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The Hartmann Report

WERE ABORTION RIGHTS GERRYMANDERED AWAY?

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Republicans rule from the minority in some states because they've rigged the system. Dave Daley from FairVote.org joins Thom with the details. Also- why do right-wingers tend to become petty tyrants when they gain power- and then take away women's bodily autonomy?

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This is the Tom Hartman program.

0:46.4

So we caught this article on the Boston Globe, your vote won't help restore abortion rights,

0:51.2

which is certainly a thought-provoking or provocative headline.

0:55.5

It's written by David Daly, he's a senior fellow at fairvote.org.

1:00.0

He's also the author, in fact, he's been on the program before,

1:02.5

of the book Rat F to why your vote doesn't count,

1:06.6

and unrigged how Americans are battling back to save democracy,

1:10.8

also the former editor-in-chief at salon.com.

1:13.6

You can tweet him at Dave Daly number three, or at fairvote.

1:18.3

Dave, welcome back to the program.

1:20.0

Tell us about why our vote won't help restore abortion rights.

1:24.8

Thanks for having me back on, Tom.

1:27.5

The short answer is gerrymandering.

1:30.4

What Justice Alito said in this draft opinion that is presumed likely to become the new law of the

1:37.2

land is that it was time to return abortion to the political process in the states.

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