Abortion is exposing a split between traditional conservatives and the populist voters who form Trump’s base.
This from amgreatness.com.
During President Trump’s first term, these rifts were patched up by Trump and his impressive record of achievements, which included traditional conservative priorities such as tax cuts, deregulation, and appointing the Supreme Court justices who ultimately paved the way for Roe vs .Wade’s demise.
Now that Roe is gone, however, the right
is divided and perplexed about what to do next.
Trump has given clear signals that Republicans must bridle their ambitions and moderate on this issue, which has become, unfortunately, a political albatross.
In an interview with NBC’s Meet The Press, Trump criticized the party’s messaging as confused and uncompromising and urged Republicans to find a palatable consensus, hinting at a 15-week cutoff.
And this has angered some Conservatives who refuse to compromise.
The following from therightscoop.com.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds hit back at Trump for calling the heartbeat bill a ‘terrible thing’ on Sunday’s Meet the Press.
She didn’t use Trump’s name in her statement, but it’s more than clear she’s directing it at him:
It’s never a “terrible thing” to protect innocent life. I’m proud of the fetal heartbeat bill the Iowa legislature passed and I signed in 2018 and again earlier this year.
— Kim Reynolds (@KimReynoldsIA) September 19, 2023
According to Ryan Saavedra, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp also responded to Trump’s statement:
NEW: Georgia Governor Brian Kemp responds to Trump calling Florida's heartbeat law a "terrible thing":
“There’s nothing ‘terrible’ about standing up for life. In addition to passing the heartbeat bill, Georgia has proudly protected and valued life through implementing adoption…
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) September 19, 2023
Perhaps the condemnation of Trump’s statement is warranted. However, the heartbeat bill is the work of only red states, even though it is to stop the slaughter of the most innocent.
Trump did not rule out signing a federal ban, but he clearly would prefer to leave the matter to the states and focus on shifting the conversation to the left’s extreme policy of abortion without limit.
For this, Trump is being accused of capitulating to evil. This is not a new problem for the conservative movement. In fact, in 2016, Trump was criticized by pro-life groups, and Sen. Ted Cruz, for saying women who get abortions should be prosecuted. However, if you really think abortion is murder, is this not just plain logic?
For the right, abortion is what immigration and crime are for the left: issues where the party is clearly on the wrong side of public opinion. The difference is that Republicans can’t count on the press to cover for them.
The narrative that voters receive is:
Republicans want to take away your freedom.
It’s an effective message, one Republicans help to amplify with their “dissembling squeamishness,” which suggests there is a hidden agenda.
It’s a message that is helping [Leftists] escape pain for abusive, mismanaged government: undoubtedly, conservatives paid a price for their long-coveted court victory in the midterms last year, and the left’s abortion messaging has continued to resonate in electoral battlegrounds like Wisconsin and Ohio.
Dobbs changed the laws but not the hearts and minds of the people.
If presented with a stark choice between no abortion and unlimited abortion, there is little doubt which way the public would fall. Americans now basically consider abortion to be the ultimate defense against accountability, the horror of horrors in our degraded culture.
And this perverse attachment is, for the Left, a saving grace.
No political party has ever found success trying to convince the masses to give up their “goodies.” To the extent that fewer abortions are now taking place in certain states, conservatives can claim that as a victory. But they should not get proud. In a political system based on universal suffrage, morality eventually falls to the lowest common denominator.
The America of John Fetterman is not going to vote for a moral crusader in 2024.
Trump won in 2016 by leveraging cultural and racial grievances with political correctness and the rise of an anti-American worldview on the left.
His brand, which remains uniquely his, remains potent with a broad swathe of poor and middle-class voters who feel disenfranchised by globalism, government overreach, borderline murderous race hate against white people, and the general experience of being led by the nose by hypocritical, progressive elites.
Unlike his ideological detractors, Trump is pragmatic and reasonable. Some will reject his message as yielding to the times, but their real issue is with democracy and its consequences, not Trump.
Final thoughts: Those conservatives demanding zero abortions may very well risk losing the gains Trump has brought in the battle against abortion. Continuing the good fight while accepting something less than a complete win for the time being may be the wiser politics.
