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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:41 PM Jan 2018

Utah GOP official says giving women the right to vote was a 'grave mistake'

Utah GOP official says giving women the right to vote was a ‘grave mistake’
A Republican Party chairwoman is defending Casey Fisher's comments.
KIRA LERNER JAN 17, 2018, 10:51 AM Think Progress

A GOP precinct chair in Utah wrote on Facebook this week that he thinks giving voting rights to women was a “grave mistake.”

“The more I study history, the more I think giving voting rights to others not head of household has been a grave mistake,” Casey Fisher, a Davis County precinct chair who oversees Republican caucuses in his district, wrote on Sunday.

Fisher deleted both the post and his Facebook account when he began receiving angry messages, according to Davis County GOP chairwoman Teena Horlacher, who defended Fisher in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune.

“The sentiment was along the lines of what our Founding Fathers believed in,” she said.

https://thinkprogress.org/utah-gop-official-grave-mistake-854206a69f40/
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Utah GOP official says giving women the right to vote was a 'grave mistake' (Original Post) workinclasszero Jan 2018 OP
The sentiment was along the lines of what our Founding Fathers believed in, atreides1 Jan 2018 #1
Yup workinclasszero Jan 2018 #2
Those were the good old days exboyfil Jan 2018 #3
Bingo workinclasszero Jan 2018 #4
Odd thought from the state that was either first or second to give women the vote. marble falls Jan 2018 #5

atreides1

(16,378 posts)
1. The sentiment was along the lines of what our Founding Fathers believed in,
Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:49 PM
Jan 2018

They believed in slavery, they believed in indentured servitude, they believed in poor houses, they believed that women like Teena Horlacher should be given rights as determined by men!!!

Let's conduct an experiment, Teena Horlacher and other Republican women, who love to defend misogynists, should be treated like women were treated in the 18th century...and then after 6 months they can go on Dr. Phil and tell us all how much they loved it!!!


 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
2. Yup
Wed Jan 17, 2018, 01:56 PM
Jan 2018

Funny how the republicans always forget about slavery and genocide against Native Americans when talking about "the good old days" huh?

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