You Should be Mad at the GOP – Not Evers

   Democrat Governor Tony Evers has declared that he will veto the Republican-backed ‘Born Alive’ abortion bill here in Wisconsin wherein if a child were to survive an abortion, the abortionist would be required to provide the child medical care.  And… the GOP politicians and conservative talking-heads are all busy denouncing Evers.

   This is the predictable political posturing we have come to expect from the Republicans. They want everyone who is against abortion to be mad at Tony Evers for declaring he would veto this bill. What those against abortion should really be mad about, however, is that the Republicans are once again using the preborn for their own political purposes. 

The Republican leadership will use an Evers’ veto to rally their base against him for the next gubernatorial election. They know he will veto anything they propose.  He is the lackey for their political ends and the preborn are — once again — their political football.

   This bill is the latest version of Republicans giving the impression that they are doing something for the preborn while, in reality, they continue to do nothing for the preborn.

   Understand, the GOP leadership does not really care about the preborn. If they did, they would stop the murder. Everyone who has actually engaged the GOP politicians at the Madison statehouse knows they h ...