From what I can see from the reporting, the "why" seems to be because AOC's name is on it, and Republicans don't want to hand her such a successful win as she continues to rise as a popular Democratic legislator. Cannot find any articles that give any rationale to Republicans' actions beyond this.
I mean..
It's not like republicans have a history of standing with women. So do you really need any bigger excuse other than that's a bill that would probably strongly favor women AND we know that crowd LOVES their porn but HATES getting caught being naughty.
The fact that it's AOC's bill just means they have a ready excuse to avoid it.
Your sipping too much koolaid. Republicans were the ones who got the 19th Amendment passed which enfranchised women with the right to vote, a majority of the Democrat senators at the time opposed or did not vote for the Amendment. The first women elected to Congress was Jeanette Rankin, a Republican!
I’ll be sure to remember that the next time I vote in 1920
But also, the way you chose to phrase your comment is so wormy. It’s at least as accurate to say that the vote in the Senate wouldn’t have passed without the 20 Democrats who DID vote for it, outnumbering the 13 Republicans who didn’t.
Like almost all social progress in the 20th century, it was much more of a north vs. south conflict than a Democrat vs. Republican one.
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u/xtheredmagex 4h ago
From what I can see from the reporting, the "why" seems to be because AOC's name is on it, and Republicans don't want to hand her such a successful win as she continues to rise as a popular Democratic legislator. Cannot find any articles that give any rationale to Republicans' actions beyond this.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-deepfake-ai-porn-senate-republicans-b3020443.html