Republican House Focuses on Stoking Social Wars

And reveals something about itself most of us never could have imagined

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Despite the seeming sense of busyness that Republicans in the House are emitting like unhealthy waves of radiation, an inordinate amount of their attention has been focused on not living, breathing humans but the zygote.

After taking a peek at some of the “accomplishments” of the House Republicans listed after their first sort-of month in charge, I had my Da Vinci-code moment. Republicans like Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Greene Taylor, Kevin McCarthy, Lauren Boebert, and more find themselves to be protectors of the zygote because if not for a flat tire, that nasty argument over the excessively burned-toast (again?!), or one-too-many the night before, none of these people would be with us today.

The social and moral reprehensibility these people display on most occasions when they speak surely stems from the fact that they know. take for instance the ability these people have to make everyone dizzy with anger, along with the talent they have for riling people up to the point that nuns find themselves getting tattoos declaring “kill the ignorant.” All of this is powered by one small, very unpleasant overheard phrase: Mom and dad wanted to abort them but something prevented them from…