WFB: A Democratic Virginia state delegate has apologized to her constituents for attaching her name to a bill that dramatically loosened abortion restrictions through the end of the third trimester of pregnancy, saying she didn’t read it.
Del. Dawn Adams, who represents Richmond and was first elected in 2017, said she erred in not reading the bill before co-sponsoring it alongside Del. Kathy Tran (D.), Richmond.com reports.
“I made a mistake, and all I know to do is to admit it, tell the truth, and let the chips fall where they may,” she wrote. “If you follow my newsletter or have written to me to ask about my votes, you know that I do my best to read and research every bill I vote on. But I did not read a bill I agreed to co-patron and that wasn’t smart or typical. I will work harder and be better for it.”
The bill, which was defeated, drew national attention after Tran was seen on video defending it against Republican questioning and saying the law would allow abortion right up until before birth, including during labor. MORE HERE
Vile monsters murdering BABIES. Congrats Dems, you are the EVIL among us.
“Someone hacked my emails” wouldn’t exactly work here, right honey?
“If you follow my newsletter or have written to me to ask about my votes, you know that I do my best to read and research every bill I vote on. But I did not read a bill I agreed to co-patron and that wasn’t smart or typical…”
We’ll take you at your word (rotfl). You must RESIGN IMMEDIATELY.
Obamacare Redux — Horseshit that she tries to read and understand the bill before she signs it. CYA mode.
By design, these proposed bills are too long to read, too obtuse to understand, and too vague to understand their ramifications. Not that the Dems have enough intelligence or foresight to see beyond next week.
If abortion is legal after birth, then these idiots could get murdered and the killer could justify it as an after-birth abortion even if the victim is 55 years old.
Way to do your job you feckless cow.
I cannot leave VA soon enough.
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
So, if my Demoncrat Bullshitese translator is working correctly, you said “I was hoping you’d pass it before you saw what was in it”. Did we get that right punkin’?
Which is worse? Admitting you don’t read Bills you’re voting on, or you promote infanticide? Both effect your constituents, but I digress.
How the holy hell can you sponsor a bill and not know what it contains? She is obviously incompetent or a liar. Neither should be holding her position. Resign you incompetent horse faced idiot.
I imagine actually reading the bills they vote on is rather uncommon among politicians at any lever from city to Federal governments.
Raeding is hrad.
I am calling horseshit. She knew exactly what she as signing onto and thought the circle of friends she runs with accurately represent the mood of the population at large. She found out that she shit in her own mess kit is what motivated this duplicitous “explanation.”
Exposed in the Light.
Do You SEE THEM NOW?
Repeatative Action mistake?
Same ole GUISE routine.
THEY Live. You see THEM now.
Pelosi Forking Evil Branch.
Why do we pay these fools, “I didn’t read the bill”. Just why do we elect Aholes. She needs to be tossed out. What if the bill said we could kill anyone we didn’t like, and she didn’t read it and signed it???? Just why and how is she representing voters?? Voters keep voting for jerks. I call BS.
Blue states are racing each other to see who can introduce and pass the most evil bill first. New York’s new abortion law was bad but this one was going to win. Thank God it died.
“See? I’m not a hateful monster; I’m an idiot!”
There, fixed it for ya!
Paid to do ONE thing and failed at that – pretty sad fucking excuse.
izlamo delenda est …
Bullshit
…in fairness, I suspect most new-wave Democrats, having been processed by Democrat-run public schools AND the fact that they are, you know, Democrats, aren’t particularly literate in ANY language…
You could always hire literate staff who can do reading for you!
Did you graduate magna cum stupidity?
““See? I’m not a hateful monster; I’m an idiot!””
…I think she’s both, @Tim. Most democrats are…
http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/bth.gif
Didn’t read it. Bull. Had her finger in the air after the news.
She didn’t read the bill cause she was too busy reading and applying AOC’s makeup tips.
From the Pelosi school of government
You have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it
Anyone heard one PEEP out of Mitt Romney on ANY of this? Hiding? Mr. Moral Boy Scout.
STAT – 21 hours ago
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) will deliver an address to a closed meeting of the
drug industry’s powerful lobbying group, PhRMA.
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney elected president of secret Washington society. . .
Salt Lake Tribune – 2 days ago
Washington – Utah Sen. Mitt Romney is only a few weeks into his new gig here, but he’s already been voted president of a secret society of a secret Washington group of politicians, business leaders
Sen. Mitt Romney holding a Jan. 22, 2019, town-hall meeting at the Davis County administration building. He was just elected president of the secretive Alfalfa Club, whose members include prominent U.S. political figures.
Romney, a former presidential candidate, was inducted into the club in 2015, and it’s unclear — given the group’s off-the-record rules — how he became president only a few years later, though the honor is often given to widely known U.S. political figures. Then-Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was club president in 2011, former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg in 2017 and former Sen. and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry of Massachusetts in 2018.
Kerry turned over the gavel to Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, on Saturday at the annual dinner, which is closed to the news media. But as always, some of the best jokes found their way out of the ballroom.
“Just think, Mitt and I are two of the only people who understand the temptation to run for office in every state where you own a home,” Kerry joked, according to Politico.
“Mitt and I do have a lot in common. Mitt has run for the presidency; I’ve run for the presidency,” Kerry added. “Mitt has represented the great state of Massachusetts; I’ve represented the great state of Massachusetts. Mitt’s running mate, Paul Ryan, went on to become speaker of the House; my running mate, John Edwards, got booted out of his house.”
Kerry hugged Romney at one point, The Washington Post said.
Romney’s office didn’t respond to questions about his new role with the Washington-based club.
she would have voted for it too.
How many other things has she ‘not read’ and voted on? Though, I believe she was aware of what was in this bill. And also what would be deleted with possible passage.
This is the bill itself:
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2491
you’ll notice how many things, and what they are, that are stricken from existing law.
Does Virginia have a recall option for state legislatures and for the Governor? Now that they’ve been forced to admit where they stand on abortion they may well be vulnerable to a concerted effort to recall and force elections.