Chuck Schumer Rails Against 'MAGA' Republicans' 'Draconian And Cruel' Abortion Bans

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00:00Now, on abortion. Shortly, I will join Senators Murray, Baldwin, Kelly, and some of the nation's

00:05leading reproductive rights advocates to highlight the terrible consequences of repealing the

00:12protections of Roe v. Wade. The MAGA Supreme Court repealed Roe nearly two years ago. It

00:18will go down as one of the worst, if not the worst, Supreme Court decisions of modern American

00:24history. In one fell swoop, MAGA radicals on the court made it so that our children

00:29and grandchildren will sadly grow up with fewer civil liberties than those who came

00:35before them. Repealing Roe was tragic. It was alarming. It was outrageous. But it didn't

00:41happen in a vacuum. It happened because Senate Republicans packed our courts with hard-right

00:47judges plucked right out of the Federalist Society checklist. It happened because Donald

00:54Trump appointed not one, not two, but three MAGNA justices, all who voted to overturn

00:59Roe. Remember what Donald Trump said a few weeks ago? He was, quote, proud, unquote,

01:05to be the person who paved the way to overturn Roe. And after Roe was eradicated, MAGA radicals

01:12opened the floodgates for draconian and cruel bans on women's choice across America. And

01:17we know this is just the beginning. Does anyone seriously doubt that should Trump become president

01:22again, he won't try to add even more extreme jurists to the bench so he can continue his

01:27assault on women's reproductive freedoms? Of course he will. And the Republican senators

01:34who passed his prologue are likely, unfortunately, to go along. If Donald Trump and MAGNA Republicans

01:40get into power, the hard right would not rest until a national abortion ban becomes the

01:45law of the land. Mark my words, that is the direction that they will take America. House

01:52Republicans already included a national abortion ban in their recent Republican Study Committee

01:57budget. Remember, the Republican Study Committee includes a majority of House Republicans and

02:03their leadership. Roe may be gone, but sadly, the hard right's obsession with eliminating

02:08reproductive rights is not. Make no mistake, Republicans will have to answer for their

02:15anti-abortion records today, tomorrow, and at the ballot box in November.

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