Stacey Abrams blames children for inflation concerns

[PaulS]

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-...lation-1753318

Two political experts told Newsweek that politicians often take comments from the opposing party out of context to use as warfare during an election. Thomas Hollihan, a media and politics professor at the University of Southern California, told Newsweek that "gotcha moments" can influence an election, especially when some voters are still undecided.

"We have [voters] who are less partisan and vote in some races and not in others," Hollihan said. "These voters are quite candidly people who decide close races. Because they are not closely following politics, 'gotcha moments' can be things that are easily memorable to them. They are more easily motivated to vote against a candidate than to vote for a candidate.

"Playing 'gotcha' politics increases negative suspicions about someone, therefore it's a very common strategy," Hollihan added. "That's why debates these days tend to focus on gaffs rather than politics."

Hollihan said he believes Abrams didn't intend to imply abortion could solve inflation. Rather, he said she implied women without resources may take the economy into consideration when deciding to have a child.

[spence]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Hollihan said he believes Abrams didn't intend to imply abortion could solve inflation. Rather, he said she implied women without resources may take the economy into consideration when deciding to have a child.

Isn’t this obvious?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

Isn’t this obvious?

that’s obvious. but it ain’t what she said. she said the existence of children are why we worry about inflation.

If women can’t afford to raise a baby, how come liberals never, ever mention abortion as a viable, and less infanticide-like, option?

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

Isn’t this obvious?

the obvious question is, why do democrats hate children?....

maybe Newsweek can locate two "experts" to explain this phenomenon

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by PaulS

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-...lation-1753318

Two political experts told Newsweek that politicians often take comments from the opposing party out of context to use as warfare during an election. Thomas Hollihan, a media and politics professor at the University of Southern California, told Newsweek that "gotcha moments" can influence an election, especially when some voters are still undecided.

"We have [voters] who are less partisan and vote in some races and not in others," Hollihan said. "These voters are quite candidly people who decide close races. Because they are not closely following politics, 'gotcha moments' can be things that are easily memorable to them. They are more easily motivated to vote against a candidate than to vote for a candidate.

"Playing 'gotcha' politics increases negative suspicions about someone, therefore it's a very common strategy," Hollihan added. "That's why debates these days tend to focus on gaffs rather than politics."

Hollihan said he believes Abrams didn't intend to imply abortion could solve inflation. Rather, he said she implied women without resources may take the economy into consideration when deciding to have a child.

so you’ll
ignore what she actually said, and judge her i. what some idiot claims she meant to say.

i never said that she claimed abortions would lessen inflation. What she explicitly said, is that abortions would lessen the concerns over inflation. it that more abortions would lower inflation, but more abortions would make inflation easier to deal with

who cares what some guy claims she actually meant to say?