OP-ED: Eric Hovde Needs to Mind His Own Business and Stay Out of Wisconsinites’ Personal Decisions

Eric Hovde in front of U.S. and Wisconsin flags
Eric Hovde in front of U.S. and Wisconsin flags

In the recent U.S. Senate debate between Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin and millionaire California banker Eric Hovde, Wisconsin voters saw more of the same lies, deflection, and out of touch divisive rhetoric we have already seen from Hovde.

One of the main takeaways: Hovde needs to mind his business and stay out of Wisconsinites’ personal decisions, health care access, and hard earned benefits.

Hovde supports dangerous abortion bans and also supported the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which has opened the door for radical abortion bans, with no exceptions, across the nation – including right here in Wisconsin, where GOP state legislators are trying to use a statute from 1849 to ban abortion. His extreme anti-abortion stance even landed him an endorsement from one of the most radical, far-right anti-abortion groups in Wisconsin.

In addition to wanting a say over our reproductive healthcare decisions, Hovde also wants to decide who has access to healthcare. Hovde has said he would repeal the Affordable Care Act, a bill that makes it possible for millions of Americans and Wisconsinites to find and afford the health care they need. If Hovde gets his way on repealing the law, Wisconsinites across the state would lose their health care, like people with pre-existing conditions and children who can now stay on their parents’ insurance until they’re 26.

Hovde even wants to gut Social Security and Medicare, slashing the benefits that hardworking Wisconsinites have earned after decades of hard work – and what does he want to do with that money instead? Give it away in tax breaks that would let the ultra-wealthy like himself avoid paying what they owe.

Call Eric Hovde today at 714-730-4444 and tell him to keep his nose out of our personal decisions and his hands off our hard earned benefits.

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