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This came on the same day that the world’s richest Republican voter shared this thought.
This is what most people in America want, but unfortunately it’s not realistic.
Generally, the party with less power (currently Republicans at national level) moves more toward center to win moderate votes, so control of House/Senate/President goes back & forth over time.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 19, 2022
The GOP doesn’t need to moderate when inflation is driving centrist voters by the millions into its camp. And it certainly doesn’t need to moderate in a state as red as Oklahoma to keep winning elections there.
Even so, the bill that passed Oklahoma’s legislature today is potentially risky *if* you think there’s a fifth vote in the Supreme Court’s anti-Roe majority that might be wavering. It could be that Kavanaugh or Barrett or whoever was comfortable signing onto Alito’s draft opinion because they
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