‘There Are No More Moderate Republicans In The House’: Suzan DelBene Bashes GOP Abortion Ban Push

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During a press conference on Wednesday, Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) spoke about Democrats’ efforts to take back the House and slammed Republicans’ abortion restrictions.

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00:00It is now my honor to introduce our great DCCC Chairwoman, Susan DelBene.

00:05Under her leadership at the beginning of this term, Democrats had to flip five seats to

00:09flip the House.

00:10Now it's four because in February, Tom Suozzi, our amazing candidate, won a special election.

00:17And now Susan's going to tell you about the New York results last night as well.

00:21Good morning, everyone.

00:25Thanks to Chair Aguilar and Vice Chair Liu.

00:27We just finished up a great caucus meeting where folks were fired up and ready and eager

00:32to take back the House in less than five months.

00:36And this week, we're reminded of how high the stakes of this election are.

00:40As we all know, Monday marked the second anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

00:46Since that terrible day where American women lost a fundamental constitutional protection,

00:5221 states have either banned abortion or severely restricted it.

00:56We've heard countless stories of women denied life-saving medical care because of these

01:01extreme state bans.

01:03Now more than ever, the public is experiencing the tragic consequences of allowing politicians

01:09to dictate what medical care women can and cannot receive.

01:14After cheerleading the overturning of Roe two years ago, House Republicans refused to

01:19stop their attacks on reproductive freedom.

01:22Despite all of their dysfunction and chaos, they've managed to stay united on at least

01:27one thing – a constant pursuit of passing bills and policies to chip away at abortion

01:32rights, all towards their ultimate goal of passing a national abortion ban.

01:39Their unity behind this anti-freedom agenda is a frightening reminder that there are no

01:44more moderates – no more moderate Republicans in the House.

01:49In fact, in South Carolina, the last three GOP women in the state Senate were ousted

01:56in primaries for the heresy of standing with Democrats to block a near-total abortion ban

02:02in that state.

02:05They're doing all of this despite the fact that support for abortion rights is increasing

02:10across the country, with more than 60 percent of voters in battleground states supporting

02:16legal abortion.

02:18As support for reproductive freedom grows, it's also clear that it's increasingly

02:22becoming a deal-breaker issue for many voters, meaning they would not support someone who

02:28disagreed with them on these fundamental freedoms.

02:31Knowing this, House Republicans are trying to downplay their extremism by dismissing

02:36as a non-issue or hiding it altogether.

02:40Vulnerable House Republicans have been caught editing and deleting their extreme anti-abortion

02:44positions on their public websites.

02:46We're going to hold them accountable for that.

02:49No matter how hard they try, they won't be able to run away from their anti-abortion

02:54extremism or the role they played in overturning Roe.

02:58Whether in California or Pennsylvania and in all the purple districts in between, we

03:03will make sure that the public is reminded that the loss of reproductive freedom we suffered

03:07two years ago and the constant attacks against our rights is because of them.

03:12This election is about our rights, our freedom, our democracy, and our future.

03:17Come November, we'll take back the House of Representatives to get our government back

03:21to work to protect and restore reproductive freedom once and for all.

‘There Are No More Moderate Republicans In The House’: Suzan DelBene Bashes GOP Abortion Ban Push

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