• @ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    3311 months ago

    Not all of them! Some literally have zero idea what they’re voting for and just follow party lines. John Oliver had a recent episode on abortion rights where he played a clip of an interview with a Republican from Idaho who admitted he didn’t even look at an extremely restrictive anti-abortion bill before voting in favour of it. Only after it passed did he meet with OB/GYNs who educated him of all the terrible implications of the law which has caused him to reconsider his position.

    • Gormadt
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      4411 months ago

      “I didn’t know the extent of the rights I was stripping before I voted to strip rights away from people”

      Yeah he doesn’t get a pass

      He’s in a position of power, he could have literally asked professionals in relevant fields their opinions before voting on it but he didn’t

    • @ShortBoweledClown
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      3011 months ago

      Willful ignorance is malicious and should be treated as such. That chode doesn’t get to claim “I didn’t know!”

      • FuglyDuck
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        711 months ago

        He knew. He voted any way.

        And now he’s trying to weasel out of the backlash

    • @PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
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      411 months ago

      It was like this in Kansas when we voted. I can talk to them and many are actually somewhat reasonable, so when you tell them about some of the implications they’re horrified.