What might happen

by Bob Williams, Stevensville

Time for some thinking about just whom you want to represent you and your values, in Helena, and in Washington D.C. Here’s some food for thoughts.

It’s been awhile, but Republican party leaders now have a common platform, to stand on, and to point in the same direction.

To point at the actually huge increases of undocumented migrants crossing the Texas and New Mexico border, between border stations, since 2020.

To point at Texas Governor Abbott boldly holding that Texas must repel “invasion” by migrants. (Although many migrants move on to seek jobs outside of Texas in the Biden improved economy.)

To point in vivid, but inaccurate, words. Consider Governor Gianforte’s post on X [Twitter]: “Joe Biden is aiding and abetting a massive invasion of Illegal Immigrants.”

There are 25 Republican Governors pointing at the hot issues of border invasion and border insecurity. And Trump may be right. The best way to get votes is not to fix border security, but point accusing fingers at Democrats for not securing the Texas border. Point also at overloading

America with undocumented migrants who supposedly should be subject to massive deportations.

Let’s face it. Governor Abbott may force a showdown between Southern states and President Biden. Wherein Biden may lose some respect, some standing, and some votes. Which will encourage the billionaires who are well practiced at manipulating state and federal elections, to work together to defeat Biden and elevate some third party candidates to take votes away from Biden-Harris. And the wealth class will continue to help National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Steve Daines flip the Senate to GOP control. And help Republican Representatives in Montana, and throughout the country, to increase Republican control of the House of Representatives.

That way, from 2025 to 2028, the Trump dominated Republican party will control the Presidency and the Congress. With favorable oversight by the GOP-favoring US Supreme Court. That way finance, pharmaceuticals, and fossil fuel providers will accomplish their goals. That way, national and state governments may finally decide what indeed, if any, are the compelling expressed reasons, also expressed situations, when government can intervene and disallow a first trimester, physical and/or chemically induced, abortion.

Who knows what might happen. Maybe Congress will even incentivize states with the most inadequate maternal health programs to bring those programs up to a national standard. (Those states ban abortion.) Maybe, perhaps, Congress and states will do something to actually reduce the number of rape, and incest, events in the US. Reportedly, from July 2022 to January 1, 2024, in the 14 states with abortion bans, there have been over 64,000 rape-caused pregnancies.

Who knows. Maybe religious leaders will proclaim that male sperm does not have a prior right of expression. And that women have full and legally expressed rights.

I leave you with a question. If women are to have fewer rights, should they be taxed at lower rates?