The democrats running for president in 2020 have gone beyond pandering and are straight-up trying to buy votes. Most of the candidates will give you “free” shit like health care and college, Joe Biden says he’ll cure your cancer if you put him in the White House, and Eric Swalwell is promising nuclear annihilation as an incentive. In an effort to drag herself out of the basement, Kirsten Gillibrand will give you a free abortion if you vote for her. The only problem is that the coupon is only redeemable if she’s elected and her current 0% of support says that won’t happen.
Here’s a video of Gillibrand presumably giving a campaign speech. I say presumably because there is no evidence that she’s actually talking to anyone. She could have just recorded herself talking to an empty conference room at the Holiday Inn.
Democrat presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand: “I will guarantee you … we will have federal money available so that you can receive … abortion services in all 50 states and you could do it directly through your medicare-for-all policy”pic.twitter.com/SSDZVs2LoR
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) June 15, 2019
She promises to do 4 things if she’s elected president and they all involve abortion. What about the economy? Trade? Foreign policy? F*ck that, she’s all about killing babies.
“So I’m going to do four things as president,” started Gillibrand.
Hey, that would be 4 more things than Obama did in two terms. Those 4 things are 1) appoint pro-abortion judges, 2) make unrestricted abortion a federal law, 3) repeal the Hyde Amendment that bans federal money going to pay for abortions, and 4) free abortions for everyone!
“I will guarantee you, no matter what state you live in, that we will have federal money available so that you can receive full reproductive care including abortion services in all 50 states and you could do it directly through your medicare-for-all policy,” said Gillibrand.
This is very similar to something she said in a video she did about a month ago. In fact, she’s wearing the same outfit as the more recent video. That must be her official “promising free abortions” dress.
Medicare-for-all is not one of the 4 things Gillibrand said she would do as president, so I think I’ve found at least one flaw in her plan. A second sticking point is that if by some miracle she were elected president, she would lack the authority to make or repeal laws so Constitutionally speaking she would be unable to make unrestricted abortions a federal law or repeal the Hyde Amendment. Congress would have to do those things and that means that the Senate would also have to flip to whacko leftist control.
This is a completely empty campaign promise that has absolutely no chance of happening. It does sound cool to idiots who don’t know how the US government works and that includes Kirsten Gillibrand, who is a sitting US Senator.
In 1928, Herbert Hoover promised “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” Gillibrand has tweaked this for the lunatic progressive 2020 campaign by promising a “dead baby in every pot and no cars in any garages because the tax burden for medicare-for-all means nobody can afford a vehicle.” She should maybe work on the phasing a bit so it fits on a t-shirt.
I don’t know if offering free abortions in exchange for votes is legal or ethical, but it definitely isn’t effective. She’s been saying this crap for about a month now and she’s still polling at 0%. Maybe she should try giving away free ice cream or Chick-fil-A sandwiches. People love those things.
