Is this going to impact 2024 election?

thanks. I saw lots of stories about Rote's bail, no mention of the other guy.
Obviously, it doesn't make sense to me.

 

Already mentioned and although anecdotal, in suburban swing districts in Virginia the Republican candidates focused on crime (one particularly humorous ad featured a bad actor playing the part of a criminal saying that he was supporting the Democratic candidate) while the Democratic candidates focused on abortion and whether accurate or not the Democratic ads also referred to the Republicans as MAGA supporters. The Democrats ending up holding their majority in the Senate and flipping the House of Delegates much to the chagrin of Governor Glenn Youngkin who hoping that a solid Republican legislature would bolt him to national prominence as a more moderate alternative to Trump.

 

If the guy who fired the warning shot is arrested, but not the mugger, that is not the prioritization of law enforcement you should want.

If it is, by all means move to that cesspool, just stay the heck away from Florida.

 

No, but they're also not a fan of arresting Good Samaritans for defending themselves and others while letting muggers and thieves go.

 

I'm assuming that the difference is that one defendant used a firearm while the other attempted extortion. Although the crime with which Rote was charged was essentially a form of negligence the shot still had the potential to hit a bystander. I would agree that he probably should have been released on his own recognizance given the low probability that he would attempt to flea.

 

The mugger was arrested

 

Okay, good.

In that case I have less of an issue with this.

 

So the plan is to run the 2022 Republican strategy back minus the inflation? Good luck.

 

If true, stupid law enforcement.

 

Men care very deeply about the women in their lives...their wives, their sisters, etc., and therefore, they care very deeply about abortion. I don't think many men like the idea that a woman they love who had a miscarriage may have to lay in the hospital until near death to receive what had been very standard medical treatment.

And of course, given Clarence Thomas' words in his concurrence with the Dobbs decision, in addition to much commentary from Republican office holders and conservative commentators nationwide, it is clear that contraceptives are next on the conservative bandwagon that seeks to end religious freedom nationwide. The same logic employed in the Dobbs decision could very easily be applied to contraceptives.

Guess what? Men like sex! A lack of access to contraceptives would certainly lead to much less sex for men, and like I wrote above, that issue is forever intertwined with abortion rights. Therefore, this set of circumstances will affect the votes of men almost to the same degree and in the same way as it will with women.

And most people will not believe the people who have continually lied to them over the years who are now going to try to get them to believe that if you do not take away these radically conservative legislatures' abilities to ban abortion, they will not go the extreme route, and will only limit abortions at 15 weeks. And most will also not believe that a radical Supreme Court will not end access to contraceptives. You certainly cannot trust the justices who lied to Congress when their surrogates tell you not to worry so much about contraceptives being banned....yeah right!!

Edited to add...I mean...heck...GOP legislators in Ohio are already talking about methods they will use to undo the vote for the constitutional amendment approved this week! They continually show that they do not believe in democracy! How dare they? The people just voted for it!

 

Just a guess I'm predicting he will probably be allowed to plead out and end up with a fine and/or a number of hours of community service. No trial and no jail time.

 

Oh, can you point out these big primary contests that are on-going with specific examples of competitive primary campaigns against incumbent Democratic officials?

 

Although I’m against abortion without exceptions I’m 100% for birth control. Both sides need to meet somewhere in the middle. Won’t happen from what I read and hear people say.