Just yesterday President Donald Trump posted the following on Truth Social:
“It wasn’t my fault
that the Republicans didn’t live up to expectations in the MidTerms. I was
233-20! It was the ‘abortion issue,’ poorly handled by many Republicans,
especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of
Rape, Incest, or the Life of the Mother, that lost large numbers of Voters. Also,
the people that pushed so hard, for decades, against abortion, got their wish
from the U.S. Supreme Court, & just plain disappeared, not to be seen
again. Plus, Mitch stupid $’s!”
Trump is right about
Mitch.
We know that Mitch
McConnell didn't financially support many MAGA candidates adequately. He
withdrew money at key junctures. He badmouthed
MAGA candidates prior to the elections, which is the equivalent of
calling for their defeat.
This was quite simply
a calculated move. A big MAGA win would be a verdict against the establishment.
This would mean McConnell would have to go. However, the underwhelming
performance of the GOP was described by both the liberal media and even some
conservative media as a verdict against Trump. It have Mitch a reason to claim
that the establishment had won hence he deserved the leadership.
He knew that the GOP
not having a majority in the Senate enabled him to hold on to his leadership
position. So he played his cards astutely to ensure MAGA candidates failed.
A while back he reportedly told
Joe Biden that he wanted to blunt
President Trump's influence in the party. Although he was referring to
Ukraine, it reflects his mindset.
McConnell recently
said his number one priority was arming Ukraine, hence he celebrated the
passage of the $1.7 Trillion omnibus bill which grants $45
billion to Ukraine
Following Zelenskyy's
recent visit to the US, Congress passed a provision to give Ukraine the assets
that were seized from sanctioned Russian oligarchs. According to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the happened due to a secret phone
call between Zelenskyy and McConnell.
When Mitch wants can
get things done, the problem is issues related to citizens is not a high
priority on his list.
Now about Trump’s
claims about the pro-lifers.
The knee-jerk
reaction is that Trump was attacking his pro-life base.
Some conservative
pundits and outlets are
already claiming that.
https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1609695918416068608
Before we react to
Trump’s statement let's look at his actions as President.
One of President
Trump's biggest achievements was the appointment of three pro-life justices in
the Supreme Court.
These three
overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, which was even according
to far-left judicial experts a poorly argued law devoid of basis in the US
Constitution. The decision allows individual states to determine
their position on abortion.
Trump himself release
the following statement after that decision.
“Today’s decision,
which is the biggest WIN for LIFE in a generation, along with other decisions
that have been announced recently, were only made possible because I delivered
everything as promised, including nominating and getting three highly respected
and strong Constitutionalists confirmed to the United States Supreme Court. It
was my great honor to do so!”
These are not the
word of an individual who is against profilers.
There are two components
to the abortion issue that Trump was referring to, first was the actual
position of pro-lifers and the second is how the media covered it.
According to exit polls, 27 percent said abortion was the
number one issue during the midterms ranking just behind inflation. In most
years abortion doesn’t even make the top five.
Let’s look at a media
covered the issue
GOP Senate Candidate
in Pennsylvania, Dr.
Oz said, "I don't want the federal government involved with that at
all. I want women, doctors, local political leaders, letting the
democracy that's always allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas
forward so states can decide for themselves."
What Oz was saying is
that law-making must occur by consulting all parties involved. It was a
sensible statement to make and one that everyone would agree with.
However facts do not
matter anymore, it is how the media covers facts that matter.
The mainstream media
claimed that Oz thinks the
decision to have an abortion must be among a woman, her doctor, and
local politicians.
This spin was
amplified to such an extent and made to seem like the position of the GOP.
There were many other pro-life messages that were twisted. The media
extrapolated it to suggest that the GOP’s next target would be to
restrict contraception.
We know that most
people are casual or headline consumers of the news. They believe headlines and
vote based on that.
The spin on Oz’s
statement made it appear that local GOP politicians would be involved whenever
a woman visited her gynecologist and even mentioned the word ‘abortion’.
Nothing works better
than fear.
Perhaps women feared
legal action or even imprisonment. Perhaps men feared this too for their
wife, daughters, sisters, etc. Perhaps they voted Democrat to be on the safer
side.
The pro-life message
was never going to be a problem in the Red states.
However in swing
states, perhaps Democrats managed to scare enough people which made the
difference between defeat and victory.
The GOP certainly
failed in countering the media narrative and delivering a coherent
message on abortion.
They failed to expose
the Democrat position which isn’t pro-choice but pro-abortion. They failed to
reveal that most blue states have unrestricted abortions on demand until the
point of birth. Under California law, minors can receive abortion services
without knowledge and consent from the minor’s parent or legal guardian.
This is an extreme
position, that most voters would never support but the GOP failed to make
voters aware of this.
This is what Trump
was pointing out.
Now let’s look at the
position itself
Conservative Pundit
Matt Walsh claimed the following in a
Twitter thread
“Opposing abortions
"with exceptions" is a morally incoherent position. Either the child
in the womb is a human being and abortion is murder, or not. If not, there is
no reason to oppose abortion at all. But if so, it is insane to support
murdering a child under any circumstance.
Abortion is the
literal murder of a baby, but I'm okay with it sometimes." This position
simply makes no sense. It's indefensible, half-baked”
This means no
abortions under any circumstances irrespective of the gestation period.
Far-left Democrats want abortions for all, including minors with
no restrictions while the pro-lifers want no abortions at all.
Both positions are unreasonable.
Let's look at Florida which is a pro-life state.
Abortion in Florida is currently legal until the 15th week of gestation, this seems like a fair law. It addresses the situation of a child being born due to rape or incest.
However, there must be exceptions if the mother's life is at risk
or if it is discovered later the child would be born with a severe disability.
The restrictions should only be for abortions of healthy fetuses after the specified period of 15 weeks.
This is what Trump was referring to and is certainly the right
position.
Abortion should be rare but safe and legal in these rare situations.
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