(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . THE GOP: HYPOCRISY AT EVERY TURN [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-10-19 Republicans have of course offered their understanding of the abortion issue. They contend that once conception has taken place — the resulting embryo must be regarded as a human being. An embryo is therefore a person. So that the destruction of an embryo constitutes a form of murder. This is a perfectly fine way of looking at this issue IF you believe that sort of thing. But that particular view of abortion is mainly based on religious beliefs and concepts! Specifically from Christian scriptures and Christian moral standards. This however brings up an interesting series of questions. To start with we must all keep in mind that the USA is NOT a Christian nation! It is not now and never has been! Which is why you never see the words God, Bible, Jesus, or Christianity appear anywhere in the US Constitution. What we find is the exact opposite — “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” So then why should millions of citizens who are not Christians be forced to abide by that one Christian rule that concerns abortions? If you are a Buddhist, Hindu, Atheist, Muslim, or Jew, why should you have to abide by that rule. It is seen an attempt to force Christianity upon the whole population. But more than that is the issue of In Vitro Fertilization — IVF. What is clearly a case of hypocrisy — the GOP supports IVF — even though the process destroys thousands of embryos!!! How can the republican party take two complete different stands on IV and abortion when in fact they BOTH commit the same act- the destruction of human embryos! Then we come to the issue of LGBTQ! The GOP promotes narratives that seem to indicate an “anti” LGBTQ stand and especially their opposition to gay marriage! But then how about the Log Cabin Republicans — a 40+ year old Republican organization that exist sorely to protect the rights of gay and lesbian Republicans including Transexuals! The Log Cabin Republicans always supports the GOP candidate including Trump which is in some ways bizarre. Recently Mr Trump told us that sometimes kids go off to school as one gender and return from school as the opposite gender. Imagine that — kids getting gender re-assignment surgery during the school day! Must be done during recess I suppose! It’s another wacky statement that’s right up there with the “invisible plane” and injecting disinfectants into your body to kill COVID! A disease that Trump himself claimed did NOT exist because it was a HOAX! But how does the GOP take two different stands on same issue -on one hand pushing away from protecting the LGBTQ community while at same time accepting and embracing the Log Cabin Republicans who ARE themselves the LGBTQ. Hypocrisy! We all see and understand Mr Trump’s sense of hypocrisy! He wants us to know how China is ripping us off. While nearly all his daughter’s businesses were and still are in China. The Donald J Trump Signature Collection found at Macy’s is his own brand of ties all of them made in China! Even his latest money-making scheme - Trump Bibles — are all made in China! As to the border — he was President for 4 years! We sent him there with a Republican house and Republican senate to fix the border! He achieved nothing! COVID forced huge reductions in border crossings not just here but all over the world! Republican Chip Roy of Texas reminded us that even when the GOP controlled all three branches of Government under Trump - it failed to shut down the border. That is because things like the border, China, LGBTQ, Mass Deportations, and so on are simply TALKING POINTS on which to campaign on — and that’s it! Not one Republican President has ever lifted a finger to close the southern border! President Reagan actually created the border problems of today when in 1986 he gave 20 million illegals amnesty!!! That sent the message to the world that if you come here and hang around here long enough you will get to stay here!! And we the taxpayers get to pay the bills! And as to Trump even the conservative supreme court saw two of its conservative judges -Roberts and Cavanaugh joined the three liberal judges giving Biden the green light to get rid of the stay-in-Mexico policy! So let’s face it! To the GOP it’s all about money! And making money means using cheap labor! And cheap labor means open borders and hypocrisy at every turn! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/19/2278010/-THE-GOP-HYPOCRISY-AT-EVERY-TURN?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/