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[–] Blackbeard@lemmy.world 68 points 2 months ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Maybe they should have thought about that before overturning Roe.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I mean if Trump wasn't running for President, and Roe was gone as it is... It would still be on the ballot. Who honestly thinks otherwise?

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sooo he actually thinks women voting is a bad thing, huh? Again with the quiet part...

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

All the other sentient castrated-pig-scrotums were already thinking the same thing.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

still love how someone referred to him as "that Skeletor looking motherfucker"

[–] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I refer to him as, “Voldemort lookin’ motherfucker”

[–] ghostface@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Your not wrong, but Voldemort gives him too much credit, He's more of a quirrel

[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Y'all must be too young for batboy.

[–] thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

I had this on a shirt in high school. Had all my friends sign it like a yearbook. I wish it had survived but I wore it out in a few years.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago

"Objection!"

"Why?"

"Because it's devastating to my campaign"

[–] CaptainKickass@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

I hope it fucking works

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago

Yea... and politics is a gimmick to make people vote.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's the problem with trying to get more women to vote, Scott?

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

More voters is always bad for Republicans.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I know that. I want Scott to explain why it's bad.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago

STUPID Women trying to Vote for Life Saving Healthcare. It's SICKENING!

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

"Hey, I'm threatening you. This is a very real threat, and it's going to happen if you don't do something too counter. Don't act accordingly." - Rick Scott

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it could absolutely be construed that way.

And it would be 100% ok if it was.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Its super weird how they keep coming out all the time with these alternative, "can you believe they're gonna do this thing that every non-weird person is strangely on the same page about" or warning something obvious that isn't bad to non-weirdos.

They just can't themselves fromi threatening us with a good time

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

If Republicans are that scared of turnout, they could legislatively overturn their own abortion ban.

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago

How dare women have an opinion on our laws that we created that reduce their body autonomy?

— Sen. Rick Scott while sucking Trump's cock at Mar-A-Lago (during the día de la cocaína party on April 21st, 2023)

[–] match@pawb.social 7 points 2 months ago

Sen. Rick Scott probably thinks women voters is a gimmick.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 7 points 2 months ago

Gimmick in the sense that your party leader used his opportunity to stack the Supreme Court with "Justices" that overturned almost 5 decades of precedent based on "because we wanted to". Maybe stop using the system to push wildly unpopular policies on the majority of Americans if you don't want people to vote against them.

[–] 108@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Can’t have those uppity women voting can we?

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

Trump is a gimmick to turn out racist voters

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Rick Scott is a gimmick.

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Heaven forbid women vote! /s

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

why the /s?

That's exactly how they think.

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Just wanted to make sure it was abundantly clear that that wasn't my opinion!

Sadly, you're right. They don't want demographics to vote that would threaten their ability to hold onto power.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Rick Scott probably thinks a female orgasm is a gimmick of some sort, because he's never given one to anyone.

[–] thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I consider myself a man of science. I don't believe in everything that random people make up online. People say they see ghosts. People say they see Bigfoot. People say they see ladies cum but until I witness it firsthand, it's all just myth and legend.

Rick Scott, Douchbag.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait….

Please tell me he didn’t actually say that……

[–] thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

I don't have a source but I know it's accurate.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

We need these amendments on every state ballots because the majority of voters want them. They passed the Kansas and will pass in Florida. Let the states decide that it should be legal everywhere