The Biden administration already faces criticism following its tepid response to protect abortion access after 'Dobbs.'
of reporting by the Washington Post, Bedingfield referred dismissively to those frustrated by the administration’s slow and less-than-forceful response to the Court’s decision in“Joe Biden’s goal in responding to Dobbs is not to satisfy some activists who have been consistently out of step with the mainstream of the Democratic Party,” Bedingfield said in on-the-record remarks to theThe White House’s goal, she continued, is “to deliver help to women who are in danger and assemble a broad-based...
It was the phrase “some activists” that many on the progressive left recognized as a specific dig to those who have loudly advocated for an emergency-level response and openly criticized Biden and his lieutenants for failing to adequately acknowledge the level of the crisis. “What activists are asking for isn’t different from what the average voter is looking for — leadership,” tweeted Shauna Thomas, co-founder of the women’s rights group Ultra Violet, in response to the comment. “To trust that the President is doing everything in his power to save lives and protect our rights. No one is asking Biden to do the impossible. We’re asking him to do the maximum.”
Thomas specifically pushed back on the suggestion by Bedingfield that a more forceful response to protection of abortion rights wasn’t somehow “mainstream” — a claim belied consistently by public polling.Biden could double his approval rating and he still wouldn’t be as popular as abortion rights.