“Democrats have failed to target Republicans,” Newsom said of his own party during public remarks on Wednesday.
“Where is the Democratic Party – where’s the party?” he pushed. “Why aren’t we calling this out? This is a concerted, coordinated effort and, yes, they’re winning. We need to stand up. Where is the counteroffensive?”
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Pelosi, who has represented the district surrounding San Francisco since 1987, pushed back on the California Democratic governor during an interview with CBS Face the Nation on Sunday.
“I have no idea why anybody would make that statement unless they were unaware of the fight that has been going on,” she said of Newsom.
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“The fact is that we have been fighting for a woman’s right to choose – and that is to choose. We have constantly been fighting against the Republicans in the Congress,” she insisted in pushback on her California colleague’s comment.
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“This is a constant fight that we’ve had for generations – decades I should say, in my case, in the Congress,” Pelosi added. “The science hasn’t changed, but the court has changed.”
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Newsom’s remarks about his own party’s losses on abortion came after a leak from the Supreme Court Monday evening showed a Conservative draft opinion signaling an impending overturn of Roe v. Wade.
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The landmark abortion case has been in effect for the last 50 years and has made a woman’s right to an abortion federally protected. However, red states have increasingly tried to redefine the law, pushing it to be more limited in scope, especially in recent years.
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Both sides of the political aisle are up in arms over the leak – Democrats due to the leak and Republicans because there was a leak in the first place.
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Democrats have vowed an attempt to codify Roe v. Wade in the legislature, while Republicans are calling for the person who leaked it to be brought to justice.
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“Back when Democrats held majorities in the House and the Senate in 2009 when you were Speaker, President Obama was asked about codifying Roe v. Wade and said ‘abortion is a moral and ethic issue’ and ‘not the highest legislative priority,” CBS host Margaret Brennan said to Pelosi on Sunday.
She asked: “Do you think it was a mistake for him – for other presidents – not to push harder when Democrats had the majority?”
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