My yellow-taxicab driver declared the Democratic vice-presidential pick, Tim Walz, a dud within an hour or so of his announcement as Kamala Harris’s running mate. As a New York City cab driver might do. “Is Minnesota even in play?” he protested. “This is about abortion, isn’t it?” he asked a bit nervously. He was relieved when I agreed with him.
Billy told me he really doesn’t have a right to have an opinion on “a woman’s right to choose” because he’s a man. But when I encouraged him to follow the science and stand up for the innocent, he played a different tune. “I’m adopted. . . . I wouldn’t be here if my birth mother chose abortion. Abortion is evil. But we’re not supposed to say that.” He even showed me photos of both his biological and his adopted parents.
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