2016 Postmortem

ehrnst

(32,640 posts) Sat Jul 16, 2016, 10:09 AM Jul 2016

Periods for Pence has come back with a vengance

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump announced Friday morning on Twitter that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence would be his running mate in the 2016 presidential election. Pence has been at the center of some nightmarish anti-abortion legislation in Indiana. In April, he signed a bill forcing women to disclose their reasons for terminating a pregnancy and criminalizing doctors who provided the service, which prompted women around the state to call his office and report on their periods since the governor was so concerned with their private matters. The protest, called Periods for Pence, is back and targeting the Trump HQ this time.

Once the news that Pence would be Trump's running mate this fall was confirmed on Friday, the Periods for Pence Facebook page shared the Trump campaign headquarters phone number, and called on women across the country to call with information about "those hoo-has." Women took to the thread right away, asking, "Does this mean women all over the US can start bugging Trump now with our hoo-ha activity?" Another asked, "Does this mean I can call Trump directly about the blood coming out of my wherever?" referencing Trump's prior comments about Megyn Kelly.

http://www.bustle.com/articles/172933-periods-for-pence-has-come-back-with-a-vengeance

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Periods for Pence has come back with a vengance (Original Post) ehrnst Jul 2016 OP

Good! Lucinda Jul 2016 #1

Pence signed a bill to force women to pay for funerals for aborted fetuses. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #15

He's also a cigareete truther. Snarkoleptic Jul 2016 #16

Unbelievable that a birther truther would pick a tobacco truther, oh wait .... flock together .... L. Coyote Jul 2016 #17

Good for those women! More power to 'em! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2016 #2

He can put it all in his big database where he keeps tabs on muslims & his one African-American. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #3

And I didn't think the Pence choice would generate any 'excitement' ! John Poet Jul 2016 #4

I am of an age Sophiegirl Jul 2016 #5

yes, I am sure that Don the Con would want to know gopiscrap Jul 2016 #6

This is a most excellent development. Tobin S. Jul 2016 #7

Big K&R for future reference. classof56 Jul 2016 #8

Love it! SunSeeker Jul 2016 #9

I, too, am long past bleeding. but that doesn't mean I cannot make a daily blood report. niyad Jul 2016 #10

Tell them about vaginal dryness, and ask how best to address it. ehrnst Jul 2016 #18

ohhh, I like that!! thank you!! niyad Jul 2016 #20

I got more where that came from. ehrnst Jul 2016 #21

yayyyyyy for you!! we can definitely have some fun with this! niyad Jul 2016 #22

I'm sure they'll want to hear all about rhiannon55 Jul 2016 #11

Since some of us are no longer fertile, Ilsa Jul 2016 #12

7,000 new likes in the last day on Facebook. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #13

Twitter LIVE feed: L. Coyote Jul 2016 #14

They do a lot of phone calls greymattermom Jul 2016 #19

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

1. Good!

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 10:26 AM

Jul 2016

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

15. Pence signed a bill to force women to pay for funerals for aborted fetuses.

Reply to Lucinda (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 06:36 PM

Jul 2016

#6: #MikePence signed a bill to force women to pay for funerals for aborted fetuses.

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)

16. He's also a cigareete truther.

Reply to L. Coyote (Reply #15)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 08:39 PM

Jul 2016

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/07/14/3798417/mike-pence-tobacco-money/

More anti-science repliclown misbehavior.
At the linked article, you can read about how his family owned a chain of stores operated under the corporate name "Tobacco Road". (I shit you not!)

Over his political career Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN) has consistently carried the tobacco industry’s water, denying the dangers of cigarettes, opposing government regulation, and slashing smoking cessation efforts. In return, they rewarded him with more than $100,000 in campaign donations.

In 2000, Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN), then running for an open U.S. House seat, came out against a proposed settlement between government and the tobacco industry, calling it “big government.” In a shocking editorial, he wrote:

“Time for a quick reality check. Despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn’t kill.”

Pence acknowledged that smoking is not “good for you,” but claimed that two-thirds of smokers do not die from smoking related illness and “9 out of ten smokers do not contract lung cancer.” He warned of a slippery-slope in which government would soon seek to discourage fatty foods, caffeine, and SUVs.

In a debate that September, his Democratic opponent pressed him on the suggestion that smoking does not cause cancer and noted his contributions from tobacco companies. According to the Indianapolis Star’s coverage of the exchange, “Pence clarified that he wrote that there was no causal link medically identifying smoking as causing lung cancer.” While cigarette manufacturers might have been still claiming that there was not causal link between smoking and lung cancer, medical science had settled the question years earlier. A landmark report by the U.S. Surgeon General had documented the link — in 1964.

After the debate, the paper reported, Pence acknowledged he had received an estimated $5,000 and $10,000 in contributions from tobacco companies. His actual total was already at least $13,000 in contributions from the political action committees for Brown & Williamson, Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, and US Tobacco, according to Political MoneyLine data reviewed by ThinkProgress. A May 2000 letter from the Reynolds PAC to Pence, now available in the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive archives, conveyed a $1,000 check and praised his “position on issues important to our company.”

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

17. Unbelievable that a birther truther would pick a tobacco truther, oh wait .... flock together ....

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Reply #16)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 10:10 PM

Jul 2016

We are talking the Tea Party overthrow of the Republicans. There's not enough popcorn for this ....

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,629 posts)

2. Good for those women! More power to 'em!

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 11:18 AM

Jul 2016

K&R

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)

3. He can put it all in his big database where he keeps tabs on muslims & his one African-American.

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 11:26 AM

Jul 2016

Remember Romney and his "binders of women"?

John Poet

(2,510 posts)

4. And I didn't think the Pence choice would generate any 'excitement' !

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 11:50 AM

Jul 2016

I'm warming to the TP ticket.

Sophiegirl

(2,338 posts)

5. I am of an age

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 11:51 AM

Jul 2016

Where I don't have a period anymore. Should I self-report that?

gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)

6. yes, I am sure that Don the Con would want to know

Reply to Sophiegirl (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 12:13 PM

Jul 2016

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)

7. This is a most excellent development.

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 12:19 PM

Jul 2016

K&R

classof56

(5,376 posts)

8. Big K&R for future reference.

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 12:22 PM

Jul 2016

SunSeeker

(51,569 posts)

9. Love it!

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 12:40 PM

Jul 2016

niyad

(113,330 posts)

10. I, too, am long past bleeding. but that doesn't mean I cannot make a daily blood report.

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 12:50 PM

Jul 2016

hell, they make everything up, why can't we?

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)

18. Tell them about vaginal dryness, and ask how best to address it.

Reply to niyad (Reply #10)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 08:50 AM

Jul 2016

What brand of lube they use, etc.

niyad

(113,330 posts)

20. ohhh, I like that!! thank you!!

Reply to ehrnst (Reply #18)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 11:04 AM

Jul 2016

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)

21. I got more where that came from.

Reply to niyad (Reply #20)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 11:26 AM

Jul 2016

When I was 6 months pregnant, the whole Partial Birth Abortion bills were in the news.

I sent an email to both my senators (who were supporting it) asking them to attend the putting in of my cerclage - due to thin cervix. Since they knew better than my OB about what was best for me and my pregnancy, I told them they should be there to ensure that the cerclage was put in correctly, and sent them a full description of the procedure, in case they needed to brush up.

I did not hear back. I mean, I didn't even get one of those form letters that start with "As you know, I support/oppose this legislation...." Nothing.

I assume that email got passed around their offices, and I was put on a few "lists."

niyad

(113,330 posts)

22. yayyyyyy for you!! we can definitely have some fun with this!

Reply to ehrnst (Reply #21)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 11:28 AM

Jul 2016

rhiannon55

(2,671 posts)

11. I'm sure they'll want to hear all about

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 12:56 PM

Jul 2016

my post-menopausal hoo-ha adventures. 😜

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

12. Since some of us are no longer fertile,

Reply to rhiannon55 (Reply #11)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 04:28 PM

Jul 2016

I wonder if they'd frown upon us having any sexual activity. You know, because sex is just for making babies.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

13. 7,000 new likes in the last day on Facebook.

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 04:46 PM

Jul 2016

One Year of Letters @1yearofletters
Over 10,500 have phoned/emailed IND @GovPenceIN abt their private business #periodsforpence
https://www.facebook.com/Periods-for-Pence-565501973618299/

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

14. Twitter LIVE feed:

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 06:29 PM

Jul 2016

Amanda Zimmerman ?@AmandaReneaZ 2 minutes ago
@realDonaldTrump @GovPenceIN Just letting you both know my period is coming soon. #periodsforpence #tamponsfortrump

meshkol ?@ashernorton 332 minutes ago
@realDonaldTrump @GovPenceIN Started my period yesterday! As I'm sexing w/ a lady, I'm not pregnant! #periodsforpence #tamponsfortrump

Vitamin D ☀ ?@donnutellah 39 minutes ago
#periodsforpence I've had coffee, real juice, yoga, nap, and 2 ibuprofens already and this headache won't go away help Dr. @GovPenceIN #pms

Tooks ?@tooklets_tooks 60 minutes ago
#PeriodsForPence @realDonaldTrump As you are the TP ticket now you'd like to know about my periods. i have blood coming out of my you know

CNL ?@crazyjerseylady 1 hour ago
Hey @realDonaldTrump and @GovPenceIN I get SUPER gassy during my period. Any tips on how to deal with that? #periodsforpence #TamponsForTrump

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)

19. They do a lot of phone calls

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:21 AM

Jul 2016

so, since the Trump organization now works for the campaign, who do they call? They should call and ask for McIver, right?

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