What’s sauce for the goose….
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayer cautioned that Arizona’s Stand Your Ground law allows citizens to defend themselves if they believe their life is in danger, and this could create a “combustible” situation, leading to violence if Trump’s masked, armed immigration agents act in a violent fashion. The State Senate, Republicans in a tizzy, passed a non-binding measure demanding that Mayer retract “her dangerous rhetoric.” State Senator Analise Ortiz noted that Mayer’s words “simply stated a law that was passed by this body.” Erik Martindale (or an alleged hacker, the idea stands nonetheless) posted that he would not perform “anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA.” and “I can refuse anyone.” Republicans, predictably up in arms, demanded Martindale’s firing, despite Governor DeSantis having signed SB 1580, a bill that shields health care providers who decline to treat patients when they have “conscience-based objections” and “sincerely held religious, moral or ethical beliefs.” And it’s just fine to bear arms if you’re the gun-toting, conservative Kyle Rittenhouse, acquitted of killing two unarmed protesters, but not if you’re the gun-holstered, progressive Alex Pretti, killed by ICE agents. Trump supported Rittenhouse’s actions, but declared that Pretti “couldn’t bring a firearm…to any sort of protest.” Sorry, Republicans, you can’t have it both ways. What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. These laws - Stand Your Ground, conscience-based refusal of services, the right to bear arms - are not just for MAGA Republicans. You legislate it, promote it, brandish it for your own ends, but they are our rights, too. You can cry fowl all you like, but your biased, short-sighted legislative chickens are coming home to roost. We are flocking together in protest and this is our message: you murder of crows, it’s time for you to fly the coop.