There is no shortage of fools serving in public office in Washington, DC, but Sen. Mike Braun is doing his best to show he’s near the top of the heap. The Republican senator from Indiana didn’t just walk right into a reporter’s trap on Tuesday, he actually set the trap up himself and then jumped into the middle of it.
While on a conference call discussing the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, Braun decided that it would be “hypocritical” of him to say Roe v. Wade should be overturned without also supporting the overturning of other cases which federalized certain issues. Braun cited Loving v. Virginia as one example. Loving v. Virginia which allowed interracial marriage to be legalized nationally.
The absolute genius of the GOP establishment is evident.
A reporter asked him if he thought the Supreme Court might strike down. Roe this year to be “judicial activism,” Braun said he thought what justices did in 1973 to pass Roe was “judicial activism.”
“That issue should have never been federalized, [it was] way out of sync I think with the contour of America then,” he said. “One side of the aisle wants to homogenize [issues] federally, [and that] is not the right way to do it.”
Individual states, he said, should be able to weigh in on these issues “through their own legislation, through their own court systems.”
Braun was also asked by the reporter if he would use the same judgement. Be in love, Braun said “yes.”
“I think that that’s something that if you’re not wanting the Supreme Court to weigh in on issues like that, you’re not going to be able to have your cake and eat it too,” he said. “I think that’s hypocritical.”
Braun’s response is self-destructive and stupid. It is hard for me to explain. It is not only politically stupid, as almost everybody in America (including me) supports marriage between people of different races. But abortion and interracial marriages are very different.
An abortion is the killing of a baby while it’s still in its mother’s womb. Both are personal decisions between two people and do not harm anyone. There is no reason to even accept the premise that it’s hypocritical to support the overturning of one but not the other because, and stick with me here, it’s not at all. Braun’s answer is reminiscent of Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s reason for vetoing a bill to protect womens’ sports last year. Hutchinson said at that time that signing the bill would make him a hypocrite, since Republicans should be supporting small government.
That’s the kind of asinine thinking that permeates much of the Republican establishment, and it’s exactly why Donald Trump rose to prominence. GOP voters are sick and tired of cowardly politicians who won’t just make meaningful distinctions and defend them.
In regards to abortion, no one cares about Braun’s pathetic attempt to preserve his libertarian-style credibility. To answer any question on abortion, the right answer is: Abortion kills children and is not allowed. As well as having state laws to prevent murder, we also have federal laws against it. While it is true that the Constitution allows two individuals of different races to marry, the Constitution doesn’t allow them to nuke their child.
I shouldn’t be surprised, though. Mike Braun is exactly the same genius that voted in support for Black Lives Matter in 2020. He’s the epitome of GOP weakness, unable to actually stand for anything because he’s too busy worrying about what others may think of him.
Can you tell I’m a little incensed by this? Conservatives are too busy fighting back against pro-abortion lobbyists to allow imbeciles such as Braun to blow it up and pretend Roe v. Wade belongs on the same plane with Loving v. Virginia. I’m sick and tired of Republicans who can’t just speak plainly about abortion and instead hide behind false arguments in order to make killing babies in the womb a philosophical disagreement instead of a moral one. Let’s not be silent! Take the heat that comes because it’s heat worth taking.
Instead, Braun took the coward’s way out and walked right into a buzz saw regarding interracial marriage. Now, he’ll reap the whirlwind and be accused of racism. You know what? He deserves it. Let him burn.
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