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Sorry, Doug Jones, you are the one with the extreme abortion position — not Alabama legislators and voters

Alabama’s junior United States Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is so far out of touch with Alabama’s voters that he might as well be New York’s third senator.

Jones has attempted to brand himself as a moderate alternative to Roy Moore, and that works against Roy Moore, but only if Moore is accused of being a child molester.

But in the real world, Jones is wildly out of touch on the issue of abortion with a majority of Alabamians and it’s not even close.

Jones spent the weekend tweeting out extreme positions and promoting liberal sports blog AL.com’s virtue signaling nonsense.

That last tweet reads like a liberal Mad-Libs. What is he talking about when it comes to “working families?” Will anyone in the media ask? Of course not.

Now, this is all predicated on the meme that 25 white men decided Alabama’s abortion ban, which is a lie.

The sponsor of this bill in the State House was State Representative Terri Collins (R-Decatur).

And don’t forget: The governor that signed off on it is also a woman.

Alabama voters decided this.

They voted these men and women into office in 2018.

Do you know what else they did in 2018? They decided Alabama was a pro-life state.

It was on the ballot:

“yes” vote supported this amendment to make it state policy to “recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, including the right to life” and to state that no provisions of the constitution provide a right to an abortion or require funding of abortions.

The vote wasn’t even close.

Alabama Amendment 2
Result Votes Percentage
Approved Yes 916,061 59.01%
No 636,438 40.99%

Jones doesn’t enjoy anywhere close to that support.

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democrat Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Jones 50% 673,896
Republican Roy Moore 48.3% 651,972
Independent Write-in 1.7% 22,852
Total Votes 1,348,720

Jones can continue pretending he doesn’t “believe that these Republican men represent the views of most Alabamians” to pander to a media that hates, and is painfully out of touch with, this state and if he wants to, the voters in Alabama will make it clear where they stand in 2020.

Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 7-11 am weekdays on WVNN

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