LEBANON, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio’s Republican candidate for U.S. Senate questioned why a certain group of women would be concerned about abortion during an event in the state.

NBC4 obtained a video recording from a Warren County town hall on Friday, where GOP Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno accused suburban women of being focused solely on their ability to get an abortion.

“You know, the left has a lot of single issue voters,” Moreno said. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’ … OK. It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.'”

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    [Moreno said] It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.

    This is a perfect encapsulation of the conservative mindset. “If X isn’t applying to you, why do you care?” Project that across so many issues and you see the conservative viewpoint:

    • “I don’t experience climate change that I’m aware of yet, so there’s no reason to do anything about it”
    • “I’m not homosexual, so I don’t care that homosexuals have fewer rights.”
    • “I don’t have kids struggling with nutrition, so why do I want any programs that help nutrition for poor kids?”
    • “I don’t have a uterus, so don’t care I don’t have control over my own body”

    Moreno is essentially saying that empathy should be absent in the conservative mind.

    • luminaree@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      Yep, and they think everyone thinks that way. It’s like when JD Vance said that people who are childless have no investment in the future, as if we have no reason to care about the future of society without kids of our own.

    • thesporkeffect@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      I’m sure he would agree, but he’s also lacking in empathy to the extent that he actually doesn’t personally understand.