Gymnastics

We were listening to OPB this morning on the way to breakfast and they were talking about the cherry harvest this year and how farmers were having a hard time bringing in the crop. The one report was that an average orchard would normally do 600 bushels in a day and they were having a hard time with 100.

Because they have no workers. And because the workers they would have to hire to replace the ones they lost would demand much higher wages. Which the buyers have said they won't pay higher prices so they'd have to eat that cost. So instead the fruit is rotting on the trees.

The part of Washington State that is covered in orchards is Trump country. They voted for MASS DEPORTATION NOW!

You've heard the story about the Republican Congresswoman in Florida who had an ectopic pregnancy and needed the medication that starts the medically induced miscarriage (also known as an abortion) that would save her life and there was a delay as the medical staff had to debate if they could give her the medication since she was past the 6 week mark where all abortion is outlawed in Florida. She could have died while the debate was on, but the law is not clear as to when you can intervene. And you know there are Republicans out there that think you can salvage an ectopic pregnancy.

This Congresswoman is staunchly pro-life. Voted for an absolute ban on abortions.

Now what do these cases have in common? They interviewed an orchard owner in Washington and asked him what he thought the issue was with immigrant labor and he said... It's the democrats' fault.

When asked why she thought she didn't get the medication to induce her abortion right away she said...It's the democrats' fault.

They both blamed the "fear mongering" from the Left for consequences of policy from the Right. The reason why workers aren't showing up to harvest cherries is because the Left keeps spreading rumors about ICE raids on farms. Which he wanted to make clear don't happen. Then he corrected himself a little, okay, well maybe some have happened, but none in Washington State so it's all the Left's fault.

She wanted to make clear that the Right was fine with what she needed done which WASN'T an abortion (yes it was) and that it's just fear mongering from the Left that makes medical professionals worried about jail time for providing a health care service that the Right has made illegal. And which has caused women who had miscarriages to be charged with crimes.

This is the mental gymnastics we are up against. This is the reason that the find out portion of the fuck around isn't necessarily going to work like it should. They are (we ALL are) going to face the consequences for how they voted, and for the people who didn't vote at all, but only some of us will draw the straight-line from policy to consequence. There is going to be a whole other group that will loop that line however they need to to blame Biden, or Hillary, or Obama, or the Left in general.

They cannot face the consequences of their actions because they don't think it's ever their, or Dear Leader's fault.

So the fruit rots on the tree. And women die from lack of healthcare. And our country just keeps falling apart. But it's not their fault. They only voted for it.