{"id":1033905,"date":"2024-05-24T16:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1033905"},"modified":"2024-05-24T16:00:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:00:41","slug":"maga-in-the-states-trumps-maga-gop-pushes-extremism-as-their-party-chaos-erupts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/maga-in-the-states-trumps-maga-gop-pushes-extremism-as-their-party-chaos-erupts\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGA in the States: Trump\u2019s MAGA GOP Pushes Extremism As Their Party Chaos Erupts\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This week, Trump\u2019s MAGA minions charged further through the door Donald Trump opened in overturning Roe<\/em>, unleashing extreme attacks on women\u2019s reproductive freedoms. From reproductive rights to democratic rights, MAGA GOP state parties are falling over themselves to attack their constituents, even as their voter outreach fizzles and their funding dries up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at the latest:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s MAGA allies in the states are taking a page out of his playbook \u2013 doing everything in their power to jeopardize women\u2019s fundamental reproductive rights and access to care \u2013 from abortion to emergency medical care.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSNBC<\/a>: \u201cThe chilling motive behind Louisiana\u2019s new abortion pill bill\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPerhaps more than anything, then, the bill was intended to have a chilling effect \u2014 and not only on those who could face charges based on the new law. Physicians and pharmacies dispense mifepristone and misoprostol for many other reasons besides abortion, from miscarriage management to the treatment of ulcers. The narrowly drawn exceptions to abortion bans in states like Louisiana have already made many physicians unwilling to intervene when a pregnancy threatens a patient\u2019s life or health. The new rules governing mifepristone and misoprostol will add new legal uncertainty that may make doctors even more afraid to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe chilling effect is unlikely to be limited to physicians. Those in a patients\u2019 support network \u2014 the most likely targets of the bill \u2014 will be affected. That will isolate patients for whom pregnancy is already a dangerous prospect, in a state with one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the nation. And many patients, aware that their use of such drugs will be tracked, will rightly fear prosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dallas Morning News<\/a>: \u201cDoctors decry Texas Medical Board for vague guidance on emergency abortions\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe resounding message was clear: No one is happy about the rules that are coming nearly three years after Texas started banning the procedure civilly and criminally.\u201d […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018We\u2019re very concerned with the documentation and administrative requirements in the proposed rule potentially hindering our Hippocratic Oath, limiting the use of our reasonable medical judgment and delaying much-needed life-saving and fertility-saving measures,\u2019 said Dr. Joseph Valenti, a Denton OB-GYN and chair of the Texas Medical Association Board of Trustees, which is unrelated to the state board.\u201d […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFox and Valenti, the Denton OB-GYN, were among several physicians to express concern regarding the added documentation requirements, which they said added an undue burden to an already complex situation and could delay necessary care in emergencies.\u201d […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe consequences under Texas\u2019 abortion bans are potentially career-ending for medical providers, including massive fines, jail time and the loss of licenses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether it\u2019s their ground game or the war chests, MAGA GOP state parties have little to show as they fall further into division and chaos. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boston Globe<\/a>: \u201cState parties play a critical role in elections \u2014 are Democrats or Republicans best positioned in 2024?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRepublican state parties in several critical battleground states are dealing with waves of inner turmoil, ranging from leadership turnover to financial struggles.\u201d […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s evident in the highest ranks of these state parties: In Florida, a red state, the former GOP party chair was ousted in January after he was accused of sexual assault; he denied wrongdoing and ultimately didn\u2019t face criminal charges. In Arizona, a swing state, the former party chair resigned and accused Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake of giving him an \u2018ultimatum\u2019 that led him to do so; Lake\u2019s campaign did not respond to a request for comment. In Nevada, another swing state, several Republicans involved in the state party, including the party chair, have been charged in a fake electors case related to the 2020 election results. They have pleaded not guilty and will not stand trial until next year.\u201d […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Globe review of Federal Election Commission records showed that as of March 31, Democratic state parties in Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, and Nevada \u2014 key battleground states \u2014 are outraising Republicans.\u201d […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs GOP state parties are making headlines for struggling to keep office locations, having small account balances, and facing calls to rethink their fund-raising strategies, some Republicans are concerned that donors have been turned off, handicapping their fund-raising efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFormer Nevada GOP state party chair Amy Tarkanian said she believed her state\u2019s Republican party isn\u2019t prepared to fulfill its responsibilities of getting the vote out and assisting candidates, citing the charges against Nevada\u2019s state party chair and other party leaders. \u2018It hurts their capabilities of fund-raising. \u2026 The trust is lacking,\u2019 Tarkanian said.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Detroit News<\/a>: \u201cMichigan GOP expects it will have to ‘clarify and correct’ fundraising reports\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn Feb. 27, a Michigan judge found that Republican delegates had legally removed Karamo, a former secretary of state candidate, as chairwoman in a vote on Jan. 6 and elected Hoekstra, a former congressman and ambassador to the Netherlands, to replace her on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmong the reasons critics of Karamo moved to oust her were her struggles to raise money for the party, which had about $35,000 in its bank accounts in August, according to internal records reviewed by The Detroit News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere were also concerns about whether her administration accurately reported the party’s financial activities, such as how it funded a leadership conference on Mackinac Island last year and how it handled other expenditures, including paying a business associated with one of her political supporters.\u201d […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe commission also asked the party about $113,588 in debts related to computers the party reported having for the first time at the end of 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, Trump\u2019s MAGA minions charged further through the door Donald Trump opened in overturning Roe, unleashing extreme attacks on women\u2019s reproductive freedoms. 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