"Electric" -- not a word you'd normally associate with state government affairs. But such was the atmosphere for a gubernatorial bill signing in Montclair, New Jersey, on an otherwise gloomy August Thursday. Gov. Mikie Sherrill wore a bright orange blouse that seemed to reflect the celebratory mood. "We won't be intimidated," she said. "We won't back down. And we will get it done."

The backdrop for the event was a Planned Parenthood clinic. Sherrill recalled being at the same clinic the day Donald Trump's "hand-picked Supreme Court overturned Roe and turned back the clock on our rights." She returned to sign the Reproductive Health and Gender-Affirming Care Protections Act, aimed at securing the Garden State as a powerhouse for abortion.

Abortion clinics are closing across the country. Democrats like Sherrill want you to believe that's because of the cruelty of Donald Trump and the Republican party — she cited a one-year defunding of Planned Parenthood by Congress, which has since expired, as some of her evidence.

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