Good news for “life”, according to anti-abortionists?
More than that, a "victory for white lives".
During a meeting of Donald Trump this Saturday in Illinois, an American deputy was indeed delighted with the revocation of the federal right to abortion in the United States, a decision of the American Supreme Court particularly beneficial… for " whites ".
“I want to thank you for this historic Supreme Court victory for white life,” said Mary Miller, Republican Congresswoman from Illinois, speaking to Donald Trump, who is seen in full approval behind her.
Following this statement, the crowd began to applaud.
Mary Miller is running for re-election, against Republican Representative Rodney Davis, with the former president's blessing.
She had been invited to speak by Donald Trump, who held the rally in Mendon, Illinois, to mobilize voters ahead of Tuesday's primaries in that state.
There too we speak of “great replacement”
The statement comes as parts of the American right regularly decry the “great replacement,” a racist theory that claims white people and their influence are being “replaced” by people of color.
Proponents of this theory blame both immigration and demographic changes, including the white birth rate.
If the words spoken did not wince the crowd or the former American president, the spokesperson for Ms. Miller assured that the Republican of Illinois was the victim of a bad slip.
“You can clearly see in the video… that she is looking at her papers and her speech,” he told the AP news agency, adding that the elected official meant “right to life”, “right to life” in English.
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The MP who is among those who voted to overturn the results of Joe Biden's election and challenged Donald Trump's defeat had previously come under fire for quoting Adolf Hitler at a rally.
“Hitler was right about one thing.
He said:
He who has youth has the future
,” Miller said, before apologizing to the outcry.
This Friday the American Supreme Court returned to the emblematic judgment “Roe v.
Wade”, which for almost half a century has recognized the right to abortion in the United States.
It's a sad day for the country," lamented Joe Biden, who fears "for the health and lives of women."
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“The health and lives of women in this country are now at risk.
This right was so important to so many Americans and they did it,” lamented the Democratic president, for whom “the Court criminalized abortion.”
He called his decision "a tragic mistake", the result of an "extremist ideology".