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How important is biological parenthood to Republicans?
Susan Smith drowned her two little boys in the lake. Her Republican stepfather, Beverly Russell, had adopted her. He was having sex with her. Right wingers tried to rationalize it as not being such a bad thing because she was only his adopted daughter.
Adopted, as in legal parent, not stepparent.
keep_left
(2,332 posts)...(R-GA) who, believe it or not, actually tried to demagogue the 1994 tragedy.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2011/01/11/a-trip-down-memory-lane-with-newt-gingrich/
Freethinker65
(11,077 posts)Biden had kids and they still attacked him, and attacked his biological children.
It is BS. They try/tried to belittle Ms Harris because of her name and fail(ed). They try/tried to belittle Ms Harris because she identified as Indian and fail(ed). They try/tried to belittle Ms Harris saying she turned black for political reasons and fail(ed). They try/tried to belittle Ms Harris because she was given responsibility to negotiate with countries to decrease the onslaught of asylum seekers at the border and fail(ed). They try/tried to belittle Ms Harris for passing the California Bar exam on her second attempt and they fail(ed). They try/tried to attack Ms Harris for being anti-Israel, and they fail(ed). They try/tried to attack Ms Harris on her becoming pragmatic about fracking and they fail(ed). They tried to belittle Ms Harris for dating a powerful political figure early in her career and they fail(ed). They are now attempting to belittle Ms Harris about being the mother to step-children and they fail(ed) again.