6, 1865 and abolished slavery. The amendment states that slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited in the United States and its territories, except as a punishment for a crime. The amendment also gives Congress the power to enforce the amendment through legislation.

[@hdmairbf]

@@Handle70770 it is the 14th amendment which the SCOTUS ruled protected abortion by name. So banning abortion actually WAS ILLEGAL until the Facists came to power

[@robertdrake1756]

All rights come from humans. All rights can be granted or taken away. Legality is when the laws are passed, not whether anyone agrees with them on moral grounds.

[@4014Thugsy]

So out of touch with the majority of voters

[@saminaneen]

@4014Thugsy, Yes, YOU, are out of touch, with reality, and a racist.

[@pur756]

It’s not “out of touch”, because that implies that they don’t know what going on in the minds of the voter. They know EXACTLY what the voters what. And they’ve created a plan to keep the voters from getting it. It’s insidious that they even have a psyop style plan of attack to dilute and confuse the voters. It’s not out of touch. It’s very in touch with what the GOP has been doing for decades. Confuse, dilute, muddy the waters, blame the other, all the while they are overturning rights screaming it’s the Dems. It’s the Dems, the communist, wants to take your rights away. As they continue to spewing Russian propaganda on the house floor, to further divide this country. The Maga crowd has been screaming for a Civil War for decades and now they are useful idiots to Putin and Xi. And if the rest of us don’t get our heads out of this confusing state the Maga will do the bidding of Putin and destroy us from the inside. They aren’t out of touch, if anything they are more in touch with how to control and manipulate the masses than you and I will ever realize.

[@jeniwolfey9733]

makes me sick to live in AZ

[@mr.v3061]

Does this mean that your uncle, a murderer who escaped prison and gets you pregnant... that you are forced to have this child?

[@daniellow655]

I am new here and can not wait to vote against the GOP Gozar is my rep and he make me want to puke.

[@DeltaElites]

@@mr.v3061 ...yes, the 1864 law gives no exceptions for rape or incest.

[@AncientActivist]

@@daniellow655 Something to know: Gosar's family is telling everyone who will listen that he's crazy.

[@Chick4Biden2024]

I hate that MFer and I hate living in this state. I can't wait to move. And I'm a military brat who's lived all over, this state is the worst. ​@daniellow655

[@JR-pr8jb]

Dems/Independents have a great chance to carry both AZ and FL. In addition to abortion rights, Social Security/Medicare (also a Women's issue) is important in both states. 1.5 million SS recipients in AZ and 5 million (!) in FL. VOTE BLUE!

[@TJ-mc8uh]

How is SS or Medicare a woman's issue and not a man's issue?

[@Sticky-Situation]

Also Republicans that are not in line with these extremist views.

[@azurekutella3812]

@@TJ-mc8uh A larger percentage of elderly people are women, but it does affect both. Social security also provides benefits to widows and widowers.

[@garotadagavea]

It is simple: anything Republicans put forward, vote against.

[@saminaneen]

@garotadaggave,, Grow up, and stop YOUR childish whining, Babyboy, YOU sound like a LIBTARD Burnout.

[@haz.fellie]

@@saminaneen "YOU sound like a LIBTARD Burnout" is the funniest thing I've read in a long time, especially coming from a child's gaming channel lmao

[@Rayzeo]

​@@saminaneenget off your knees and wipe your mouth.

[@subterranea9095]

be wary, people call themselves "republicans" and put forth democratic policies. in truth, the united states is a republic. the democratic party was formed to protect slavery. by definition, democracy works by silencing the minority. an actual republican upholds personal freedoms, like abortion, and has no issue with the promotion of sciences, equality, and unity. in truth, it shouldn't matter if you call yourself democrat or republican, as long as those words actually uphold personal liberties and defend us interests. the "republican" party didn't actually exist until after the "democratic" party, because people who defend the united states are automatically republican by the definition of what our nation is as a people. i don't mean that as an offense. i'm stating the literal definition. The United States Constitution: Section 4 "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government" ... that is... just what it literally is. we aren't a democracy, and many of these "new age" republicans behave as democrats. the democrats themselves... now often show signs of republican ideals... but forget that we are actually a republic. and the republic believes in freedom and equality. to protect ourselves, and each other, to grow and strengthen our nation and our interests. we do not oppose the sciences, abortion, etc. by definition, we believe in personal freedoms as well as the freedom of others. i personally think that you can kill a rape baby or you can choose to keep it. your choice. we live in a world where we must kill or have people kill for us. there's no other way to be alive. because we die without killing some form of life. that being said, obviously the rape baby didn't choose to exist. the rapist parent made that choice. so, from a republican point of view, and in defense of the united states and the literal defition of our country: the victim should be allowed to choose. sad choice or not. i personally would kill any baby that was forced into me and also choose to murder the rapist. but if it actually happened to me... WHO KNOWS. people are weird. i met a rape victim once and they chose to keep it. it was... interesting.

[@AgentAika001]

Keep in mind that this is the party that says they're for limited government.

[@Shichard2006]

Party of Limited Government, Party of Family Values, Party of Personal Responsibility ALL MARKETING

[@breakingbadheisenberg9703]

That was 40 years ago , old slogan.

[@13Liberty50]

How is that authoritarianism working for you now.

[@strnglhld]

Ask Republicans.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

How is democracy authoritarianism?

[@SlickSimulacrum]

@@gregorymalchuk272 , BuT We'Re A RePuBlIc NoT a DeMoCrAcY?!? Weasel POS!

[@user-pl9jb8qi6f]

Abortion is a medical matter and not up to government or religious groups. Let doctors and medical ethics committees make these delicate and life saving decisions.

[@snovismom]

Vote these republicans out!!!!

[@saminaneen]

@snovismom,,, It is like YOU say ALL the time, Babygirl, "TRUMP 2020"< MEGA is the greatest, and FJB, thank YOU.

[@yungsmile7546]

Heads up everybody. Don't fall for this dirty trick. Make your vote count.

[@saminaneen]

@yungsmile7546, VOTING has NEVER counted ever, you silly Burnout.

[@Alex-lv7mz]

Shame on thr GOP! Hope Arizona votes blue

[@andrewdowns3673]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 "Send the plans to the email, Krunk!" *sends it to public email* "Wrong email!"

[@justinpoland1137]

Somebody’s getting fired…LOL

[@triceyg2014]

😂😂😂

[@WWZenaDo]

@@justinpoland1137 Perhaps someone 'accidentally' sent the email to the wrong location.

[@strezztechnoid]

As Arizona blazes a trail to the past, please leave the pop corn behind--there are no microwave ovens in the 19th century.

[@garrybest3534]

18th Century

[@strezztechnoid]

@@garrybest3534 Ouch, seems there will be a market for sundials and sand filled hour glasses. Probably a resurgent leather and fur business boom along with a return of seamstress and blacksmithing jobs.

[@aliceclark9120]

Im really concerned that these ppl truly believe forcing women to have children ( even in cases of rape ) where are the resources for these children ? If a woman cannot provide for a child financially the burden should fall on these idiots who foisted a kid on her . Wait i forgot ~ they dont care about the kid once its born . The damage that could be perpetrated on an innocent child by these laws is ghastly

[@RaggedyHobo]

When you said 2 phased plan. I thought you said 2 faced plan. Lol it still made sense.

[@sheelfjohnson]

I thought so too.

[@vapx0075]

Oh, well, I thought it was weird the way he so calmly said 'two faced plan'. I'm not going back to watch the 'two phased plan' version. It's bad enough already.

[@peterd9698]

It seems to me this should be an actual crime. Not only election fraud but a _conspiracy_ to commit election fraud on a massive scale. The same applies to a whole raft of voter suppression tactics they are getting away with, but in this case it looks like the paper trail demonstrates absolutely explicit INTENT. IMO, if a jury of 12 can decide any strategy was specifically about causing a miscount of what voters actually wanted to vote, that should earn essentially the same punishment as any other attempt to falsify election results. All that really matters is proving INTENT.

[@thec9424]

Therein lies the beauty of holding power. They commit no end of felonies but no one would ever prosecute, especially spineless democrats.

[@vapx0075]

Could we forward this to someone like Legal Eagle or someone else that cares and has similar powers to complain?

[@Splexx]

These are the same people that want the 10 Commandments plastered everywhere?

[@Shichard2006]

and never anything about the beatitudes.

[@WWZenaDo]

And they can't even get the correct ten commandments in place!

[@user-tv1tq4nn5e]

We were just about to put our house up for sale here in AZ.. Postponing now since my daughter and I want to be HERE to vote BLUE!!

[@matlew1960]

They've had three chances to vote down the 1874 law, they blocked it every time, now we know why.

[@fluxfaze]

After being burned out of house and home by the USFS in the Hermit’s Peak Fire I was considering buying property in Arizona. Thanks for letting me know what a big mistake it would be to do that.

[@txbre8758]

I knew it was over when my neighbor came over who’s apolitical (she’s a nurse, husband is in sales) and she’s going to vote now. We live in suburbia. She’s an unlikely independent voter. Yikes. Way to lose

[@vapx0075]

Just something tragically poetic about people who don't vote. If you don't vote, that means you don't care what either party does with things that directly impacts you, your family and your community. If you're a leftist and you don't vote, that's saying (at the point it actually counts) that you don't care if the reds get into power and reduce human rights, reduce your social security,,reduce your access to healthcare and increase the animosity between members of your community.

[@Shichard2006]

NEVER reward a Republican with your vote.

[@JR-pr8jb]

Valuable reporting. Thanks.

[@mrnobody3161]

The current GOP and Fair Play, listening to Citizens, Women, or listening to Medical professionals don't exist in the same Reality.

[@johnpaulwebb3440]

Was it legal for women to vote during the Civil War era?

[@johnpaulwebb3440]

@Gofckurself247 No, I think it's VERY STUPID the Arizona Supreme court could uphold a law from that time.

[@momof1576]

No😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@maryaurelia2713]

Also, mixed (e.g. black and white) marriages were also illegal.

[@ChristyKRobinson]

The same 1864 law code said that a TEN-YEAR-OLD girl was old enough to consent to marriage.

[@johnpaulwebb3440]

@@ChristyKRobinson Sounds like Alabama.

[@lastx2534]

I’m not from Arizona, but I’m in full support of those who are. Whatever your political leanings or beliefs, pro-life or pro-choice, I believe we can all smell the BS coming from the state legislature on this and it cannot stand. The people deserve straightforward lawmakers and representatives that will be honest and respect the will of the people, even if they are in disagreement. Not elected civil servants who play partisan games and try to cheat the tax paying people out of a voice. These people will do anything to get what they want, but won’t do anything that the people want.

[@margaretjohnson6259]

so much for the voice of the people. our governments have left us behind and do not operate in our interests. next thing to come: banning contraception. count on it.

[@CovenoftheOpenMind]

Thank G-d they are tying my tubes in October.

[@vapx0075]

@@CovenoftheOpenMind Great for you, thinking of yourself through all of this.

[@CovenoftheOpenMind]

@@vapx0075 someone has to think of me, and the government isn't going to do it. What is the point of this statement? I also think the restrictions are bad, and how do you think I plan to vote in this election? I am also happy to be almost done with child rearing because I am afraid of how others will vote. Of course I am thinking about me. I am currently in a life threatening pregnancy and my doctor's say I won't survive another one. People ought to think of themselves, genius. They ought to think of others too, but you can't take care of anyone if you don't take care of yourself.

[@michellejohnson5217]

GOP is beyond tone deaf, forcing your religious zealotry on others is very unpopular

[@WWZenaDo]

Worse yet, the Republican and MAGA hypocrites don't know a thing about the bible. In the New Testament Jesus and the bible writers emphasize again and again that Christians are not to be any part of this world, Jesus' kingdom is not of this world, etc. Yet these Republicans and white Christian Nationalists want to turn America into a "Christian" nation, in direct violation of the New Testament. The anti-abortion movement started out as a white supremacist movement, and was turned into a religious crusade by power-hungry authoritarians opposed to freedoms for minorities and women.

[@RegisterRedVoteBlue]

We can NEVER trust the Republican party!

[@sheelfjohnson]

We can trust them to lie. I don't think they're capable of honesty anymore.

[@glnnchrstphr9717]

And what did they do this Wednesday? Absolutely nothing!

[@johnsomn2148]

You pull out one item/ law whatever from before statehood, yet you ignore the rest from same era,what f...

[@lannylancaster62]

oh what a tangled web the GOP weaves....

[@tigerbunny6778]

The calculated insidiousness of this memo is disgusting! Vote blue, ladies! Vote, Vote, Vote! 💪🇺🇲🦾

[@tehanua4383]

Rigging elections as always

[@benniecleveland7092]

Trump and kari lake the two main floppers,vote blue in Arizona💙

[@saminaneen]

@benniecleveland7092, It is like YOU say ALL the time, Bennie, "TRUMP 2024"< MEGA is the greatest, and FJB, thank YOU.

[@kymbartley8104]

The GOP is WAY TOO FAR RIGHT now. They're just out of control. Vote all these fools out - starting with their presidential nominee.

[@jacquirimown3886]

Please America, look to the future not to the past.

[@user-ij6vg8xq2r]

AZ GOP Daddy to pro choice voters: Did you just Question ME?!

[@kristannestone1748]

Co.mon sense and compassion for the mother AND CHILD must include exceptions for rape and incest victims HEALTH of the mother Compassion for a fetus with severe anomalies

[@Michelle-hf6pj]

Vote Blue stay true to America 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@boxerblvd3514]

They can't do anything unless it has lying and cheating in it. Their so pathetic. 💙

[@jamessweet4427]

If only Republicans made laws that HELP people rather than HURT them! SMH

[@mitashmita5821]

Wow…. This is cold blooded! Trying to trick women into supporting abortion smh sick! Just leave us alone omg!!!!

[@jjteacher7482]

Stand strong Arizona!

[@johnpackwood3591]

A politician only needs to hide their actions from the public when they have zero intention of actually representing the will of the people.

[@ibme93]

Keep voting for the right, and Americans will continue to lose their rights.

[@Michelle-hf6pj]

We vote for our woman just like we vote for our men in our state!

[@ibme93]

@@Michelle-hf6pj You might vote for women, but you certainly vote against them having body autonomy.

[@purpleivy9174]

Vote the Republicans out. Make your voice heard by voting BLUE.

[@babybirdhome]

This is such openly anti-citizen malfeasance that whoever took the time to write it down really ought to be arrested and tried for treason.

[@theAverageJoe25]

Just a reminder that when the 1864 law was put into place Arizona wasn’t even a state yet

[@donnaloconteribot9992]

They tried that in Ohio and it failed!

[@sandraelliott6982]

women of Arizona pay attention to what Republicans are trying to do vote blue

[@dabeage]

I thought Conservatives were all about smaller Government and staying OUT of our lives....?

[@breakingbadheisenberg9703]

That was the slogan 40 years ago .

[@haven311]

Right, government small enough to fit in a woman's uterus.

[@user-mu1os7me8s]

Now they want Trump as dictator. They want to control all of us.

[@makinawake9178]

This isn't news. Republicans been gaming this strategy forever.

[@vapx0075]

Correction, it isn't 'surprising'. AZ people need to be aware of what they will be facing when they get to the polling station before they get to the station. Remember, don't be so selfish and expect everyone to know as much as you do. That kind of attitude won't help anyone.

[@makinawake9178]

​@@vapx0075it is fair to say that some people aren't understanding what is at stake. It is not the fault of my pro democracy attitude that feelings are hurt.

[@Shocker12333]

So much carpel tunnel in AZ for these dudes 😂☠️ moms basement must be getting pretty cold

[@RayBolden-hv7iz]

Vote blue vote vote vote blue in nov 💙💙🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙💙💙

[@DoubleOld7]

Whatever happened to Representatives "Representing the peoples will."

[@kiran10110]

We’re living in a dystopia.

[@matthewgraham6980]

Let the voters speak. You were elected to represent the voters and advance policies supported by your constituents, not your agendas. If you need any further proof that the GOP isn't looking out for its citizens, here is your proof.

[@williamblake8650]

Arizona voters need to do their homework on these crappy things the gop is doing here. The Democatic party will help you understand all these measures before you go vote.

[@PixieBobCo]

Well, well - that’s a sure fire way to disenfranchise the independent voters. AZ legislators are in for a rude awakening.

[@TheMahayanist]

If Arizona wants to remain a free state, better vote Democrat.

[@Imbatmn57]

1:34 they just make it harder and harder on themselves, how are they going to enforce this while still letting women give birth, they're already turning people away from hospitals who are giving birth because they don't want to get in trouble if there's a complecation that results in a miscarriage.

PETITION TO PUT ON BALLOT. PEOPLE VOTE.

[@snipelfritz]

Living in Wisconsin, I'm not surprised to see another State's legislative Republicans pulling some eff-ery like this. They share the same playbook, and play #1 is "forget the voters, win at all costs."

[@patriciaflowers701]

Arizona women (and supportive men), if you don't know, now you know, and you know what to do. Read the entire ballot and choose the 4As initiative. Thank you!

[@rwdswght4057]

Anti-abortion is anti-humanity.

[@nancyvalente3763]

The GOP in Ohio tried to do the same thing; the people prevailed but they are still trying to undo the will of the people. Now more than ever, vote blue to preserve our democracy.

[@roxannebrown3061]

Thank you for posting

[@ritar6769]

Arizona they think yall are stupid and testing it out ! Yall should feel offended