Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Evangelical Christians need Republicans. Does the party need them?
The religious right is losing its grip as candidates respond to a voter majority that doesn’t support a federal abortion ban
www.theguardian.com
Other top Republican candidates for 2024 also trod carefully on abortion at the Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand Summit on Friday. The tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy did not mention the word at all. Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, cited his state’s six-week abortion ban in a single sentence. Only Mike Pence, the devout former vice-president, unambiguously committed to a 15-week “national standard”.
The sharper tacks in the GOP recognise the toxic natire of anti abortion politics.Only dopey old Mike Pence is still keen on it.
The article speculates that the GOP could cut loose the crazy evangelicals in order to win elections.
It would make electoral sense. Most normal people reject a theocracy and live and let live.
Maybe they should put abortion to a national vote and clear it up once and for all ?