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“There’s nothing happening there,” Trump said at Tuesday’s debate, when former Vice President Joe Biden said that the rush to confirm Amy Coney Barrett had put Roe v. Wade on the ballot.
“You don’t know her view of Roe v. Wade. You don’t know her view,” Trump said.
Trump’s about-face is the latest example of what happens when the GOP’s promises to its social-conservative base collide with the political risks of those promises becoming a reality.
A solid majority of Americans do not want Roe overturned, do not want the ACA overturned, favor a path to citizenship for qualified immigrants, and favor enhanced gun control measures. Repubs have been running in opposition to these positions for years and promising to do something about them.
A solid majority of justices on the SC will soon oppose those majority views. Were I a Repub I would be concerned about the potential electoral backlash to the circumstance that lead the minority to be able to impose its will on the majority.
“You don’t know her view of Roe v. Wade. You don’t know her view,” Trump said.
Trump’s about-face is the latest example of what happens when the GOP’s promises to its social-conservative base collide with the political risks of those promises becoming a reality.
Why Don’t Republicans Sound Excited That Their SCOTUS Picks Might Fulfill GOP Promises?
As a candidate in 2016, President Trump vowed that if he got the chance to fill seats on the Supreme Court, a reversal of the monumental abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade would "happen…
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A solid majority of Americans do not want Roe overturned, do not want the ACA overturned, favor a path to citizenship for qualified immigrants, and favor enhanced gun control measures. Repubs have been running in opposition to these positions for years and promising to do something about them.
A solid majority of justices on the SC will soon oppose those majority views. Were I a Repub I would be concerned about the potential electoral backlash to the circumstance that lead the minority to be able to impose its will on the majority.