FaustsAccountant t1_j9q0f0a wrote
Reply to comment by Squez360 in Alaska lawmaker censured for asking if fatal child abuse saved taxpayer money by notunek
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“Mr Eastman, who is from Wasilla, became the first Alaska House member in history to be censured over a separate incident in 2017, when he claimed some Alaskans tried to get pregnant to take advantage of travel funded by the US health care programme Medicaid for medically necessary abortions.
"You have individuals who are in villages and are glad to be pregnant, so that they can have an abortion because there's a free trip to Anchorage involved," he told Alaska Public Media at the time.
Bellsar_Ringing t1_j9qc7uj wrote
I couldn't help wondering if "individuals who are in villages" is racist code for Alaskan natives.
Lets-B-Lets-B-Jolly t1_j9qiyfx wrote
It is.
Taysir385 t1_j9r1keo wrote
It’s racist code for native individuals all over the US, not just in Alaska.
Pure-Kaleidoscope759 t1_j9rf9w9 wrote
Thought so.
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bubblegumdrops t1_j9qb9ao wrote
Now I’ve never had an abortion but from my understanding it’s definitely not worth a free trip to Anchorage.
If I didn’t try to joke about people like him I’d be banging my head against the wall 24/7.
Pure-Kaleidoscope759 t1_j9rf854 wrote
That is just the sort of argument someone like him would make.
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