There's a lot of disappointment over the way Donald Trump handled a discussion of the abortion issue over the weekend. We have let former President Trump know how we felt about the way he framed the issue.
Read this important statement Trump posted yesterday on Truth Social:
"I was able to do something that nobody thought was possible, end Roe v. Wade. For 52 years, people talked . . . but couldn't get the job done. I got the job done! Thanks to the three great Supreme Court Justices I appointed, this issue has been returned to the States. . . Now the Pro-Life Community has TREMENDOUS NEGOTIATING POWER.
"Like Ronald Reagan before me, I believe in the three exceptions for Rape, Incest, and the Life of the Mother. Without the exceptions . . . we would probably lose the Majorities in 2024, and perhaps the Presidency itself, but you must follow your HEART! [Conservatives] must learn how to talk about Abortion. This issue cost [pro-life candidates] unnecessarily, but dearly, in the Midterms.
"We have to expose the [progressives] . . . as being the true Radicals on the Abortion issue, in that they allow the killing of babies in the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th months, and even after birth.
"But it was OK to 'rip the baby out of the womb' under Roe v. Wade, and destroy a living soul. Now, with Roe v. Wade no longer, the power to negotiate is with the Pro-Life Movement, not the Radical Left [progressives] who are so willing to destroy Life!"
To reinforce Trump's view, Joe Biden copied a previous statement from Trump and sent it out all over the country, adding this comment: "Let's be clear: Donald Trump is responsible for ending Roe v. Wade. And if you vote for him, he'll go even further."
Now, here's some context.
Most of us, myself included, strongly believe that all of our children deserve to be welcomed into the world and should be protected by our laws and founding documents. I don't want one abortion, period. That is not, unfortunately, where the American people are.
Now that Trump got Roe overturned, people who don't want all abortions to be banned appear to be voting in unusual numbers, resulting in conservatives losing multiple key races in recent months in a wide range of states, even in conservative pro-life states. Meanwhile, really bad pro-abortion ballot initiatives have been passed, and more will be on the ballot next year.
We want no abortions. The radical lefts want abortions during all nine months of pregnancy and even afterwards.
If conservatives can successfully expose the left's abortion on demand, up to birth extremism, we beat them.
If the pro-abortion left can label pro-life candidates as "extremists who want to ban every abortion," they win.
The American people are somewhere in the middle, generally favoring laws that protect pre-born babies around 15 weeks.
Trump is trying to thread that needle, and progressives are terrified he may succeed.
One final comment: I am extremely pleased that the Florida legislature passed a heartbeat bill and that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it. That's what can be done when you have supermajorities in a legislature.
In the meantime, we will continue to work with Donald Trump, other presidential candidates, elected officials and grassroots activists to effectively articulate the pro-life position.
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