Jonathan Capehart:
That was the main thing, whether you are in a so-called blue state, but especially if you are in a red state.
I looked at sort of — let's just take Governor Glenn Youngkin in Virginia, who made it a point of saying, I will go for a 15-week abortion ban. Just give me both. Give Republicans control in both bodies of the legislature, and I will get it done.
So, on Earth 2, that plays well,because that's what they want. But the rest of us on Earth 1, and particular — particularly suburban white women in the Northern Virginia suburbs, looked at what happened with Dobbs, and they're like, no, no, no, no, no. We have seen what has happened in other states around the country, particularly Florida with a six-week ban. We do not want that to happen here.
So, Glenn Youngkin didn't get what he wanted in Virginia. Ohio Republicans didn't get what they wanted. Ohio, that Trump won by double digits, now has in its state constitution, ruby-red Ohio, access to abortion.
Kentucky, Governor Beshear reelected with that unbelievably powerful ad at the very end of the young woman who looks directly at the camera and blames David (sic) Cameron for wanting to institute a policy that would force her to carry her stepfather's child after he raped her.
For Republicans who think that running on abortion is going to be the winning formula in 2024, Tuesday night should have been the wakeup call.
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