Being the party of family values goes beyond birth
Republicans have been fooling us too long. Let's look at the truth!
J.D. Vance is obsessed!
Like…I love being a father and a grandfather. I love my kids. I talk about them all the time. I also don’t think making them is the greatest achievement of my life. I mean…it’s up there but I also have done some other stuff like raising them and then like going to war and stuff. But, J.D. Vance seems to think a person’s highest calling is to make kids and until then you’re simply a lesser person.
This dude has only been a dad for like 7 years. Was he a sociopath before and it melted away when Usha gave that last push?
It’s gotten me thinking about the idea of family friendly policy. The fact is that the Republican Party is the least family friendly party in history and only getting worse. They are masters of manipulation.
Anti-abortion laws so you will have kids whether you like it or not are not followed by any policies or efforts to help you. Healthcare? Nope. Family paid leave? Nope. Child tax credit? Nope. Free meals at schools? Nope. Good public schools? Are you kidding? HELL NO! Keeping them at home? Nope…they removed barriers to child labor so kids can go to work in dangerous jobs as young as 14.
Oh now I get it
They just want more kids for the workforce. That’s it. The attacks on Tim Walz show how bad it is. He has led an agenda that is truly kids first in every single way. The reward is a state that is first in healthcare and fifth in the nation for businesses. See, good family policy is good policy for everything.
It’s called investing. That used to be a Republican value. Now it’s only cutting. Money is short? Cut the budget. Programs not meeting expectations? Cut them. Schools struggling? Cut their budget.
There is no effort anymore on the right to even try to fix things. They want them broken and they want us broke too.
So, it seemed like the perfect time to have a guy on to talk about what makes good family policy and the difference between the two parties.
Let’s talk family policy (also stay to the end for my views on the couch jokes. Spoiler alert…save your pearl clutching…I think it’s hilarious and information warfare at its finest.)
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Justin Talbot Zorn
Justin Talbot Zorn is an author, adviser, and policymaker. He has served as Legislative Director for three members of the US Congress. His first book, published with HarperCollins in the US and Penguin in the UK, was printed in 14 languages globally and topped Audible bestsellers lists in diverse categories including philosophy, meditation, and business. Justin is a Senior Adviser to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a Truman National Security Fellow, and co-founder of a first-of-its-kind talent pipeline for Congressional staffers. A former Fulbright Scholar, Justin received graduate degrees in international relations and public policy from Oxford and Harvard.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t need much of an introduction. She is one of the most toxic members of an already extreme House Republican caucus. She is so extreme the House Freedom Caucus kicked her out! The last two years haven’t changed her at all. She has a real challenger this cycle in Shawn Harris. After 40 years of military service, Shawn retired as an Army Brigadier General. He and his wife Karla have five children and four grandchildren. They live in Rockmart, Georgia, where together they run their first-generation grass-fed cattle farm, and Karla works as a family doctor. Shawn grew up in Blakely, Georgia, on his family’s farm. After high school, Shawn enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, rising to the rank of Sergeant. Later he got his B.A. in Agribusiness at Tuskegee University. After 9/11, Shawn was deployed as an infantry commander in Afghanistan, where he saw extensive combat. Shawn later served as a senior military advisor in posts around the world. Now he’s taking on MTG.
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I’m a NC resident from the mountains so I know Shawn’s district pretty well. I just donated and I hope he can do even half of what he wants to do for his constituents. Thanks for having him on, Fred.