The Republican speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives responded to voters constitutionally protecting the right to choose by promising to continue trying to take away women’s rights.
Here’s the quote:
Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens said: βThe Legislature has multiple avenues we will explore to continue protecting innocent lives. This is not the end of the conversation.β
β Jessie Balmert (@jbalmert) November 8, 2023
In other words, Ohio Republicans are going to try to violate the state constitution. How often do it Republicans need to lose elections on the same issue before they get the hint that their policies are unpopular and something a majority of voters absolutely do not want?
Ohio Republicans have learned nothing from having their unpopular anti-women stance defeated twice at the polls by wide margins.
Speaker Stephens suggested that voters changed the Constitution, and the Republican response will be to ignore it.
Stephens’ response was dangerous because it is fundamentally undemocratic.
The Republican mentality is that if democracy doesn’t go their way, they should abuse their power and do what they want anyway.
Ohio, like the rest of the United States, is still a representative democracy. A majority of voters in the state have spoken loudly. If elected officials do not listen to the people they are supposed to represent, the state of Ohio will cease to be a democracy.
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Jason is the editor-in-chief. He is also a White House press pool and congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a bachelor’s degree in political science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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