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Donald Trump addresses the Susan B. Anthony 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala on May 22, 2018, in Washington, D.C. includes a much more moderate position on abortion than in years prior, and also affirms a commitment to protecting contraception and IVF access. You’ve read right—but if your takeaway is “the GOP has moderated on abortion,” you’ve understood wrong. this year and not simply a statement of loyalty to Dear Leader is a step forward.
Now, though, those same groups are putting his candidacy at risk. 2024 is not 2016. Trump is adjusting accordingly. And one big adjustment is on abortion, which he wants Republicans to just quit talking about—for now. Once he’s in office, though, the calculus is different. reflects Trump’s primary desire, which is to win. It only uses the word “abortion” one time—a departure from the much more hellfire-and-brimstone abortion obsession in previous platforms .
One crucial thing to understand about the GOP is that while there are some ideological lines even Trump can’t cross—some degree of opposition to abortion being one of them—Republican voters are much more malleable and manipulatable than previously believed. Trump has proven that much: I mean, remember when the national deficit was an issue GOP voters claimed to care about? Or spending? Or public decency? doesn’t care about the Republican Party.
Trump and his Republican Party believe their voters are stupid and gullible, because so far, their voters have behaved in pretty stupid and gullible ways, going along with whatever Trump says no matter how evil, deranged or nonsensical.
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