1/31
@jbendery
NEW: In a newly unearthed interview from 2022, Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) said women who have abortions “hate the country” and “hate that baby” because they know if they carried their pregnancies to term, it would mean responsibility.
GOP Rep. David Schweikert Said Women Who Get Abortions 'Hate That Baby' And America
2/31
@jbendery
In a July 2022 interview on a conservative radio show, the host cited a woman who'd testified to a House committee that an abortion she'd had was "an act of self love."
Schweikert's response: "You wonder why they hate the country because they only care about themselves.”
3/31
@jbendery
“They hate their neighbors because they only care about themselves," Schweikert continued.
"They hate that baby because it symbolizes a responsibility.”
GOP Rep. David Schweikert Said Women Who Get Abortions 'Hate That Baby' And America
4/31
@jbendery
Schweikert, who adopted a baby boy in 2022, said the Democratic Party is "sick" and would have let his son die.
"All of these Democrats would have been willing to have that baby die as long it was — had not passed through the birth canal."
5/31
@jbendery
I emailed Schweikert’s campaign for any comment on this stuff. They didn't respond -- but this RADIO SHOW HOST replied and offered his perspective. What?
"Dear Jen (if I may)," began his email.
6/31
@jbendery
Radio show host Seth Leibsohn suggested Schweikert meant women who are "leftist radicals," and not all women, when he said women who have abortions hate their babies and America.
“‘A number of these folks,’ as David put it, is, after all, not a universal characterization."
7/31
@jbendery
Leibsohn did not respond when asked how or why he was contacting HuffPost instead of Schweikert, and did not say if Schweikert asked him to respond on his behalf.
GOP Rep. David Schweikert Said Women Who Get Abortions 'Hate That Baby' And America
8/31
@jbendery
You can listen to Schweikert's comments on this radio show for yourself in the story.
Schweikert is currently in a very tight race, trying to hold onto a district that's becoming more and more Democratic. He's been trying to avoid talking about issues like... abortion.
9/31
@jbendery
I discovered Schweikert has been saying lots of interesting things on conservative radio in recent years.
Like in Nov. 2022, on this same show, Schweikert said some white and well-educated people voted Democratic in the mid-terms because "President Trump hurt their feelings.”
10/31
@jbendery
Schweikert also said child-free and unmarried women just vote for candidates based on what’s “trendy.”
“There is sort of ‘I have a family now, I need to defend my family’ [and] ‘I don’t have a family, I’m going to defend more my, whatever feels trendy at this moment.'"
11/31
@mryoung151
And if they identified the father immediately and he was required to start paying child support there would be a lot more prochoice voters out there.
12/31
@ClaudetteGGibs1
Fuxk him.
13/31
@ChudYork
Where's the lie?
14/31
@TrainConductor5
Hell yeah
15/31
@neoludditism
You guys are getting desperate.
16/31
@jamessdilll
Convenient timing
17/31
@TronVTron
Any special reason why you are bringing this up now when you had two years to do it? I already know the answer but would love to hear from you.
18/31
@bwaydiva1
That’s rich considering how many men abandon women after getting them pregnant. They don’t pay child support and it’s not enforced.
19/31
@Corb_The_Lesser
Is every GOP male soaked in misogyny?
20/31
@mblehrhoff
Another Republican utterly clueless about women???
Shocker.
I'd imagine this genius is also certain they can will away getting pregnant if raped.
21/31
@johnson343383
JFC
22/31
@Sheila14881829
@GOP should be required to provide food, clothing and shelter to all these babies they want until they are grown.
23/31
@BillJelavich
Now if the GOP signed up to provide for the mother and child until the 18th birthday, that would be an interesting discussion.
24/31
@tltyrrell
Vote him out!
25/31
@ja_mott
I’ll start listening to the opinions of men when they can become pregnant. Otherwise…hard pass!
26/31
@SallySanchez99
@RepDavid has got to go!!
27/31
@redorgreen17
Another man who doesn't get it.
28/31
@ModernConflict
Unbelievable
29/31
@Patrici21446599
Thread
30/31
@flipazblue
[Quoted tweet]
David Schweikert's rhetoric about abortion shows how out of touch he is. Claiming women who seek abortions "hate their country" is offensive and reveals his extreme anti-choice agenda. Arizonans deserve better. huffpost.com/entry/gop-david…
31/31
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