Mothra said:
whiterock said:
Mothra said:
boognish_bear said:
Hopefully this turns away some of the sycophants.
He's already pivoting his messaging to the general election.....the repositioning to be more centrist. It's unusual to do so before the primaries are over, but then, there's a lot that's unusual about this cycle.
Regardless of his reasons, his comments have the potential to do a lot of damage to his religious base, especially when there are candidates who are much better in the issue of abortion.
But then again, as with Trump on a lot of issues, perhaps none of his sycophants care. Obvious they don't have a problem with the fact he is a complete and total scumbag.
that dynamic is real. he does, however, have the advantage of being the guy who delivered the big win = SCOTUS justice appointments that overturned Roe. That's a pretty good shield against incoming fire.
Let's see how he messages it going forward, but he has a chance here to take a statesmanlike position on the issue. Abortion is a highly inflammatory topic, which is the worst possible kind of topic to deal with at the federal level. Keep it a state issue and let the federal system do its magic as the founders intended. Everybody has something they can point to for solace. Everybody has a channel to argue and fight to win hearts & minds going forward. And over time, different state approaches will serve as models for others to emulate/avoid.
(notice how I used the suffix "-like" to soften the association of the word "statesman" to Trump.... it's the issue, not the man I'm talking about.)