If you are a Republican in an (R+) 5-10 district anywhere in the country you just felt a Jayhawk walk across your political grave tonight…
It's possible the margin for "No" in red Kansas will be a resounding double digits, a sign of just how unpopular overturning Roe v. Wade is nationally.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 3, 2022
2 to 1? You don’t say…
It is time to reevaluate the conventional wisdom about the midterms after this vote in Kansas. People are mad as hell at having their rights taken away.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) August 3, 2022
Hell to the yeah!!!
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This is huge: abortion rights were on the ballot for the first time since Roe, and the people of Kansas voted to preserve access. I’m grateful down to my toes for everyone who helped stop this dangerous ballot measure in its tracks. https://t.co/krqSdoK4E2
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) August 3, 2022
The news out of Kansas tonight is absolutely devastating for the Republican Party in November.
— Ellen Kurz (@EllenKurz) August 3, 2022
Some shit is happening in Kansas right now and it ain’t good for Republicans.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) August 3, 2022
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If you think the extremists trying to limit abortion got their teeth kicked in tonight in Kansas then just wait until they get to Virginia!!! These bills are coming to my committee and they should be prepared to be DRAGGED.
— L. Louise Lucas (@SenLouiseLucas) August 3, 2022
Preach, Louise!
HUGE! The Kansas amendment to remove the constitutional protections for abortion rights has FAILED!
This is a massive win for pro-choice Americans and a complete game changer ahead of the midterms.
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) August 3, 2022
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Among Kansans who registered to vote on or after June 24th (when the Dobbs decision was announced), Democrats have an 8 pt advantage. Compare that to the GOP's overall advantage of 19 pts among all registered voters in Kansas. The landscape changed on June 24th.
— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) August 3, 2022
The result tonight in Kansas explains why so many Republicans have spent the last eight weeks saying that Dobbs is basically a huge nothingburger that barely changes anything. Nothing to see here, move on, etc.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 3, 2022
Tonight: Kansas told the Supreme Court to go fuck themselves
November: Voters will tell Republicans to fuck themselves
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) August 3, 2022
Yup
CELEBRATE THIS VICTORY!!! This Kansas win is just the beginning. Guns and abortion are inextricably tied together and an army of angry women can take back our rights, safety and democracy.
Join us to out organize, out work and out vote extremists: Text ELECTIONS to 644-33 https://t.co/2F53Iqtj4S
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 3, 2022
If the far right can lose in Kansas, they can lose ANYWHERE. Watch out. 🌊
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) August 3, 2022
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Dorothy: We’re not in Kansas anymore.
Abortion rights voters: Oh yes we are.— Dan Rather (@DanRather) August 3, 2022
Book ‘em, Dan-O
Did not have Kansas leading the nation on my 2022 bingo cards, but awfully happy to have their vote as the bell weather for the midterms. Let's go. pic.twitter.com/OI6BieNNsB
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 3, 2022
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Americans across the country raised $2 million in a week for abortion rights to stand up to a Republican congressmen.
Kansas just overwhelmingly voted to protect access to abortion.
If abortion isn’t at the top of your campaign list— you need to reevaluate.
— Olivia Julianna 🗳 (@0liviajulianna) August 3, 2022
Kansas—a state that Trump won by 15 points 56-41 just 2 years ago—just voted to protect abortion access by a landslide 26 points, 63-37.
That's how detached the GOP is from what Americans want. Vote Them All Out.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) August 3, 2022
Every. Last. Single. One.
A bunch of people voted in Kansas today and now abortion access is protected in that state. Don't let people who spend too much time on the internet tell you that voting doesn't matter.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 3, 2022
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There ain’t nothing wrong with Kansas tonight!!!
This is definitely a sign that reproductive rights are a winning issue for the Dems.
It is also a sign that the GOPers are cutting their own throats with the overturn of Roe. They are freaking out of touch, like these tweets are saying. Clarence Thomas is a fossil and an idiot and his wife is worse. And I wish I could be a fly on Alito’s wall when he hears this! :))
I would rather be a black widow on his wall, but I get your point.
More importantly, there’s a point that isn’t mentioned in this bit of feel-good news. Kansas’ GOP legislature DELIBERATELY chose to put this amendment on the PRIMARY ballot, hoping for an easy win; the GOP figured the primary would be a “low-vote” deal with only the die-hard usual primary voters. From the CNN figures (~8:10 am CDT), the GOP and Democratic governor’s primary took a combined 727,636 votes; the abortion amendment pulled in a total of 908,747 votes.
Looks like more people were interested in the abortion measure than any of the other races.
Adds sweetner to the news when you think on it, Joseph. Even among Republicans was that measure a loser by a wide margin. So much for using THAT as an issue in November.
Congratulations, GOP, you just caught the abortion car. Now it’s going to drag you to death.
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