Missouri Democratic lawmakers are in such a superminority that they don’t even need to show up for laws to be passed in this state. An even sadder statement? A piece of legislation can go from the House to the Senate to becoming a law on the Governor’s desk while never being signed by a woman.
It’s the slow creep toward women being forced into becoming handmaids
All because the Dems there either couldn’t bother to show up or protest voted.
Ugh!! 😩
The Republicans have made a concerted effort over decades to take over state governments & it has paid off for them. Elections have consequences! If the Left could ever get over itself & unite behind the single cause of preserving democracy, we may be able to fight the total far Right takeover.
Gold standard example of white Christian Conservatives supporting counter to their best interest
Why did so many woman vote for Republicans?
I’m reading a book on that now “Pink Pilled”.
Sometimes there isn’t anyone on their ballot. Sometimes they are indoctrinated. Sometimes they are pick me women.
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You forgot to mention what an economic failure the state is.
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Sickening
Just as Kegseth believes it should be
I don’t doubt it. Based on some of my fam living in rural MO, most follow republicans because their grand parents & parents voted republican. What they miss is the Republican Party of 50 yrs ago is not the same Republican Party now. It’s political tradition & culture to them which is hard to change.
Living there was like living in the 1950s. The people that run that state are complete idiots and they don't give a shit about their constituents in any way shape or form. I lived in Springfield and meth heads don't vote
Women and minority, vulnerable communities need to speak out more about taxation without representation.
Ugh...how pitiful.
I mourn for your state.
Sounds like Ala
And I still hear the phrase “The Greatest Nation in The World”!!!! 🤷♀️
Missouri, The "Show me yer tits" state. #GameShowRepublic
Missouri: The Blow Me State
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I’m so sorry you have to go through this. I know what it feels like when you are not heard or respected. I hope/pray that voters in your state wake up and start voting for someone who represents them and not the person they must vote for in order to remain on the team. #UsVsThemSucks
Wow
Truly depressing and frightening
A law can go from start to finish without a single woman's signature. That's not a legislative process, that's a boys' club with a rulebook. It's a sad day when laws are made for everyone, but only some people are in the room.
Republicans DO NOT BELIEVE in living in a democracy with norms we've had for centuries.
You only had to say Missouri for me to know what you were talking about....
This is a big problem sounds like poor managing of taxpayers ! You dont let it get that bad !
See Texas
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Someone had to vote for that.
I knew Missouri was mostly republican male but I didn’t think it was that bad. My dad is from there plus I have relatives on my mom side from there too.
Read my comment earlier on how Republicans installed a State Senator and a State Representative, bypassing the voters will
Ouch. That hurts
They still need to show up if only to object to what is being passed.
They do.
Sorry, I stand corrected. I missed the “need to”.
We need way more Jess Pipers!! I ain’t from Mo…but I can contribute!
Missouri might be the most backwards ( and segregated ) state in the union.
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Outrageous conditions in the Missouri statehouse...
Move out of that state
THAT, right there, is terrifying.
Only in Iowa a woman signs that bill in the end. Our POS govoner
Exactly the same as Iowa. Absolute control by the GOP
That is a travesty.
Don't live in Missouri.
Idaho is exactly the same, and they’ve gerrymandered the districts so Dems can’t get elected even in the most progressive counties.
Ditto Florida. We used to be blue.
While the dems were all over the place ,these assholes made super majorities in their states, no body paid attention , bc all dems do is argue among themselves and never give progressive's a seat at the table, there is no centrist for the left, you see what playing nice got us?, bc they DGAF!!
Missouri is backward AF
Oligarchy at the state level.
Perhaps it's time you ran for governor ?...
Well, explains why the state is such a shithole.
Not democracy. They need a democratic standard to ensure balance, eg have a federal oversight authority to ensure fairness
And then there’s this:”Despite Constitutional Amendment, Abortion Still Out of Reach in Missouri”. The Missouri Supreme Court reinstated restrictions on abortion this week, effectively making the procedure impossible to access in the state. Article By Mary Ziegler Last Updated: July 8, 2025
Yea they have had fascism down for decades
Apparently that's how Missourians like it as they keep voting for Republicans - oh well.
In red states Dems should always run as independents.
That’s how it was when I lived in Utah. It’s frustrating and makes you feel like your vote really doesn’t matter.
#BoycottMissouri
Ughhh!
That's brutal.
When will the people of Missouri have had enough? When they are setting their bellongings out on the sidewalk? What will it take?
I’m not sure. I’ve been screaming it from the cornfields for years.
They did not hear Coxey at first either....but the time is coming that they will hear your voice and come.
A deep recession with Republicans in complete control of the federal and state government could do it. We may find out relatively soon.
worse than sad......
I spent the last two summers in camdenton, by the lake of the Ozarks. I seriously considered buying property there, but the politics are so fucking bad.
That's the way GOP men like their women, powerless. By coincidence, that's what Epstein's business was designed to produce; powerless, totally submissive women.
Missouri don't believe women should have rights, just guessing
its different in CA. our democracy is not perfect but its the best. thats why we the ppl elected trump to save our democracy, to stop dems' evil plan to TURN ALL SWING STATES TO BLUE PERMANENTLY w/ medicare/citizenship for illegals aka reform. youtu.be/VbzEuEr7Fio
For a minute I thought you were talking about Republican controlled Louisiana.
Why do so many MO voters endorse this?
That is so pathetic and sad…
Damn
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So he’s putting criminals in jail does that mean himself
The goal is to take away our right to vote apnews.com/article/wome...
What does his wife think about this, I wonder? The same women whose stayed with him after his affairs.
The same woman who cheated with him on wife number two and then became wife number three. She deserves every karma that’s coming to her.
Those women are really dumb. What’re the chances these type of men will be faithful to them?
Zero chance
Yes it has been for a long time and they weren’t even being quiet about it! They hate women. We are just property to this state!
IDK how Taylor stands it, but she’s in love…. And if she buys a stake in the Chiefs, she’ll be More connected to Missouri. Recently they were shopping for a home in Cleveland OH, Travis’s hometown.
Same all I can think is that she is still young and someday she will be sorry if she ends up married to this hick🤦♀️ I wish young women would care more about themselves.
Meanwhile Missouri is 43rd in crime prevention, 43rd in healthcare, and 33rd in education. Not quite bottom of the barrel, but pretty fucking close. As usual, all conservatives know how to do when they're in charge is screw over their constituents and blame liberals for all the problems they cause.
Awful, sorry. Hope this can change with midterms.
Missouri has reached rock bottom
Therefore any republicon driven disasters are their own fault. Masochists!
Missouri is the worst
Is every wife in Missouri a right-winger these days?
It is time to build a much deeper and dare I say younger coalition.
So frustrating! Seems the more we resist the thicker they get.
It shows.
I dont think much will change until we do a Tesla takedown of the lying sacks of sh*t @Fox News.
I think South Carolina is the same or close to it. 🤬
About time y'all changed that then, isn't it? I was told Missouri was the Show me state. So, show them!
All the more reason to be vocalized as the state of Misery.
The “Show me” state has turned into the “Shove it” state - sad
Ohio regularly shows up as one of the most gerrymandered states in the country. Trump won 55% of the vote but the GOP has a super majority in both houses. The Ohio Supreme Court found the maps unconstitutional 3 times and Republicans just ignored it. The GOP governor's vetos are often overridden.
They get what they voted for, I have zero fucks for those states
Missourians have to be the dumbest voters in the country, which is quite an achievement when we have Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.
Pretty much the same in Ohio. Gerrymandering.
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Hi beautiful sister jess please I want to tok with you?
I make too much money for it to make sense to run against my state rep or senator. On top of that I can't find a candidate worth a damn in my district. Explain that.
This is what they get: Josh Hawley!
Is that what Republicans do?!! Pass laws?
Has everyone signed up to run for precint delegate? Is there a woman running for EVERY spot on the 2026 ballot? We cannot win unless we run.
Infuriating!
Same case in many other red states. Sad mess as these states just grow worse and worse.
great job Missouri Misogyny exemplified.
For this to still be happening in the US in 2025 should disturb everyone. It also confirms that not only our political system is broken but we remain one of the most bigoted and misogynistic countries in the world.
Super duper sad.
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It’s almost like Missouri is a developing nation
My heart weeps for my home state. I’m old enough to remember a Blue legislature in MO. And I know SO MANY fierce Democrats and decent, New Deal-minded folks there.
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Taxation without representation
I don't remember MO being so crazy when I was a kid. What happened?
That's crazy...though indiana Republicans also have a super majority (and have been in power 20 years), but there's at least a few backwards women on that side here. Of course they're trying to steal the last 2 democrat seats 😑 🙄
Holy hell!
Is that what the people of Missouri wanted, to be raped financially & morally by these thugs, or like in Florida & Texas, are the votes just not all counted fair and square?
What will it take for Missouri republican voters to realize their elected officials no longer believe in democracy
That's exactly our situation in Indiana, as well. Our state government has had a GOP supermajority for two decades. I know we're considered a "red state," but over 40% of the voters are registered Democrats.
Came here to say the same thing!
Exactly how trump wants it for the US! All by design! 🤬 Over half of America's population robbed of their political voices. 🤬 America has lost her way.
Missouri needs to vote better Missouri vote 🔵
Nope. No words. Like to say, it's sad, but ignorance is not an excuse when they elect their representatives.
Typical for Missouri 😞 And.. they constantly overturn our votes .. 🤬
Jess you are amazing 👏🏼🌟💙 Thank you from all the blue dots in a sad red state 🎉
I no longer even drive thru Misery on my way back east.
GOOD THING I don’t live there. 🤬
Why are there so many Republicans in Missouri?
Missouri, pronounced Misery.
Sounds about right for Missouri
Idiot voters in Missouri helped create that situation.
This is not democracy. I would call something else especially since they don't have women representation.
We need to change this.
It's Missouri !! 😱
Unbefuckinglievable 😡
Well then, when rural hospitals shut down they can only thank themselves- they bought it! Guess winning was more important
That’s wild.
Get out while you can.
They do manage to disregard the vote of the people to bring abortion rights back to Missouri. On that, they agree.
Wow. I thought Ohio was bad.
That is criminal. The GOP wants everyone male and female to return to the 1950s. Project 2025 will have us all working for the dictator
Missouri, get organized! go.bsky.app/NWYMqLT
Wow
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And, we are 50% of the population. In the year 2025. How sad.
Where are we? The 1800’s?
Missouri: Welcome to 1858!
With Dems in a likely permanent superminority I'd say you have 2 choices 1) Stay there are and one day be among the first to wear a red robe in real life Handmaid's Tale 2) Move to a blue state where your rights are respected I honestly don't mean to sound disrespectful but is there a third option?
Emotion of Nixons handling M.Brown put a foot on Dem necks.Emotion about C.Bush did same.These times are not for emotions.Life has always been give a little to get alot so be smart and don't let emotions govern intelligent decisions. Clinton-Sanders people pouted but seriously,Bernie woulda won.
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Yes it breaks my heart and destroys my soul. And they will continue to do this because too many Missourians are sheep. Too many think if you win I lose. Because compromise and representation are bad words. I’ve lived all over the US and it is depressing to be in MO right now.
Get out while you can. VOTE.
Who feeds them.
Run for something
When shit goes wrong the republicans still blame the democrats.
Wow
🍻 Tennessee is just Missouri's younger sister with a better accent and even LESS freedoms. When I moved from Poplar Bluff to TN the only thing distinctive was that I could buy myself a beer at 19. Now the only difference is I gotta come back there to light a doobie.
Other than that, same politics, same religious extremism. Clearly 19 year old me did not run far enough away.
That’s what the people in that state want.
Well that also says a lot about the people of Missouri! None of it flattering. Republi-CONs keep getting re-elected....
Missouri does have a great Bishop though. I hope he can stick around after his sabbatical, in that environment.
That is sickening and actually terrifying.
So you might think "well if the people want something bad enough they will find a way to get it legislated and voted on by the people and when it passes it's the law" fucking wrong. I dont know if even texas is as shitty
That's the kind of state that Trump hopes to model for the entire US!
Another reason why I hate that I had to move here.
No one pays attention, we need to get this in all media platforms. None of the problems are from Dems. Not after more than 20 yrs of repub control.
Harry Truman must be turning over in his grave HST had many faults, including corrupt help for his political ascent, but made courageous ahead-of-their-times decisions HST's terms in the Senate/White House ferreted out considerable misconduct and took steps toward the Civil Rights successes to come
Women should know better than vote for Republicans, it's saddening
Which is why Missouri is a poor red states and always will be.
Are Missourians that stupid or that disenfranchised?
Propagandized.
Thank you. More charitable view.
Send Bernie. Help teach people that it doesn’t have to be as they have lived for all these years. We can do better.
It’s almost all unbelievable isn’t it? SO MUCH CHANGE NEEDED , just not in the direction Project 2025 and MAGA want to take us.
💯 important, and horrible. This is what extreme gerrymandering can do to us all.
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A piece of legislation that affects only women.
Might be why Josh Hawley lives in NoVA. His children, especially his daughter, have a better future there.
I cannot heart this. ☹️
Such a change for that state. My congressman for most of the time I lived there was Dem Dick Gebhardt. But, I can only assume the loss of all 3 auto manufacturing plants turned that state Red. It was quite a shock when I went home and heard that.
Absurd, medieval and the future location of Pete Hegseth’s retirement.
So sorry. Know it’s hard to keep up the good fight in MO but we non-fascists appreciate it.
I am as equally pissed at republican behavior in MO as I am at the loads of people that simply won't vote bc "their vote doesn't matter."
Hopefully this will turn around in the next election cycle.
You know what’s strange? That women continue to vote for these men that continue to diminish women’s rights. There’s even one of Trump’s loco cabinet members that’s tweeted women should not be allowed to vote. Republican women that sit in the house and senate voted to confirm that misogynist.
I don't want to ever live in Missouri or Texas. Lord!
Men’s rights are the same from state to state. Women need to worry about what state they’re currently in/traveling through to determine if they have rights or not. Tell me, again, how this isn’t an attack on women…???
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What the hell ever happened to MO? IT used to be the bellwether, right there in the absolute center. You guys elected a DEAD Democrat Senator over a live conservative Republican. Did everyone suddenly go nuts?
Maybe that behavior reflects their current standing in the country. But the Democratic lawmakers should show up for every session. They were elected to do so.
They do show up. They also fight. But they are in a super minority.
But don't you just love it when they want to talk about democracy as though they actually like it and want it to continue?
That's representative "democracy" for you, the founders gave us that because the masses were deemed too lowly and stupid to make their own decisions. Which is why we need to be moving towards direct democracy as soon as possible and by any means necessary. A revolution has been a long time coming.
Just curious Jess I know that Fox News and the right wing podcast grifters are a presence everywhere But how many of the local news stations there are owned by Sinclair Broadcasting? 🤷🏼♂️ They’re actually better at disguising their right wing content by putting it into local news broadcasts
That’s just wrong on every level.
Dt has told all RepubliKKKans to change the voting maps to give them more seats. They already did it in Texas. Dems walked out & 13 left the state, so they didn't have the 100 people to vote. Abbott illegally sent the police & FBI to find & arrest them. They WILL do this in EVERY state so they win
That makes perfect since is the goal is to suppress the rights of women. How do we fix a system that is so broken?
The people are getting what they voted for.
It's Missouri
Not just Missouri - Indiana too. If a governor decides to disagree, they just override his veto.
Dem lawmakers still need to show up and protest! Loudly!!
All red states will have these super majorities after the next gerrymandering election DNC better be getting blue states gerrymandered if they want to survive, Blue states must become proactive with gerrymandering instead of their usual reactionary positions
Harry Truman is spinning in his grave
The very definition of gerrymandering: Only 46% of MO registered voters are Republicans, yet Republicans hold 2/3 of MO legislature seats. This and worse (TX) exists in every red state. #GOPisCORRUPT
The question is how many ppl are sitting out elections they are generally the deciding factor in most races.
Dems came out in force in 2024. The issue wasn’t voters not showing up. The issue was deceit by Republicans, including ballot language intended to confuse voters (OH Issue 1) and ballot tampering via ES&S voting system’s illegal backdoor access (this is the big daddy of cheats by Republicans).
Yep! Republicans have been hacking electronic voting ever since they had to pull a mini coup to win in 2000. They solved their popularity problem by buying into the voting machine business. ⬇️ threadreaderapp.com/thread/15937...
Wow
Obviously, MO needs to have some 'good' women candidates run, whether DEM, GOP or IND ... Unfortunately, I know nobody there so I can't offer any names for candidates! How about it, MO Women, who'd you like to see run?
