Only because being truthful about their goals is SUPER unpopular.
this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2024
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Trump also gives zero F's about any of it. He cares about 1 person on earth, himself (and kinda Ivanka - until he no longer finds her attractive /shudder). He only makes statements like this because someone in his ear is telling him he needs to for the votes.
The abortion issue has the power to prove to millions of cynical people what nothing else could: voting matters.
There's too many moving parts in the government for me to think they'll actually get something done. Maybe one district in some state flips red and suddenly there's a Republican majority and nothing happens no matter how hard I press the button in my district.
Low expectations are key to not being disappointed.
Trump's actual statement on the thing seems almost guaranteed to piss everyone off.
- It's so insane that it'll piss off the reality based community.
- It's mildly pro-abortion, so it'll piss off the anti-woman community.
- He looks angry and mean and genuinely a bit scary, so it'll alarm and put off the purely emotional-reaction-based community.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump still says he’s proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated overturned Roe v. Wade.
And there’s every indication that abortion will define the 2024 election no matter what Trump does or says — in large part because Republicans in Congress and in statehouses across the country continue to fight for new restrictions.
Despite the infighting, Trump’s team is making the calculation that his evangelical base, among the most loyal elements in his coalition, will have his back when it matters most.
Within hours, the Biden campaign released a scathing new advertisement featuring a woman who nearly died after being denied medical care due to restrictive abortion laws enacted after Roe was overturned.
Biden issued a seven-paragraph statement labeling Trump singularly “responsible for creating the cruelty and the chaos that has enveloped America” since Roe was overturned.
At the same time, Trump did not outline his position on a Florida ballot measure that would preserve abortion rights in the state constitution if approved in November.
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