She staunchly opposes the right to reproductive choice, of the basic right of autonomy over one’s body. This statement is clearly unreconcilable with her position on family planning. “We may not agree with someone else’s choice,” she writes, “but it is, nonetheless, their choice.”
Keefer even writes that our nation was founded on “freedom to choose. Rather than addressing the recent violence committed by white supremacists, she accuses those who stand up to racism and sexism as engaging in “an elitist ploy.”Īgain, how is that overturning the status quo?Īt one point, Rep. Keefer decries divisiveness while, at the same time, re-enforces divisive arguments. No, instead she went on a conservative radio show and dismissed those who reached out to her as “unhinged.”ĭoes that sound like a commitment to overturning the status quo? Not only did she oppose this legislative attempt at fairness, but she took it another step further when she co-sponsored a bill to impeach our democratically elected state Supreme Court justices solely because she didn’t like the decision they made to end our rigged gerrymandered system.
She fought the bill even though it would have enabled Pennsylvania voters to have a stronger, more equitable voice in the democratic process. Yet she fails to mention that she has taken positions that would assure that the status quo is upheld by disenfranchising voters and continuing to silence their voices.Īs an example, she opposed bipartisan legislation (House Bill 722), which would have created an independent citizens commission to end the political gerrymandering of our Congressional, state House and Senate districts. Keefer says Americans are “tired of the status quo” and pretends to champion change. 7 column in the York Daily Record, I was reminded of Opposite Day from the wonderful Calvin & Hobbes comic strip, in which all statements made on a given day mean the opposite of what they are supposed to mean.