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Emahoreni ambalwa ngaphambi kwenkulumompikiswano yangoLwesithathu yephini likamongameli, elinye lamajenali ezempilo ahamba phambili ezweni likhiphe i-a ukuncenga okuhlabayo nokungakaze kubonwe ukuze abavoti benqabe ibhidi likaTrump noPence lokuqokwa kabusha, bebiza ubuholi babo ku-COVID-19 “abunakukwazi ngengozi.”
USen. Kamala Harris unanele lolo limi ngezikhathi zakhe eziqine kakhulu zenkulumompikiswano, eklebhula uPence ngokuvumela abantu abangaphezu kuka-200,000 ukuthi babulawe yi-COVID. "Abantu baseMelika kudingeke badele kakhulu ngenxa yokungakwazi ukusebenza kwalokhu kuphatha," kusho yena.
Ngemuva kokuthi uHarris ezwakalise ukungabaza ngemizamo kaTrump yoku sheshisa umgomo ngaphandle kwemvume eyanele noma ukuhlolwa okuvela emphakathini wezokwelapha, uPence uthe, "Yeka ukudlala ipolitiki ngezimpilo zabantu."
Yize uPence eqondise lowo mugqa ngaseHarris, ungaphinda uphindwe ngokufanele njengencazelo yeqiniso lokwehluleka kwabaphathi bakaTrump. Lokhu kwehluleka akukhona nje ukuntula ikhono; bayingxenye yephrojekthi ye-ideological yokuhlanganisa amandla ngenkathi bezama ukukhohlisa abantu ukuba bamukele ukulahlekelwa kwamalungelo abo, impilo kanye nokuphepha. Futhi ziyingxenye yebhuku lokudlala uMike Pence abelokhu elithuthukisa kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe - alicija ngenkathi ehlasela amalungelo okuzala nawe-LGBTQ e-Indiana.
Esikhathini sawo sokuphila Umhleli NgoLwesithathu, I-New England Journal of Medicine usole abaphathi bakaTrump-Pence ngokuxosha iCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, babeke eceleni ochwepheshe eNational Institutes of Health kanye nokufaka ipolitiki kwiFood and Drug Administration. Leyo phethini - ibeka eceleni ochwepheshe, indiva isayensi, yenza ipolitiki futhi ibuyisele imali kuma-ejensi alawulayo - izozwakala ijwayelekile kakhulu kulabo abalandela Ilungelo LobuKristu. Kusukela ngaphambi kwe-COVID, osopolitiki abamele ukhetho bacekele phansi ukufinyelela ekunakekelweni kwezempilo kokuzala kanye ne-LGBTQ ngokusakaza amanga ngabantu abafuna ukukhipha izisu ngenxa yokukhulelwa. uhlanga, isakaza inganekwane ecasulayo leyo ukudlwengula ayikwazi ukuphumela ekukhulelweni nokwenza sengathi ukukhishwa kwezisu ngemithi kungaba ishintshiwe. I-Food and Drug Administration yenze izinqumo ezigqugquzelwa yingqondo ngaphambilini, okuhlanganisa nokubeka imingcele enzima “yebhokisi elimnyama” njengaleyo esetshenziselwa izidakamizwa emithini ekhipha isisu. i-mifepristone, naphezu kwezifundo ezibonisa ukuthi kunjalo Ephephile.
Ukuthambekela kokuqamba amanga ukuze kuthuthukiswe i-ajenda akuyona into uPence okudingeka ayifunde kuTrump. Ngo-2001, ngesikhathi uPence engenela iCongress okokuqala, wahambisana nezinkampani zikagwayi nezimbiwa phansi, ethi “Ukubhema akubulali"Futhi"ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kuyinganekwane.” Eminyakeni eyishumi nanhlanu kamuva, uPence waphinde wasekela imboni enobuthi ngokumelene nabantu ababesendleleni lapho efulathela izakhamuzi zedolobha elinoshevu womthofu. EMpumalanga Chicago, Indiana - iningi labo abantu bemibala. Iminyaka yokukhiqizwa komthofu namakhemikhali yayishiye abantu abahlala ezindlini zomphakathi ezizungeze amazinga omthofu ayephindwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-200 kunomkhawulo wokuphepha wenhlangano. Kwesinye sezenzo zakhe zokugcina njengombusi, uPence wenqabile isicelo semeya yedolobha emnxusa ukuthi akhiphe isimo esiphuthumayo ukuze asize abantu abaguliswa umthofu ne-arsenic. Uthe lesi simemezelo besingenasidingo “uma kubhekwa izinga lokusebenzisana phakathi kwezinhlaka zikahulumeni, zombuso nezendawo. Kepha owangena esikhundleni sakhe, u-Eric Holcomb waseRepublican, wasihoxisa leso sinqumo ngemuva kwenyanga ethathe izintambo.
Ngenkathi uPence eshiya e-Indiana ngemva kweminyaka emine engumbusi, wayeselungele ukulahlekelwa eyakhe reelection ibhidi ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokungathandwa kokuhlaselwa kwakhe kwamalungelo e-LGBTQ. Ngo-2015, emcimbini owawuvalekile owawuzungezwe izibalo zeChristian Right, uPence wasayina umthetho owawuvumela amabhizinisi ukuthi acwase abantu be-LGBTQ, okuyisinyathelo athi senziwa ukuze kugcinwe “inkululeko engokwenkolo.” Kwaqubuka isikhalo kuzwelonke, amabhizinisi asabisa ngokuduba umbuso, futhi I-Indianapolis Star yayinesihloko sekhasi elingaphambili elithi “Lungisa Lokhu Manje,” okwenza uPence asayine izibuyekezo emthethweni.
Ngaphansi kobuholi bukaPence, i-Indiana nayo yaba yindaba eyisixwayiso ngokwenza ukukhulelwa kube yicala ngesikhathi uPurvi Patel egwetshwa iminyaka engu-20 ejele ngemuva kwabashushisi. bathi wazikhiphela esakhe isisu; kamuva wadedelwa ngemva kokuba inkantolo ichithe ukugwetshwa kwakhe kwezidakamizwa. UPence usayine omunye wemithetho yezwe eyeqisayo emelene nokukhetha, HHAYI 1337, eyavimbela ukukhishwa kwezisu okubangelwa uhlanga lwengane, ubulili noma i-genetic anomaly, futhi idinga ukungcwatshwa noma ukushiswa kwazo zonke izimbungu eziphuphunyelwe yizisu noma ezikhishwe izisu.
UPence udalule ukuzimisela kwakhe ukusabalalisa ulwazi olungamanga futhi ulele emsebenzini we-ajenda yakhe emelene nokuzikhethela ngokwedlulele ngesikhathi senkulumo-mpikiswano ebhekiswe ekuqokweni kuka-Amy Coney Barrett eNkantolo Ephakeme. "UJoe Biden noKamala Harris bayakweseka uxhaso lwabakhokhi bentela lokuhushula isisu kuze kube sekupheleni," kusho uPence ngamanga. Empeleni ukukhipha isisu “ngesikhathi sokuzalwa” akukhona ukukhipha isisu, ukubulawa kwezingane, okungekho emthethweni - futhi ngokuqinisekile akuyona into uBiden noma uHarris abaye basekela. I-Biden empeleni yasekela i-federal osekunesikhathi eside ikhona vala ekuxhaseni umphakathi ngemali yokuhushula isisu kwaze kwaba uJuni odlule, lapho ukwanda kwengcindezi yomphakathi kwamphoqa ukuthi aguqule isikhundla sakhe.
Bambalwa abantu abanomthwalo wemfanelo omkhulu ngenhlekelele ye-COVID-19 e-United States kunoMike Pence, owathweswa icala lokwengamela ukuphendula kukahulumeni wobumbano kulo bhubhane, njengenhloko ye-White House Coronavirus Task Force. Kunalokho, wanikela iziqinisekiso ezingamanga ukuthi abaphathi "babeyinqoba impi" yokulwa ne-COVID-19 kanye izifundazwe ezicindezelwe ukuvula kabusha. Lapho eqoka uPence embuthweni wabasebenzi, uTrump okushiwo irekhodi lephini likamongameli mayelana nokunakekelwa kwezempilo e-Indiana. Kepha njengomsebenzi omningi kaPence, lelo rekhodi lalibandakanya ukunganaki ochwepheshe nokuphishekela imibono ngezindleko zabantu abasengozini. Njengombusi wase-Indiana, uPence wengamele ukukhishwa kwalokho I-Atlantic olubizwa ngokuthi “uhlelo lokunwetshwa kweMedicaid oluqinile kakhulu ezweni.” Amakhulu izinkulungwane kwabantu abalahlekelwe usizo lwezempilo, abakaze babhalise, noma bashintshelwe ohlelweni olubuthaka ngenxa yokuthi behlulekile ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zikahulumeni zokukhokha amaphrimiyamu. Umakhi walolu hlelo, u-Seema Verma, manje usengumqondisi weCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, futhi uyingxenye yabaphathi abazama ukuqeda uMthetho Wokunakekelwa Okungabizi kakhulu phakathi nobhubhane.
Mhlawumbe ukufana okuseduze kwalolu bhubhane uPence abhekana nakho ngenkathi umbusi wase-Indiana kwakuwukuqubuka kwe-HIV ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa eScott County, lapho okungaphezu kwalokho. 200 abantu batheleleka edolobheni lase-Austin, elinabantu abangu-4,000 nje kuphela. Ngenkathi kuqubuka lesi sifo ngo-2015, ochwepheshe banxusa uPence ukuthi avumele ukushintshana kwezinaliti, kodwa uPence waphinda wenqaba isayensi ethanda imibono, wenqaba. "UPence esikhundleni salokho utshele abantu ukuthi uzokhuleka ukuthi benzeni," The Guardian kubika. Ngenkathi enza lokho, inqwaba yabantu okuqinisekisiwe ukuthi banalo leli gciwane. Ekugcineni, uPence wahoxa futhi wagunyaza ukuhwebelana.
Ngaphandle kweqhaza lakhe njengenhloko yeCoronavirus Task Force, uPence ubonwe kabanzi njengopopayi ofakwe izinkinobho kamongameli - "i-avatar evamile kaTrump," njengoba The Nationka- Jeet Heer uchaze ukusebenza kwakhe engxoxweni yangoLwesithathu. Kepha uPence ubengadingi ukuthi uTrump amkhombise ukuthi alandele i-ajenda ngokukhohlisa. Kulokhu, umgomo ungamandla, futhi kubonakala sengathi uPence uzosebenzisa wonke amaqhinga encwadini yakhe yokudlala ukuze abambelele kuyo.
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