MAGA Senate Republicans trying to slip nationwide abortion ban into shutdown negotiations:

[applegrove]

Oh, hells to the no.

— Paul Amirault (@paulamirault.bsky.social) 2025-11-09T00:20:44.963Z

Applegrove: is this a poison pill to keep the shutdown going until December? You know so Epstein files will no longer have the votes as a Republican is seated in the House as well as a Democrat?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220781005

[Johonny]

1. Wow they really have the pulse of the nation, just 150 years too late.

Who votes for these piles of shit?

[leftstreet]

2. ...

is this a poison pill to keep the shutdown going until December? You know so Epstein files will no longer have the votes as a Republican is seated?

Very good question

[pat_k]

3. More reason to donate what you can to Aftyn Behn TN-7.

Now is the time! Unprecedented DU donor match:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220783113

Help make this race another Democratic upset. It IS within reach!!

Background

In the Oct primary, 45.7% of the vote went to the Democratic field. That's under a 7 point margin. (From Ballotpedia Oct 7 primary D total 31,002, R total 36,854)

An uphill battle, but in special elections it is ALL about turnout.

Democrats are fired up.

Republicans, not so much.

And Epps is a Trump-endorsed asshole.

It's only been a month since the primary, but a hell of a lot has happened to sink the felon and fire-up Democrats. Bulldozing the White House, the Trump Shutdown, Willfully starving children, MTG, Senate vote against Tariffs.

A Democratic win in this race would:

1) Teach the Republicans that gerrymandering does not always work (The republican gerrymander was struck down by a lower court. TN supreme court reversed. That map has been in effect since Jan 2023)

2) Demonstrate that, as he becomes more wildly unpopular, Trump's endorsement may do more harm than good.

In 2024, Mark Green was the incumbent, having taken office 2019. He won with 58.5 percent. Based on voting in the Oct primary, absent the incumbent advantage, things look a lot closer.

Add to that the late-breaking surge in voting/same day registrations we just saw, this could really be a competitive race.

Demographics
Median age: 35.6 (On the young side. Median age nationwide is 39)
70% White, 15% Black, 4% "Other", 2% Native American, and 8% identifying as two or more races