Marilyn Lands’ win in Alabama a ‘major warning’ for Trump: Biden campaign

Marilyn Lands’ victory in Alabama should be a “major warning sign” to Donald Trump after the Democrat made the state Supreme Court’s controversial in vitro fertilization ruling a cornerstone of her successful campaign Tuesday in flipping a state House seat from red to blue, Joe Biden’s campaign manager said.

“Last month, Alabamans [sic] lost access to fertility treatments because of Donald Trump. Tonight, the voters in Alabama’s 10th House District elected a pro-choice champion in Marilyn Lands, sending Trump and extreme MAGA Republicans a clear message: they know exactly who’s to blame for restricting their ability to decide how and when to build their families and they’re ready to fight back,” said Biden-Harris Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez in a statement shortly after Lands defeated Madison City Councilman Teddy Powell in the Alabama House District 10 special election.

Lands’ win marks the first net gain for the Democrats in either chamber of the Alabama Legislature since 2002, Alabama Reflector reported.

Chavez Rodriguez said the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, made possible by Trump nominating three conservative justices, paved the way “for attacks on women’s freedom like we saw in Alabama.”

“Tonight’s results should serve as a major warning sign for Trump: voters will not stand for his attacks on reproductive health care,” she said. “This November will be no different.”

While congressional Republicans tried to “clean up their attacks on reproductive health care,” Chavez Rodriguez continued, “Democratic state Rep.-Elect Marilyn Lands ran – and won – on a platform of protecting reproductive freedoms and calling out MAGA Republicans for their extreme anti-reproductive rights agenda.”

Chavez Rodriguez was referring to Lands’ ad on the issue: