{"id":1061874,"date":"2021-11-28T12:44:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T17:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1061874"},"modified":"2021-11-28T12:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T17:44:27","slug":"chuck-todd-says-vaccine-mandates-are-pro-life-abortion-access-is-freedom-to-choose-tate-reeves-crushes-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-todd-says-vaccine-mandates-are-pro-life-abortion-access-is-freedom-to-choose-tate-reeves-crushes-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Todd Says Vaccine Mandates Are \u2018Pro-Life,\u2019 Abortion Access Is \u2018Freedom To Choose\u2019: Tate Reeves Crushes Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchuck-todd-says-vaccine-mandates-are-pro-life-abortion-access-is-freedom-to-choose-tate-reeves-crushes-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1061874&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NBC\u2019s Chuck Todd pressed Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (R) to accept vaccine mandates as \u201cpro-life\u201d actions, while simultaneously suggesting that access to abortion should be protected as an individual liberty.<\/p>\n<p>Reeves made an appearance Sunday on \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d joining Todd for a discussion on the emergence of a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/biden-fauci-urge-americans-to-get-vaccinated-as-omicron-concern-grows\/\">new coronavirus variant<\/a> and Mississippi\u2019s vaccination rate as well as the 15-week abortion ban that will face the scrutiny of the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Todd began by asking Reeves whether he felt the Mississippi law \u2014 which bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy \u2014 could be enacted without overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, asking also whether Reeves believed Roe had been wrongly decided.<\/p>\n<p>Reeves said that in addition to believing that the 1973 decision was wrong, he also believed that there was nothing limiting individual states from <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/texas-abortion-ban-back-in-effect-after-suspension\/\">imposing their own restrictions<\/a>. \u201cI believe very strongly that if you read the Constitution there is nowhere in the Constitution that prohibits individual states, states like Mississippi to limit access to abortions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Reeves also pointed out that even if the 15-week ban was allowed to stand, Mississippi\u2019s law would still be less restrictive than the abortion laws in 37 of 42 European countries, adding, \u201cWhen you look at, for instance, abortion laws in California and New York, they are much more similar to those abortion laws in China and North Korea than they are to Europe or many other countries around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd then attempted to use Reeves\u2019 own comments about his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/governors-immediately-push-back-on-unconstitutional-biden-plan-will-fight-them-to-the-gates-of-hell\/\">opposition to vaccine mandates<\/a> to argue that a vaccine mandate was actually a \u201cpro-life\u201d position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a power grab by the federal government. We\u2019ve seen this time and time again by the Biden administration, and now we\u2019re seeing their strong desire to trying to make decisions on behalf of individual Americans. We believe in freedom and individual liberty,\u201d Reeves said of the vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Freedom and individual liberty,&#8217;\u201d Todd repeated. \u201cWhy should the state of Mississippi tell a woman what they should do with their body? Why shouldn\u2019t they have that individual freedom on their body, particularly in the first 20 weeks?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, this is a prime example, and the far left loves to scream, \u2018My body, my choice.\u2019 What I would submit to you, choice, is they absolutely ignore the fact that in getting an abortion there is an actual killing of an innocent unborn child that is in that womb,\u201d Reeves replied. \u201cHere is what we know about babies that are 15 weeks. We know that they have a heartbeat. We know that those babies at 15 weeks actually can open and close their hands. We know that they have developing lungs, and we know that those babies at 15 weeks can feel pain, and so when you talk \u2013 the difference between vaccine mandates and abortions is vaccines allow you to protect yourself. Abortions actually go in and kill other American babies. Let\u2019s just put this in perspective \u2013\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chuck Todd didn\u2019t exactly push back as Tate Reeves recited right-wing talking points to defend Mississippi\u2019s abortion ban <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s7Nc05ooKZ\">pic.twitter.com\/s7Nc05ooKZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1464985388355883013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor, hang on a minute. A vaccine is about protecting a larger community, about preventing spread. You could argue a vaccine mandate is a pro-life position,\u201d Todd interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>Reeves agreed that one could make that argument, but he went on to argue that despite the fact that most agree vaccines are effective at preventing severe disease and death, vaccinated people were still spreading COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConversely, when you\u2019re talking about the pro-life position of protecting unborn babies, let\u2019s put it in perspective,\u201d Reeves said, turning back to abortion. \u201cThe fact is, during this very horrible and challenging time since I was sworn into office in January of 2020, Chuck, we\u2019ve had 800,000 American lives lost because of COVID. My heart aches for every single one of those individuals that has died because of COVID. Over 10,000 Mississippians. My heartbreaks for every one of them. Since Roe, 62 million babies have been aborted and, therefore, killed. That\u2019s why I think it\u2019s very important that people like myself stand up for those unborn children because they don\u2019t have the ability to stand up for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC\u2019s Chuck Todd pressed Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (R) to accept vaccine mandates as \u201cpro-life\u201d actions, while simultaneously suggesting that access to abortion should be protected as an individual liberty.Reeves made an appearance Sunday on \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d joining Todd for a discussion on the emergence of a new coronavirus variant and Mississippi\u2019s vaccination rate as well as the 15-week abortion ban that will face the scrutiny of the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.Todd began by asking Reeves whether he felt the Mississippi law \u2014 which bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy \u2014 could be enacted without overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, asking also whether Reeves believed Roe had been wrongly decided.Reeves said that in addition to believing that the 1973 decision was wrong, he also believed that there was nothing limiting individual states from imposing their own restrictions. \u201cI believe very strongly that if you read the Constitution there is nowhere in the Constitution that prohibits individual states, states like Mississippi to limit access to abortions,\u201d he said.Reeves also pointed out that even if the 15-week ban was allowed to stand, Mississippi\u2019s law would still be less restrictive than the abortion laws in 37 of 42 European countries, adding, \u201cWhen you look at, for instance, abortion laws in California and New York, they are much more similar to those abortion laws in China and North Korea than they are to Europe or many other countries around the world.\u201dTodd then attempted to use Reeves\u2019 own comments about his opposition to vaccine mandates to argue that a vaccine mandate was actually a \u201cpro-life\u201d position.\u201cThis is a power grab by the federal government. We\u2019ve seen this time and time again by the Biden administration, and now we\u2019re seeing their strong desire to trying to make decisions on behalf of individual Americans. We believe in freedom and individual liberty,\u201d Reeves said of the vaccine mandates.\u201c\u2018Freedom and individual liberty,&#8217;\u201d Todd repeated. \u201cWhy should the state of Mississippi tell a woman what they should do with their body? Why shouldn\u2019t they have that individual freedom on their body, particularly in the first 20 weeks?\u201d\u201cWell, this is a prime example, and the far left loves to scream, \u2018My body, my choice.\u2019 What I would submit to you, choice, is they absolutely ignore the fact that in getting an abortion there is an actual killing of an innocent unborn child that is in that womb,\u201d Reeves replied. \u201cHere is what we know about babies that are 15 weeks. We know that they have a heartbeat. We know that those babies at 15 weeks actually can open and close their hands. We know that they have developing lungs, and we know that those babies at 15 weeks can feel pain, and so when you talk \u2013 the difference between vaccine mandates and abortions is vaccines allow you to protect yourself. Abortions actually go in and kill other American babies. Let\u2019s just put this in perspective \u2013\u201dChuck Todd didn\u2019t exactly push back as Tate Reeves recited right-wing talking points to defend Mississippi\u2019s abortion ban pic.twitter.com\/s7Nc05ooKZ\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 28, 2021\u201cGovernor, hang on a minute. A vaccine is about protecting a larger community, about preventing spread. You could argue a vaccine mandate is a pro-life position,\u201d Todd interrupted.Reeves agreed that one could make that argument, but he went on to argue that despite the fact that most agree vaccines are effective at preventing severe disease and death, vaccinated people were still spreading COVID-19.\u201cConversely, when you\u2019re talking about the pro-life position of protecting unborn babies, let\u2019s put it in perspective,\u201d Reeves said, turning back to abortion. \u201cThe fact is, during this very horrible and challenging time since I was sworn into office in January of 2020, Chuck, we\u2019ve had 800,000 American lives lost because of COVID. My heart aches for every single one of those individuals that has died because of COVID. Over 10,000 Mississippians. My heartbreaks for every one of them. Since Roe, 62 million babies have been aborted and, therefore, killed. That\u2019s why I think it\u2019s very important that people like myself stand up for those unborn children because they don\u2019t have the ability to stand up for themselves.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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