Posted on Aug 30, 2023
Republicans face a Catch-22 on a national abortion ban
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https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4176606-republicans-face-a-catch-22-on-a-national-abortion-ban/#:~:text=Republicans%20will%20not%20have%20the,against%20such%20a%20bill%20anyway.
Of course, it wouldn’t be a Republican debate without at least some discussion about abortion.
Candidates in both parties have to pay lip service to the issue, if only to placate their respective bases. But the truth of the matter is that neither side is going to be able to do anything about the issue at a national level. And unfortunately, the Republicans’ current messaging on this topic is working in Democrats’ favor.
Republicans have to talk about this issue at least a little bit. But anything they promise to do in Congress undercuts the arguments conservatives had been making throughout the life of Roe v. Wade — that it was horribly decided and had to be overturned, and that the issue should ultimately be returned to the states.
That happened with the Dobbs decision. Once that was handed down, the pro-life fight moved to the states and began in earnest.
Of course, it wouldn’t be a Republican debate without at least some discussion about abortion.
Candidates in both parties have to pay lip service to the issue, if only to placate their respective bases. But the truth of the matter is that neither side is going to be able to do anything about the issue at a national level. And unfortunately, the Republicans’ current messaging on this topic is working in Democrats’ favor.
Republicans have to talk about this issue at least a little bit. But anything they promise to do in Congress undercuts the arguments conservatives had been making throughout the life of Roe v. Wade — that it was horribly decided and had to be overturned, and that the issue should ultimately be returned to the states.
That happened with the Dobbs decision. Once that was handed down, the pro-life fight moved to the states and began in earnest.
Republicans face a Catch-22 on a national abortion ban
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel just give them more rope...
"Some of the candidates did fine in last week’s Republican debate. Some were less than stellar. The moderators were terrible, even if no one wants to tell them, because they desperately want to get on their television shows. Sadly, there were more questions about UFOs (one) than there were about the fight about the taxpayer-funded brainwashing of schoolchildren with transgender ideology (zero).
And of course, it wouldn’t be a Republican debate without at least some discussion about abortion.
Candidates in both parties have to pay lip service to the issue, if only to placate their respective bases. But the truth of the matter is that neither side is going to be able to do anything about the issue at a national level. And unfortunately, the Republicans’ current messaging on this topic is working in Democrats’ favor."
"Some of the candidates did fine in last week’s Republican debate. Some were less than stellar. The moderators were terrible, even if no one wants to tell them, because they desperately want to get on their television shows. Sadly, there were more questions about UFOs (one) than there were about the fight about the taxpayer-funded brainwashing of schoolchildren with transgender ideology (zero).
And of course, it wouldn’t be a Republican debate without at least some discussion about abortion.
Candidates in both parties have to pay lip service to the issue, if only to placate their respective bases. But the truth of the matter is that neither side is going to be able to do anything about the issue at a national level. And unfortunately, the Republicans’ current messaging on this topic is working in Democrats’ favor."
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