Thursday, July 12, 2018

On court, Roe, Walker shrugs; 'wouldn't have any impact on me'

Except for Foxconn and his shameless pre-election promotion of $100 tax rebate handouts, Walker's pose these days is a 'What-Me-Worry?' shoulder shrug.

From Trump's Wisconsin-killing tariffs to his kid-snatching, and now to the Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination and the political tinderbox known as Roe v. Wade. 

In his typically jumbled, self-centered syntax, Walker says nothing to see here because it won't have any effect on him and his career.
Walker Doubts Roe v. Wade at Risk
“I think there’s a lot of speculation and this is a guy who part of his experience is he clerked for Justice Kennedy,” said Walker. “So for those who suggest he’s going to be a stark contrast, most clerks are pretty well aligned with the person they clerk for. His track record suggests he’s going to uphold the constitution and if he does that I don’t expect there’ll be major changes...”
“My guess is the one thing that seems pretty clear is that anything like that [overturning Roe v. Wade] wouldn’t happen immediately,” said Walker. “You’re talking years. So, probably any sort of change wouldn’t have any impact for me and other state officials until long after the term I’m running for is over.”

5 comments:

MadCityVoter said...

You remember back in 2010 when Walker was first running for Governor he said he would work with the state employee unions on negotiating their then-pending contracts? And then when he was elected and turned out to have GOP majorities in both houses of the Legislature to work with, suddenly taking away the public sector unions' right to negotiate became a key part ("tool" was how he tried to sell it) of his supposed budget repair bill? Same tactic, different issue.

If Scott Walker is telling me not to worry about Roe v. Wade after Trump's SCOTUS nominations then I would say this Fall's elections should be singularly focused on electing Representatives, Senators, legislators, Governors and dogcatchers who are 110% in favor of enshrining full reproductive rights at every level of law and regulation. Because if Scott Walker is telling me not to pay attention to the ball, the ball is the one thing I should be worried about.

Anonymous said...

I agree MadCityVoter. Remember when he wasn't interested in Right to work just before an election? That lasted about a week after his re-election.

Anonymous said...

Or in 2014, when he said during the campaign that Right-to-Work-(for-Less) wouldn't hit his desk? Yet big signing ceremony.

Or when he said he wouldn't run for President, but then did?

Definitely be worried. But:

Walker and the Republicans are trying to have it both ways: telling their base that overturning Roe is a top priority while also complaining about how the pro-choicers are 'unduly' freaking out.

I wouldn't expect Roe to get overturned anytime soon. It is the carrot dangling in front of their religious voting bloc. If you let the mule eat the carrot, it will stop walking. Much more useful to the Republicans to just erode Roe with a bunch of 'little' decisions that still hurt, but that don't raise the ire (or notice) of the large pro-choice majority in this country and keeps the carrot just out of reach for the mule. "We need one more Supreme Court seat!" they'll say.

Meanwhile the real judicial agenda of shafting workers, protecting the wealthy, and tilting the electoral scale towards Republicans can proceed apace. As real as reproductive rights are to women around the country, Roe is a distraction to the people truly in power.

Maybe someday the evangelicals will wake up and realize that the grifters and corporations really aren't into them, and that they've been used for more than a generation.

Jake formerly of the LP said...

100% correct. And when Walker won't say anything beyond word salad on ABORTION, you know that means he cant go public with what he'd do, or he'd fall even,further behind in the polls.

All Dems and others should recognize that "not saying no = YES" with this gut. And they should tell everyone else the same about this Weasel

Anonymous said...

Is this supposed to make us feel better?

“My guess is the one thing that seems pretty clear is that anything like that [overturning Roe v. Wade] wouldn’t happen immediately,” said Walker. “You’re talking years. So, probably any sort of change wouldn’t have any impact for me and other state officials until long after the term I’m running for is over.”

Cause I don't feel better. This says overturning Roe v Wade is a done deal.