Don Bacon Puts Extreme Anti-Choice Speaker Before Nebraskans

Today, Don Bacon voted to elect Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House. After weeks of playing political games and enabling Republican’s dysfunction instead of working toward a solution, Bacon fell in line with his party and went all in for Johnson’s dangerous agenda, which includes banning abortion nationwide.

As a reminder, Bacon has backed a nationwide abortion ban without exceptions for rape, incest, or a mother’s life, and has voted against protecting the right to contraception.

In case you haven’t heard of him, here’s a bit about Johnson:

• Johnson pushed for a total abortion ban without exceptions and voted for legislation to punish doctors for providing essential reproductive care.

• Johnson served as the chair of the Republican Study Committee, leading their efforts to slash Social Security and Medicare. [Reminder: Bacon has called to raise the retirement age.]

• Johnson was instrumental in the plan to overturn the 2020 election – the New York Times named him “the most important architect of the Electoral College objections.”

• Johnson voted against the CHIPS and Science Act, which is creating good-paying manufacturing jobs in Nebraska.

Don Bacon has completely abandoned working families in Nebraska, siding with election deniers, anti-abortion extremists, and relentless attacks on Social Security and Medicare.

DCCC Spokesperson Mallory Payne:
“Don Bacon has spent the last three weeks playing party politics, lying about working toward bipartisan solutions, and contradicting himself left and right. After voting for Mike Johnson’s extreme anti-choice agenda, Bacon has once again put his party bosses before Nebraska workers and families.”

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