Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate

The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. Republican primary voters have now booted all the “Sister Senators” from their party out of office. (Production: Noreen Nasir)
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[@Plantlover344]

Politicians should never make medical decisions. Leave medical decisions to Physicians and patients!

[@StillLivinginthewoods]

Did you feel the same way when Joe Biden was pushing vaccine mandates?

[@JediMaster_Yoda_]

Like mask mandates? Vaccine mandates? Shelter in place orders? Or is that (D)ifferent?

[@Joelvete6]

​@@StillLivinginthewoods I did oppose that too.

[@JohnDoe-pk2hs]

​@@StillLivinginthewoods Yes, that specifically. Tell me, what were physicians saying should be done about vaccine mandates? You do know we have those, even here in Florida, for every student wishing to attend public school.

[@ErroneousMonk1]

The voters disagree with you. Take the L.

[@885Blackjack]

America is broken with ignorance

[@b.g.gladstone6541]

👏👏

[@thaphreak]

*Trumpism ... but to be fair, same same.

[@so9487]

corruption aided by ignorance.

[@AmericanFlyOnTheWall]

​@@bonnevil69You win the prize. Ignorant response. You epitomize what is wrong with America.

[@bigbubba4314]

If they had the support of all the women in their particular districts, they would not have been voted out. Perhaps they should have better represented the views of the women who had the opportunity to vote for them.

[@RB-gt8bf]

Now I really understand why my grandfather got his family out of what he said was a 'backwards thinking state" and that was back in the 1940s.

[@timdowney6721]

Yep, it’s the land of Iron Age thinking. Also called the Bible Belt.

[@MrsByrd-hl6ll]

I hope he didn't go to any coastal state. Those are erectile dysfunctional too.

[@RB-gt8bf]

@@timdowney6721 BTW my late Grandfather was a Minister and even he knew church and state needed to remain separate!

[@HappyLife693]

SC has a tendency to vacillate from moderate to bigotry. It is too bad. They have some awesome people and ideas. The bigots just keep jumping on the microphone more often. 🙃

[@deangelo8498]

I thought it was backwards when they brought slaves in against their will and took the land from the natives Americans

[@Paine137]

Nothing says freedom like forced birth.

[@Wreakmayhem]

"Forced"...doesnt quite fit here

[@ethanmcdonald4405]

How is restriction of abortion forced birth?

[@WokkaWokka79]

So what you're really saying is "How dare the government force me to be careful of the decisions I make. The tax payer should be forced to reconcile with my own stupidity" xD Don't be shy, we all know. Legs be open like 7/11.

[@jodiholcomb5211]

Nothing says freedom like birth control.....

[@maszlagma]

​@@ethanmcdonald4405 ... how is it not?!

[@richardsmith748]

This is insane. Pregnancy is a medical thing. It's not a theological or political thing.

[@JohnBookout-li2ip]

To politicians it is they will use anything to get your vote.

[@MrsByrd-hl6ll]

You're talking to erectile dysfunctional wall. It doesn't hear you.

[@richardsmith748]

@JohnBookout-li2ip Why does this truth scare me......

[@Durufle68]

But they have made it all about religion and politics

[@robertmasengale9366]

​@richardsmith748 what should scare you more is that right Republicans have a plan to gain total and permanent power.

[@solarpixiejournals]

Leopards Eating People's Faces Party refers to a parody of regretful voters who vote for cruel and unjust policies (and politicians) and are then surprised when their own lives become worse as a result.

[@davidgray8089]

They're fine with it because they always find someone else to blame for their misery.

[@sierravista9013]

Men should only lead parades

[@regigill7186]

Well I believe you just described the Maga voters to a tee.

[@gateauxq4604]

But then who would feed the face-eating leopards?!?!??

[@nedruss7040]

@@regigill7186 Really, anyone who votes the Democrat-Republican ticket. Whether it's Biden-Trump, Trump-Clinton, Obama-Romney, the list goes on. So does the beat. There is no "protected" list. Even if there were, your name wouldn't be on it.

[@justsayen2024]

My wife went to the hospital for a tubal pregnancy and if she didn't get quick medical care she would have died. And in South Carolina that's exactly what would have happened because of ignorant men.

[@cococonlin170]

In the right-wing mind, she is defective and is expendable. Only the strong survive and the strongest thrive.

[@ptonpc]

Sadly not just men. Plenty of ignorant hate filled women support it too.

[@glennhassig6668]

Welcome to the Christian Taliban ✝️

[@janjr165]

AND women.

[@zirihmed2856]

​@@glennhassig6668crusades it's more accurate 😂

[@dolorescarballo6092]

These men are trying to shut down women completely. We are regressing so badly. All you women out their wake up please.

[@ptonpc]

Not just men. Plenty of women support these backward policies.

[@dbs555]

The 19th Amendment is the next target for those working to put women back in the kitchen. Removing their current right to vote takes away any power women hold.

[@catherineleslie-faye4302]

I'm awake and in Portland Oregon. I vote Democrat. Take care of your own state please...

[@davidlewis3072]

and exactly what do men know about women's health??

[@BlackberryTitties]

@@ptonpcExactly!!! I blame women mostly! They are a Lost Cause! 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@Fred-vy1hm]

Not sure what century South Carolina thinks it's in but it certainly isn't this one.

[@HooDatDonDar]

Prob the 22nd century, when this will all be looked at as slavery is now

[@55tallanh]

Unfortunately it is in this one, because MAGA.

[@Revkor]

@@55tallanh because we want to make the country better? YOU ARE THE ONE THAT NEEDS A REALITY CHECK

[@marctoonz813]

@@Revkor MAGA does not want to "make the country better". How is overthrowing the government and trying to implement a dictatorship making the country better. Or do you just mean make the country better for a certain demographic of people?

[@atsylor5549]

@@Revkormaking sure women can’t get an abortion if their life depends on it is better. You’re insane

[@kenhunt5153]

The level of childhood poverty in SC is shocking. Many rural areas look like a Third World country.

[@jaynecobb6711]

And the citizens of North Carolina get what they vote for. Poverty, ignorance and squalor.

[@kalburgy2114]

Have you seen the shocking poverty in Democratically run cities?

[@kenhunt5153]

@@kalburgy2114 Deflection and distraction. The piece deals with SC.

[@susandecker6351]

Yup and it gives a great argument to the pro choice group. They refuse to do anything to help the living. It's not about abortion anymore (if it ever was). It's about power

[@susandecker6351]

​@@kalburgy2114hey KAL.. Statistics show that poverty is actually higher in Republican states. Cities who cares. It's a state problem. Meanwhile the economy does better under democratic presidents. At least since WWII. But be my guest at looking up facts before you try an insult.

[@herculespayton2460]

Democracy vs cults

[@youwatch2muchtv]

@@BlowmoldGuy123the US is a democracy. YOUR ignorance is showing.

[@herculespayton2460]

@@BlowmoldGuy123 how do you define democracy?

[@aztec0112]

@@herculespayton2460 Democracy is "mob rule". The US is a democratic REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC! Try again Jerkules

[@cadennorris960]

@@BlowmoldGuy123A constitutional republic is a form of democracy.

[@BlowmoldGuy123]

@@cadennorris960 it is a completely different form of government.

[@gailascari]

What a dark day punishing women for standing up for the rights of women.

[@Sinclairsquad4]

They thought they were protected by their party and we ALL know that's not true!!!!

[@newo8343]

​@@la_sn3ak3r19loser b8

[@lkjacob1]

Yeah, "I never thought the leopard would eat my face". Any who believes that the GOP will protect them is nuts!

[@ads06.1]

@@lkjacob1 Note, the voters voted them out.

[@BertPiotrowski]

MC5 is lousy

[@lydias2012]

No they knew, Maga attacks and expells any who stand up to them. Ask Liz Cheney.

[@debramiller8950]

I think government should start making decisions about men’s health too.

[@MrGerdbrecht]

Isnt smoking already forbidden in most eyes and places? Isnt corn sirup and fast food subsidised? There are already many decisions made that affect men.

[@gregogrady8027]

They literally do every day.

[@clarissamiles]

IKR! But they don't because of hypocrisy and sexism😡

[@GamingWithNikolas]

​@@gregogrady8027name one

[@GamingWithNikolas]

​@@MrGerdbrechtEverything you listed effects everyone, not just men. Belive it or not women smoke and eat food as well.

[@muldrewdennis2837]

Vote Dark Age Christians out of government.

[@peterrichards931]

Vote regressive Democrats in instead...? The kind that send senile Joe Biden into the White House...

[@demetricorcovelos1114]

​@@BlowmoldGuy123your inability to comprehend reality is sad

[@anthonymatthews3698]

@@BlowmoldGuy123I feel sorry for you.

[@BlowmoldGuy123]

@@demetricorcovelos1114 😂😂😂😂 stupidest comment of the day.

[@r.paulcooper5195]

@@BlowmoldGuy123 no, you take that prize

[@mattwho81]

The answer is simple: vote for someone who will support your values.

[@johnmiller3494]

True, but the propaganda imposed on our young people via the news and education k-Phd has reshaped the values.

[@valerieredhead7858]

Vote Blue straight through on your ticket. No more messing around. This is so serious

[@renastone9355]

@@valerieredhead7858 Correct. This is a 5 alarm fire and there is NO excuse for voting for a Republican. Period.

[@alycereed7598]

And exactly what values does SC republicans voters has? Doesn't seem like very much to me..They voted out three republican woman because they stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state. Aren't women entitled to governing they're own bodies? I can't imagine a lot of women being upset with these congress women decision.( Sounds like a bunch of old and middle age men voted them out)

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

They did. Which is why they are no longer there. The voters of South Carolina chose to eliminate those who supported women's medical rights. Tragically, some of those voters were also women. You can't fix that.

[@cultmember1291]

"I didn't care that my party was crazy until it went crazy on me".

[@harshitgarg419]

crazy? so the majority will of the party???

[@AZOffRoadster]

@@harshitgarg419 Seems the majority of the party has gone crazy.

[@tlc1987]

Everyone should care whether or not their party is crazy! Why didn't you?

[@fredrickmansav6852]

@@AZOffRoadster democrats did

[@OldskolFan]

It’s a dangerous cult where they will eat their own if they don’t fall in line or kiss the ring of orange Jim Jones!

[@jrll4life]

South Carolina is trying so hard to be North Florida or East Texas

[@dnasoff]

North Florida is BLUE!

[@srikothur2845]

You mean Northwest Florida.

[@HappyLife693]

@@dnasoff it was blue in the Jacksonville mayor's election. But, North Florida is known as the "Redneck Riviera", "South Alabama" or "South Georgia" of Florida, for probably 100 years. Keep voting blue, we Floridians could use the upgrade. DeSantis gerrymandered our district over here in Pinellas county. We went from blue to purple.

[@5nowChain5]

Or AFGHANISTAN or IRAN. Both extremist Religious States.

[@pollymcdonald7368]

@@5nowChain5not really, hon.

[@cindybryden6607]

I do not want to live in the world were "Father Knows Best" When a group of men get together they do what is best for them with no consideration for children or women.

[@yakzivz1104]

well until us women band together and build our own matriarchal communities- our rights will be constantly threatened by ignorant males.

[@nhernandez925]

While I don’t agree with abortion, I understand the need for it. At the end of the day someone’s abortion has zero impact on me. It only affects the mother and father. But ultimately it is the mother’s choice. Banning abortion won’t stop abortions, it will only stop safe abortions.

[@CatCaretakerID]

Abortion is a medical procedure. What you don't agree with is the moral argument defending abortion rights; because of beliefs you hold based on religious tenets I suppose, rather than real life decisions each woman has to make. that is why religious beliefs has no place in deciding on this particular medical procedure.

[@OhioBucs]

You are absolutely correct. Banning abortions will not stop abortions. All it will do is force women to have to return to using coat hangers and back-street abortion providers like they had to do back in the pre-Roe days. I lived through those times and remember the horrendous outcomes of many of those procedures. Outlawing abortions did not stop them then and it won't stop them now. I don't want to see America go back to that. We must not go back to that. WE WON'T GO BACK!!!

[@nutmegz9534]

​​@CatCaretakerID I'm not sure this is the person you need to make those argument to.

[@rodicow3491]

"Oh no, the leopards ate my face, who could have seen it coming?!?"

[@gregoberski5897]

Hahaha came here to post this!

[@Blulava]

Exactly! I have no pitty for her. This is exactly the party she worked for.

[@LemanoftheRussIV]

Yeah you endorsed this in the first place. You endorsed trump and maga lunacy. Don't care for them in the slightest.

[@theangryscotsman5174]

​@Blulava So 3 Republican women actually do the right thing, for women. Yet that is your reaction. Sound like s RepubliKKKan would to be honest. Shameful comments.

[@dermotlynch2223]

They seem not to realise that they fed the leopard, they nurtured it, they supported it, they paid for it's 'face-eating masterclasses' - how can they be surprised?

[@Dontneedahandle0]

Let’s remember to keep this same energy, when the representatives are caught taking their mistresses across state lines to get rid of those precious babies. It’ll happen, it always does. Make sure all of you in the comments saying this is a win, you better not act like hypocrites. Js.

[@blenderbanana]

It's not about the babies. It's about reducing white women to incubators for pyramid schemes. Hobbling their ability to survive without the first man who knocks her up. And removing any leverage in professional negotiations.

[@btcrazee1]

Oh, that will be covered up, and you will never know.

[@saywhat3522]

👏👏👏

[@Silencedogood1777]

You mean like when Nancy got her hair done during the Covid lockdown? Or Gavin taking his buddies out to dinner. Yeah only democrats.

[@mimim8532]

Wow. Ok.

[@joellemaster998]

tax the churches!

[@johnsanders6695]

👍👍👍 ABSOLUTELY!

[@ricj101]

Tax those money making machines already

[@ernestsosa7153]

They need money for the Vatican?

[@ANO-.-NYM]

@@ernestsosa7153 Nah most people in SC are Protestants, so they just keep the tax money for their megachurches and private jets.

[@RC-mi2bp]

Synagogues and mosques, too

[@dre3k78]

Lived in SC most of my 46 years. Its a backwards run, poor red state. If you don't live in the upstate, Columbia or on the coast chances are you are living in poverty. Its an "old boys club" and obviously these women aren't welcome.

[@annebowen8336]

Politicians need to keep their church out of our healthcare.

[@sealyoness]

Those who do should be replaced; the ones in power often twist their scripture so it fits their viewpoint.

[@Cuddly-Cactus]

@annebowen8336 And keep their rosaries off our ovaries!

[@CoolTaxiDriver]

Separation of Church and State is only to protect the Church.

[@mudvaynefan2182]

@@sealyoness They don't need to be in power to do that, I'd argue they were taught a twisted version of scripture to begin with.

[@tedc4982]

Keep your abortion (mrdr) tab out of our pockets.

[@DeveloperChris]

Not the story I was expecting. So great that republicans are able to stand up against there own party. So sad that they got booted by a despotic state.

[@dc4457]

You seem to misunderstand. They WERE the despotic state, and they got removed from office by their constituents for refusing to do what the voters asked for.

[@nedruss7040]

They got booted by their dissatisfied voters. It's called democracy.

[@nunyadamnbizness9600]

That's because you can't use logic with lunatics

[@otisbigsby]

This is how democracy works.

[@HooDatDonDar]

Despotic to vote someone out because they don’t represent you properly?

[@eMARie905]

Just goes to show you--nothing is impossible!! "We The People" need to be marching up to the Supreme Court, putting pressure on our elected officials to change how justices are chosen, qualifications to serve, how long they can serve (not for life), not be able to police themselves, etcl, etc., etc..!!!!

[@watchit6298]

I’m an older womyn now but in the 60, 70, 80 ,90 , 2000 , we marched peacefully and protested in streets in D,C now younger generation don’t .

[@jdmac1475]

We can’t until we get the house back because the republicans have control and will block any legislation that trump doesn’t want. It’s very sad that a man not even in office is still giving orders to republicans and they keep saying yes sir whatever you want.

[@kitsunephantom6155]

@@watchit6298 "Womyn"? You mean woman?

[@codyharney2997]

​@@kitsunephantom6155 yes you dolt, she literally was expressing her old age, and she had a simple typo.

[@bobbun9630]

"need to be marching up to the Supreme Court, putting pressure on our elected officials" In South Carolina, it may. I don't live there and don't know. But SCOTUS contains no elected officials.

[@deborahbruce4896]

NO MAN ON THIS EARTH HAS THE RIGHT TO TELL ANY WOMAN WHAT TO DO WITH HER BODY!!!! HE CAN TELL HIS WIFE & DAUGHTER IF THEY CHOOSE TO LISTEN THAT’S ON THEM!!!

[@mja91352]

So women are exempt from all laws made by men? After all, a woman's "Body" commits many crimes. See what happens when you spout brainless. slogans?

[@yannako]

These three women were strong and brave to stand against their party.

[@joshbennett376]

So you eat babies?

[@yannako]

@@joshbennett376 This comment is what I call mental illness

[@susanstone6150]

@@joshbennett376 You're just showing your typically neanderthal male ignorance.

[@susanstone6150]

Better said, you just weren't raised right!

[@HooDatDonDar]

Would you say that if they got thrown out of the Dems for being anti-abortion? Same thing.

[@sadjaxx]

The stupidity is strong in South Carolina. Sadly, through the entire South.

[@ImThat9irl7]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@NOBS4theUSA]

Sadly, throughout the entire nation!!! NEVER TRUMP/MAGA/RUSSIA!!!

[@bjmcmahon722]

Don't stop with the South...

[@southendbos]

Half the country reads at a sixth-grade level or below. It's by design. Uneducated people are easy to manipulate and they make for cheap labor.

[@ethanr2202]

There's a lot of blacks and Latinos in the South are you talking about them or just the white people?

[@DennyDupuis]

The GOP has lost its last remaining marble! Praise Be!

[@BlowmoldGuy123]

@@DennyDupuis we will see in November, little petunia.

[@TheBigguy541]

May the lord open

[@patton3338]

@@BlowmoldGuy123 What happens in November when Trump loses, and you've wasted 8 years of your life for no reason? Will you be man enough to admit you were wrong, or will you lash out and deny deny deny like a typical coward saving face? I'm betting on the latter. You've got 4 months of delusion left. 😘

[@Find-Your-Bliss-]

Under His Eye

[@DennyDupuis]

@@BlowmoldGuy123 we don’t need to wait until November to know the GOP has lost its last marble….but nice effort, Sunshine.

[@katherineweber8955]

So ridiculous. The cruelty toward women is disgusting. I'm glad I don't live in such a backward state.

[@happyappy19931]

What about the cruelty to the babies? Did that one just fly right past you?

[@katherineweber8955]

@happyappy19931 OBVIOUSLY the cruelty to women flew past you. Get help for dealing with your negative understanding of women.

[@happyappy19931]

@@katherineweber8955 I am a woman, and I know of which I speak.

[@katherineweber8955]

@@happyappy19931 No. You don't. I remember pre-Roe. A father we knew with 3 little girls who watched his wife die of septicemia because abortions were illegal in Oklahoma, and by the time the heartbeat stopped, it was too late for her. A friend who was forced to carry her baby without lungs to term only to watch him die. You live in a fantasy land where the horrors before we had choice have been forgotten. Work on your issues of not trusting women because anti-choice is ki11ing us or rendering women infertile.

[@happyappy19931]

@@katherineweber8955 Oh please. That is a fringe event, and you know it. Such dark souls.

[@gwenmystica2924]

Come November, put more women in that very Senate. That is how you protest!

[@lindadelorme5117]

It was the voters that took them out...in protest. Maybe don't call yourself conservative if you are into baby slaughter.

[@veksone77]

The voters are the ones that voted them out!

[@chelabuford7106]

It's what type of women - not just women unless we end up with those who support this type of move against women's health care and individual rights to determine their health care with their doctor and family support.

[@lindadelorme5117]

@@chelabuford7106 That's nice and all...but abortion is not a health issue any more. Most abortions that are performed are not about health..they are about convenience, selfishness and disdain for human life.

[@chelabuford7106]

@@lindadelorme5117 You are entitled to your opinion, your own decisions but not to others decisions or the right to choose what others may decide. Many of these are actual medical procedures that effect the life of the Mother or her health etc. I choose to mind my business and choose to allow others to do the same. Disdain for human life and selfishness are accurately portrayed by those who on one hand rail against Women's reproductive health and rights and then fight tooth and nail not to fund things like increases to tax the wealthy, that might actually help support Mothers and children who are impoverished or struggling; women who may really want to keep their children. Those who rail against SNAP, Medicare expansion and then cut the budget for MUCH needed assistance for extremely expensive childcare, affordable housing and propose big cuts to education and refuse to support providing a living wage to name a few. These are ALL substantiated FACTS. There are also those who would like to keep their children but can't afford to. That is a very real thing. So are those who can make sure a broken foster care system is fully funded and reformed. Help people, stop judging people.

[@PushSteady]

There is not a single law that gives government control over the male body....

[@garygowan4134]

The draft

[@MrJusticeM]

No, they are trying to get rid of condoms too. Plus the pill for men, no more V ever again.

[@0g0dn0]

The fourteenth amendment that abolishes slavery has conditions that include a loophole for people in prison. So prisoners fall under that too, technically.

[@marcmuwanga68]

You have no clue. Be quiet

[@findlesplurb]

@@garygowan4134 We haven't had a draft for like 50 years, dork.

[@don5062]

Every SC voter that disagrees with this should vote "D" in November. How exactly has South Carolina benefitted from Republican rule over the past 35 years?

[@CatCaretakerID]

People are mistakenly under the belief that republican rule has kept their taxes lower and the lies of the trickle-down theory.

[@useyourbrain1539]

Democrats led it to succession. So there's that.

[@MyDeb1967]

Only idiots vote for dumocrats

[@addymant]

​@@useyourbrain1539It's secession. And that was well before Nixon's Southern strategy caused a political realignment. Conservatives were the ones supporting secession to protect slavery.

[@tygressblade]

@@useyourbrain1539And Republicans will keep it poverty.

[@robinsimmons4129]

Shame on you S. Carolina voters!!

[@ginabeena6757]

Sadly it's so gerrymandered that Democrats don't get much of a vote.

[@larryc1616]

Deplorables

[@varoonnone7159]

One in four is black Why not talk about the elephant in the room?

[@markt4297]

Why are state legislators Afraid to put abortion on the ballot. It should be left up to the voters in each state!!

[@vincesmith2499]

It doesn't have to be.

[@Missy-Missy1111]

I agree.

[@BillPalmer]

Because they’ll lose as has been proven over and over

[@RedRocksMusic73]

Because our elected officials don't want to represent us, they want to rule us.

[@kenyonbissett3512]

Because they know they would lose the ballot like every other state that puts abortion on the ballot.

[@randyping6036]

They never thought that the leopards would eat their face.

[@seanwhitehall4652]

100%

[@KimDuty-i8e]

Reversal of Roe v Wade was a slap in the face to all woman

[@humbleevidenceaccepter7712]

And to men who have wives, daughters, sisters, granddaughters, etc.

[@dpcwing729]

All the more reason for women voters not support a Trump & Republican agenda in November 2024. Same argument for male voters. A Republican government & their policies negatively affects your female kin.

[@pythonxz]

It also was a sign that other rights will be taken away. It's strange to me that a crowd who complains about too much government, is doing far more to make sure government is involved in your life than Democrats.

[@filipdahlberg4420]

@@pythonxzgovernment for me but not for thee

[@guyverGODZILLAheiseiERA]

@@humbleevidenceaccepter7712 just to men who CARE ABOUT WOMEN including their mothers and aunts ....

[@anjelitamalik9763]

It's as if none of the voters are women

[@bismarck2537]

I never knew there was a “vote”. They never advertised anything. This “vote” was intentionally hidden.

[@BRUtahn]

Not none, just a minority is all that matters. There is a distinct gender trend in party identification now, so if more women are voting in the Democratic primary, that makes men the majority in the Republican one. Unfortunately there aren't enough men who care about women in the Republican party to make up the difference.

[@anjelitamalik9763]

@@BRUtahn I see. Thanks for the info.

[@SwivelHippie]

Religion has no place in politics in a free country

[@sandal_thong8631]

Abortion isn't in the Bible. And a Christian radio host said his listeners didn't vote for Trump, a non-Christian, because of their faith, but because they saw him as most likely to go after the people they hate.

[@searchingfortruth619]

This is false. Morality always has a place, and that is strongly influenced by religion, whether you like it or not. In a democracy where 99% of people are Hindu, would it be "wrong" for them to ban all sales of beef? It doesn't align with how democracy has been implemented in the US, but does it make the country "unfree"? In California you can get a $1000 fine for smoking in public, does that make California "unfree"?

[@laoch5658]

abortion has nothing to do with religion..btw every president is sworn in and puts hand on the bible

[@SwivelHippie]

@@searchingfortruth619 sell crazy somewhere else, we're all stocked up here. Zealot.

[@romualdkoudou7487]

😂😂😂you said free country but you pay for everything 😂😂. Check the definition of Free tho😂😂

[@sharebear7235]

Ignorant voters who vote against themselves 😢

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

Careful. That's exactly what happened, when men gave women the right to vote. Men literally gave up half of their own political power to share it with women.

[@CD-il5xh]

100% agree with you

[@CraftyGrandmaDem]

That's true of most Republican voters. Republican politicians don't work for the American people they work for their rich donors (and themselves).

[@bismarck2537]

The epitome of the GOP constituency.

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

@@bismarck2537 Have you seen South Carolina's new law? It's fairly reasonable by the *claimed* Dem. reasons... and more than reasonable by the Rep. standard. It's not everything the Dems want, but it does include allowances for the 2 things that Dems always *claim* as their justification.

[@keithshaversjr2634]

To the three female Senators who lost their seats, you have my admiration. Keep fighting!!!

[@gregogrady8027]

They literally betrayed their own constituents.

[@CLark-j2c]

​@@gregogrady8027As they should have considering the circumstances!

[@gregogrady8027]

@@CLark-j2c What do you mean?

[@GamingWithNikolas]

​@@gregogrady8027 The people want them to betray the constitution buy making a law bassed on religion, and then use that to justify taking people rights away. They should stand up to those people.

[@mrpj1390]

​@gregogrady8027 Really? I'm not from SC, so what exactly did these ladies do that was against their constituents?

[@briankeyes268]

Abortion is a proper medical procedure. Women know this.

[@frankdunne-gp6oy]

I've heard of South Carolina, they think the Amish are communists.

[@csm6701]

I live here, and my fellow Carolinians have no idea what a communist is. They think anyone who doesn't love trump is one. They are always voting against their own self interests, and for freaks like the closeted Lindsey Graham.

[@nikoriot7637]

I'm from South Carolina and I'm an Amish Communist.

[@FistandFootMartialArts]

This is a "NOT helpful" comment.

[@codestuff6231]

The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when the South Carolina militia attacked Fort Sumter.

[@nevermorefrompast-qx5wb]

@@nikoriot7637 :)

[@reneefulcher2045]

Guess we should expect a total abortion ban in SC soon.

[@liamwilson7549]

It goes even deeper than you know. There’s a massive plan to enforce Christianity in all schools nationwide teaching anti-abortion morality. All of you commenting that I support the crazy woke people, are you yourselves crazy. I do not support them, and I certainly don’t support your anti-freedom bs. The world is a harsh place, and abortion is a necessity for women. It’s time for you all to grow up.

[@andrewbailey7045]

​@@liamwilson7549If only that were so.

[@RedRocksMusic73]

Learn about Project 2025 and vote for the party that is against it! Hint: 💙

[@adriannespring8598]

And skyrocketing death.

[@GaryGoldbaugh]

Works for me

[@michaelcross934]

These women should become Democrat politicians.

[@cathyhess8837]

They already are

[@arepadetrigo]

They are.

[@BenGates101]

They really are

[@davidjackson2690]

They already were.

[@1MarkKeller]

F no.

[@davidvoelkel8392]

Women in SC need to rally for all women and girls. Get educated, get mad, vote for change.

[@Bill98533]

Politicians only make PURCHASED decisions. Lobby groups are a major fundraiser, and tell the candidates what to think to serve THEIR ultimate goal - generally profit based. Politicians are absolutely useless.

[@chodeshadar18]

Mmmm that's not fair sir. Don't you think they at least voted their conscience at least this time? Even if they go against their party, doesn't that prove their integrity? Not saying I agree with them, but I can respect 'em!

[@CRockTrue]

I agree with both posts. Just because a few go against the party line does not mean they are paid off. On the other hand most politicians are in it for the money and power.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

Putin would be proud of you! Grow up little man. These women have proven you wrong.

[@clairen4584]

@Bill 98533 .. You're right on target!! 🎯 .. .. 👐{💰👀💩}

[@gammaraygem]

Compared to regular jobs, in CEO and political functions, psychopaths are present 4 times more. Most psychopaths look very "normal". It is why they are called psychopaths.

[@honeste6652]

So basically, listen to your constituents, not your doctors. That's such backwards logic it's absurd.

[@Shineon83]

….A “doctor’s” advice/opinion has no bearing on 99.3% of abortions-NO doctor is “advising” a woman to have an abortion (unless it’s that very rare, less than 1%)

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

Doctors need to be kept in check. Most of them should be called lawyers as they are more concerned about covering theirazz. How many of them read any research beyond press releases and practice instructions from their group?

[@thepope9023]

What? Government officials always answer to the constituents. And should never answer to anyone else.

[@honeste6652]

@@MilwaukeeF40C You're reaching very hard for some background to fit your narrative. Doctors are no more lawyers than lawyers are doctors. If you think your doctors have been more like lawyers than doctors, you've been going to the wrong people and yes, there are bad lawyers and bad doctors.

[@ClintonDawkins]

@@MilwaukeeF40C OK, nutcase.

[@pvt.2426]

Aren't all of these politicians, regardless of party affiliation, suppose to represent their voters? But, after they get in office, they abandon them and do what they want instead.

[@marlenefannon]

These women were representing their voters. They did their jobs. They protected their voters. Now they are being penalized for doing their jobs.

[@ImpetuouslyInsane]

@@marlenefannon The people wanted the ban. That's why they were voted out - They didn't do that.

[@shanecabbage2187]

The people, the citizens, their constituents voted them out. The people spoke. The majority voted them out because the politicians were not representing the citizen's desire.

[@jiveturkey365]

​@@marlenefannon they only represent themselves

[@shanecabbage2187]

​@@marlenefannonThey were not representing their voters. That is why they were voted out. We are paying attention to how our representatives are voting on issues, not simply voting for a party. We want representatives who vote on issues the way we want them to. They need to stop ignoring us. We are on heightened alert.

[@mariag.8242]

There’s a lot of money behind the anti-choice, women should suffer movement. The men who replaced these Senators had a lot of expensive help.

[@asynchronicity]

Let's go backwards, America!

[@zaidarivas7152]

They learned what republicans stand for, the hard way.

[@brianfrost7376]

Yeah they stand for nothing they fall for igernence…nance.. they’s eggnarnt

[@MexicanRhino-e5z]

Now people will learn what misery is like for having voting all democrats....no going back

[@dustbat]

Yeah, they think babies should be allowed to be born. What jerks!🦇

[@DonatelloLabouche]

Yup! 😂🎉

[@ksemery]

Yup, Ignorance.

[@gojewla]

“Republican women” - one of the most confusing things I have ever heard. Women shouldn’t ever vote Republican if they have any self respect/self preservation, and if the Republican Party truly got its way, women would lose their right to vote.

[@varoonnone7159]

One in four voters in South Carolina is black How do they vote ?

[@joannamonique707]

💯💯

[@gregraj]

Vote ALL Republican legislators out this November. 👍🏻

[@retn1122]

You can’t “kick out” or fire elected officials. Voted out, recalled or impeached sure

[@mattyghost3409]

Who cares I don't...My gf is Thailand and won't come here ever...After the bull run in crypto I'm gone...No inflation or high interest problems 😊😊😊.. Voting Trump for those tax cuts and crypto currency 💲💲💲 adoption

[@AMILLER0216]

​@@mattyghost3409Trump will literally end democracy. He's not going to help you. He never dis in the first place.

[@ralphjackson8295]

@@mattyghost3409 if that's true, you are setting yourself up for failure my friend.

[@idontplaygames2215]

Biden just got full immunity today he can change all that. King Biden could fire the whole supreme court with full immunity power..😂

[@michaelmartin5869]

@idontplaygames you obviously don't know how that works.

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

I will never forgive my mother for kidnapping me, and taking me from Southern California to texas. The American South is WORTHLESS. This region of the world is evil.

[@nedruss7040]

So, I take it you've relocated back to California. Of course, the millions of people fleeing California & New York for Texas & Florida disagree. Nothing like voting with your feet.

[@pippycat9915]

Kidnapping is a strong word considering your mother brought you into this world and you couldn't survive on your own. Be thankful you have a mother because it sounds like your father is Mia 😂

[@plum_loco]

@@pippycat9915 father must be a REPUBLICAN

[@susanstone6150]

@@nedruss7040 Yeah, that's something like jumping from the frying pan into the fire, isn't it?

[@HooDatDonDar]

The voice of the bigot is heard in the land.

[@kenpeters9807]

Voted out; not kicked out!

[@SEATTLEPOSEIDON32]

Something

[@Zer0FuXGiv3n]

Exactly.

[@kittyfeline6857]

Yeah 🤪buddy yall only want the radical loons going for an American Taliban!

[@70srocknroll]

You keep thinking that 😂

[@wahstomper]

By the gop

[@williamtell5365]

And this is reason number 49 that I don't live in South Carolina.

[@ErthaRizas]

The church should not interfere with the State or Government. None of you church legislators follow Gods word anyway.

[@CatCaretakerID]

You're correct. Very hypocritical group in my experience.

[@ChaosUnfold]

They were actually surprised that their own party did them in. 🙄

[@DoudD]

They failed the purity test.

[@KellyMurdock-nh7pu]

The Republicans or the State ?

[@davidmuttillo2806]

They failed the IQ test. If you oppose the majority of voters in your district you get fired for not doing what they sent you to do. Just like at any other job.

[@jamescuratalo2609]

No … all three are Pure Evil and very bitter.

[@DoudD]

@@jamescuratalo2609 Pure evil? Ha! That expression is tossed around so much it has become utterly meaningless. Nowadays it simply means "Someone I disagree with".

[@daltonadams4672]

​@@jamescuratalo2609Please elucidate!

[@vernongillam9522]

Women's Choice The Supreme Court Took that Away freedom except for Guns

[@gregogrady8027]

Guns are a constitutional right found directly in the 2nd amendment. There is no constitutional right for an abortion and actually a direct contradiction to it arguably in the right to life and everyone on both the right and the left has for decades agreed that Roe vs Wade should be overturned they just disagreed on how.

[@TheDeftones821]

The Supreme Court is reversing years of the Federal government overstepping it's rights. Is that too hard to understand

[@melvinjamerson1920]

Wow,🫢 America WE have to get the Votes Out 🇺🇲💙🇺🇲

[@phampton16]

Agree 💯🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@javan6982]

SC is a nightmare.

[@mariachinn7136]

voters have spoken

[@kenyafromcali]

Yup‼️🙃🙃

[@williamhenderson1521]

how can they speak with Trump's New York City boots in their mouth?

[@AZOffRoadster]

Primary voters. We'll see what happens in the General.

[@stevesecret2515]

Maybe someone stole the election

[@karelglasner2673]

​@@williamhenderson1521the boots of Alvin Bragg, Latissa Ratchet James and their NY co-conspirators like judge Engron 🤣

[@Morningdovecamp]

The reporting did not really explain what is going on?

[@zren2023]

They were voted out because they sided with Dems to stop a total abortion ban. In other words, they were not MAGA enough

[@susansantana4454]

What? The Republicans from south Carolina are stripping 3 female Republicans from the senate because they stood up for abortion rights! 😮

[@maargenbx1454]

It was pretty clear. The female Republican Senators were not re-elected. The report implies this is because these Senators supported abortion rights.

[@georgesebastian6306]

They supported abortion rights that their constituents do not!

[@catwhisperer9489]

In the Description, it says that the only three female Republican senators stopped a total abortion ban, last year---so, I guess their constituency didn't like that, and let them know.

[@SRambo-hx8sl]

I know that Doctor's and their patients are responsible for their decisions to have or not to have a baby. Not the Government, Senators or any non Health Care Provider can make a decision on anyone's Well Being.

[@PatsyLill]

But they can. That's the point.

[@dawnrosendall1726]

Proud that these women stood for what was right for women in SC even though it was at the expense of their positions! And you know others agreed with them but didn’t have the courage to do the same.

[@crashman2062]

What is wrong with the female voters in South Carolina?

[@PatsyLill]

There aren't enough of us.

[@skyleranthonijsz3305]

White women count for around 162,000 more than white male voters, as well as there are 158,000 more black women voters than men. It’s in an article by the South Carolina Public Radio. Dated January 31st, 2024. Not saying this situation is right or wrong, just research a little bit. So women voters of South Carolina did vote for this.

[@TakenTook]

How did only 2 Democrats join them in trying to stop the ban? What is wrong with South Carolina?

[@yvonnephillips3888]

Flooded with people from up North moving to the South. Their state has been ruined & they want to do the same here.

[@matt-fitzpatrick]

Filibusters are supposed to be a small number of members. Too many in the filibuster could cause the filibuster to fall apart if the speeches aren't perfectly coordinated. Besides, all the Democrats were united voting against the ban. When a different six-week ban came up after the filibuster, it passed with zero Democratic votes. And zero women votes.

[@GovilGirl]

There might not have been more Democrats.

[@WJV9]

@@GovilGirl - Truth, that's the problem with a lot of states that are so 'one-sided' you only get one side of the story, kind of like listening to Fox News, Newsmax, etc.

[@eriks8382]

A South Carolina democrat is stilll firmly republican most everywhere else

[@michaellee888]

Voting has consequences. Vote 🗳️ Blue up and down the ballot and across the country. Apparently the RePUTINican Party are curating only extreme conservatives and trumpism.

[@HomeFromFarAway]

not enough people are talking about the Russian involvement and the new apostolic cult stuff

[@jsquared1013]

​@@HomeFromFarAway Russian collusion is a hoax and was proven to be so years ago. Mueller report itself and the outing of the people behind the Steele dossier plus its inaccuracies (Steele lost a defamation case in the UK)

[@unpapillon2816]

🌷🌷🌷Thank you to all those women 🌷🌷🌷

[@valeriehenderson4040]

Everyone was warned what was coming if you didn't stop the Trump train.

[@e.1766]

Voters Didn't do this.......their Party Did This. Vote Blue. Ladies, you are Welcome to come over to the Dem side👍🏼💙

[@davidwarren9204]

How dare Republican women stand for what's right! Did they REALLY think it was ever going to be any different?

[@BMGrilla60]

South Carolina will get what South Carolina deserves. Only voters can change that…unless they really want the Handmaidens tail.

[@norja4]

These women are the only Republicans I would ever vote for. Way to go, Sister Senators!!!

[@gerardparker4220]

Only 2 women out of 46 senate seats..

[@Pahrump]

That should tell you that the women are too radical. Not all women just the ones that got voted out.

[@cinnamonstar808]

It’s a reminder how fragile the rights are in this country 🇺🇸. Her reading and writing or that vote she cast is not a birthright. Abortion was overthrown because “ privacy rights “ are not protected in the US Constitution Privacy was given as a courtesy by elected officials through out time but not the constitutional process. Slavery is not banned either. If incarcerated it’s legal. ❤happy 4th of July 🇺🇸 🎊 🎉

[@AGW99-df3yg]

@@cinnamonstar808 the idea that people should be able to affect a government's policies just because they were born within a certain range of coordinates was always odd to me

[@singingtruth9367]

right on! VOTE JOin the Democrats and reform the GOP back to law binding Senators

[@fredrickmansav6852]

women should do better

[@mattharrell6880]

They did what they wanted, not what their constituents will. So they voted them out.

[@roxyshow123]

They voted to protect women.

[@Henrik46]

​@@roxyshow123No, they voted to protect homicidal women. Killing an innocent human being is homocide.

[@zammmerjammer]

Not exactly. This is a REPRESENTATIVE democracy. That means elected officials are authorized to REPRESENT the best interests of their constituents according to their best judgment.

[@mattharrell6880]

@@zammmerjammer America is a Constitutional REPUBLIC there Einstein. "to the Republic, for which it stands" should have been you're first clue.

[@jcdg6288]

America is a sad sad sad place.

[@desynchonosisdragon9108]

The cult in full effect

[@SirHeinzbond]

well i guess some really want handmaid's tale become a dokumentation, not a fiction...

[@gregogrady8027]

Yeah, your fetish fantasy is very compelling please excuse the rest of us while we try to actually solve problems in the real world.

[@marilynm8812]

South Carolina doesn't realize what they lost.

[@angelatommasohellman454]

Woman protect their children

[@augustcleavitt]

Seriously

[@kathleendalessandrocohen6954]

@angelatommasohell , of course we do.

[@chads.6927]

Ladies do for sure.....What this story leaves out is That GA, FL,NC, ,TN, and Alabama all had more restrictive limits on abortion so South Carolina was suddenly turned into the southeast capitol for out of state abortions. Something South Carolinians would not tolerate. There is always more to the story.

[@down-to-earth-mystery-school]

Women who don’t want an abortion, don’t have to get one. They aren’t protecting anything, just enforcing patriarchy and misogyny.

[@jimthain8777]

@@chads.6927 Sure, and now all the women from those states AND South Carolina will have to travel farther for the same thing. Of course if the travel gets too far, that opens the door to back room abortions. Then people with dubious medical knowledge make money off of desperate women. I wonder when people will realize it's better to just move to a state that doesn't ban abortion instead?

[@vsrump]

Some BRAVE women there …I appreciate you ! Seemed like your Speaker of House was jealous of all of you and threatened by your combined power __ clearly still fighting for women’s rights AND the Civil War down there in The South.

[@redcedarsky]

It is not brave to side with the opinion of media, the corporations, the international community, and their own self-interest against the truth and most vulnerable. That is the very definition of cowardice.

[@torinsall]

Move to South Carolina: ... ranks 8th highest maternal mortality rate in the country ... ranks among the worst states for child well-being ... child and teen deaths at an all-time high ... ranks eighth among the worst states for mental health care So you care about a fetus yet not the pregnant woman AND once the fetus is born you no longer care about the baby, or its family. Sounds like your plan isn't working so well... unless the goal is to recreate the middle ages health care system.

[@j.bradleyheck1589]

Liberal comment !

[@GM14218]

So you’re solution is to unalive more babies?

[@GoblinsMom]

Just a matter of time before slavery is back on the ballot. 🤦‍♀️

[@susanmiller8156]

Facts seem to confuse you​@@j.bradleyheck1589

[@reneefmcfar4867]

@@j.bradleyheck1589Nope, the truth. South Carolina is the tenth poorest state in the country with a poverty rate of 13.8%. They also have the 6th worst school system in the U.S. with one of the highest dropout rates in the country. Too much religion and not enough common sense.

[@MrLamarbanks]

Way to go SC🙄

[@richarddean2532]

Looks like the voters have spoken.

[@Bev-nn5bd]

So sorry to hear this. Trying to save women’s lives.

[@Ray-gf4vf]

they spread them now its save our life comon idiot

[@redbarchetta8782]

The R in Republican stands for RULE, not represent. Take back your country, vote the GOP into the dustbin of history.

[@catlink8998]

This is unfortunate. These women had the integrity to do what's right and what best serves the people. A sad day for South Carolina.

[@Puzekat2]

South Carolina Senate represented by only two women.

[@patriciaobrien6600]

Unbelievable 😒

[@sealyoness]

They've released these women out into the wilderness of apathy and ignorance. Go, Ladies, with Pride. No one can take your courage or integrity.

[@HooDatDonDar]

No one wants it, either. It is being used in a bad cause.

[@StarStarbreez]

Stunning ... Brave .... Empowering .... so any way

[@luke8173]

So ... democracy happened

[@jazzyjay698]

Are you for real?

[@valeriemanuel1346]

Thank you for having yhe courage to stand your ground.

[@Amer1ca56]

Represent your constituents or get replaced.

[@DorcasLandry]

THEY FORGOT THAT!

[@rryanboyle]

their constituents are horrible people though

[@pir8prod]

People are sick of RINOs!

[@gastondeveaux3783]

Courage and thought is not accepted in the GOP