“Any state where Republicans have trouble with suburban voters because of the Trump brand, they had double trouble with suburban voters because of abortion politics," one Republican strategist told The Hill’s Alexander Bolton about the 2022 midterm elections. "It was for no reason because there is no chance a federal ban on abortion happens, ever,” the source added, peddling a laughable lie.
The only place a federal ban on abortion could happen is in… the GOP list of things to do?
In some ways, abortion remains the trickier issue for Republicans, since there’s no party consensus on how to message the issue or even what the party’s goals are. Should abortion be a state or federal issue; should Republicans back a total ban, near-total ban, or something slightly more moderate that anti-abortion zealots will never embrace; and should GOP candidates take it head-on or try to deflect, pointing to some other issue such as the economy or immigration? What was once a unifying throwaway applause line for Republicans has become a multi-armed predator threatening to shred GOP candidates in perpetuity—a Kraken, if you will.
It would be so poetic if this were the single topic that ultimately destroys the whole party. For years, the anti-abortion rhetoric was simply saber-rattling used as a method of gaining supporters, but now that they’ve seemingly got what they want, they’ve now got to take action and there’s no single agreement on that action. Now, the decision comes down to a voting generation that is far less keen on even starting a family in the first place, let alone follow in step with forcing a lack of options.
I’m here for all of it.
The decision comes down to a voting generation that is far less keen on even starting a family in the first place, let alone follow in step with forcing a lack of options.
One proposed solution is to eliminate voting rights for people without kids.
What, the apartheid racist oligarch wants to restrict voting in a country he isn’t from? Shock.
