his first antiabortion segment was not until 1978, more than five years after roe. even as late as 1980, when ronald reagan biden was no longer governor of california, he was running for president. in august 1980, reagan gave a speech to 10,000 cheering evangelicals in a dallas arena, and he talked about creationism, and the bible. he talked about how evangelical institutions ought to be able to remain racially segregated, if they wanted. that s nice. but even then, he did not mention abortion. the plan to use abortion as a right-wing political organizing tool, to try, for example, to move catholics to the republican party, to give a focal point, a policy focus, to right-wing, republican organizing against women s rights. it was a choice for them. it was a project that did not emerge organically. it was something they didn t really start working on in earnest until the 19 80s. ronald reagan, for example, he personally had to do a u-turn.
0 southern baptist convention. reactions to roe v. wade were also really heterogeneous for a long time between the two political parties. there were plenty of antiabortion democrats, and there were lots of pro-choice republicans. republican governors wrote the forefront of decriminalizing of abortion in the states in the 1960s. including the governor of california, a man named ronald reagan. in 1967, ronald reagan signed into law the most liberal abortion rights bill in the country in california. so, it s not that there was not disagreement over abortion, or that there weren t strong feelings from various quarters about roe v. wade. but it was different. and specifically, it wasn t really a politics issue. it wasn t an issue that swayed election, or that was a key part of the two parties political platforms. contrary to popular belief, roe v. wade in 1973 did not spark some kind of immediate big backlash among conservatives, and evangelicals and republicans. it evolved differently, and
facebook can in no way be used to draw fair conclusions about it. internally, we share work in progress and debate options. not every suggestion stands up to the scrutiny we must apply to decisions affecting so many people. but the role facebook played in january 6th is still under scrutiny. here s select committee chairman bennie thompson from the weekend. we re in the process of negotiating with facebook and those other platforms to get certain information, but it s clear that the january 6th organization, per se, used them as an organizing tool. at this point, facebook is working with us to provide the necessary information we requested. at that point, staff and the committee will review that information and if it s consistent with some of the things that we are hearing coming from other areas, then obviously, it s a problem. but at this point, we re not ready to make a decision one way
museum. it is where we go to learn about bloody sunday, where senate republicans used the filibuster to block a previous round of super important civil rights and voting rights legislation. so again, it is not exactly clear who today s hearings are for and what larger strategy it is connected to. but we are familiar with story telling as an organizing tool, so there s that. is there implications, i don t want to put words in your mouth, maybe time and efforts and energy could be better spent? yeah. like this is definitely the time for escalation. statehouse republicans all over the country are trying to aggressively and quickly push through their trash maps before hr 1 or 4 or anything that sets a federal standard for how people participate in the elections or how redistricting
get things done in the long run. an interesting long term, somebody portrayed as impatient, i think she has an impressive long view of what she thinks her role is now. i found it smart she views the green new deal as an organizing tool. she is not saying they re passing legislation tomorrow which is a way of setting expectations more realistically. you look at the progressive economic base of the party, everyone remembers there was burning before he had the crowds and burning after, what everyone thinks of him. aoc digitally comes in with the crowds, doesn t have to wait the way bernie did to say look, i have a following. there s at least part of the party that thinks this stuff. and what s clear to me, she s going to have an impact on the presidential primary campaign and presidential race. what that is is up to her in many ways. she can have a lot of power if she chooses to use it, i don t think she s decided yet, but the