GOP governors who passed abortion bans hit Trump for calling restrictions ‘a terrible thing’
Staunchly anti-abortion Republican governors who have shepherded abortion restrictions in their states are piling on to Donald Trump for his recent comment labeling Florida’s six-week abortion ban “a terrible thing.”
“It’s never a ‘terrible thing’ to protect innocent life,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds posted Tuesday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “I’m proud of the fetal heartbeat bill the Iowa legislature passed and I signed in 2018 and again earlier this year.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp also made similar comments Tuesday, highlighting the state leaders’ focus on restricting access to the procedure. Trump, looking toward a general election as he runs away with the Republican primary race, appears to be attempting to thread the needle on the issue. While he helped cement a conservative Supreme Court majority that gutted abortion rights, he appears to be skeptical of leaning further right on the issue — especially when he can use his position to draw contrast with DeSantis, the second-polling candidate in the field.
I feel like the Republicans need to get their messaging sorted out. And like… pretty much everything else about their party these days sorted out, too.
Trump has probably heard abortion issues hurt Republican candidates. They can steer him in the other direction easily enough.
Trump looks out for Trump, and he knows he'd be paying a lot more in child support if abortions weren't legal.
Oh, he will just flip. He thinks political ideologies are for suckers.
Oh, he will just flip. He thinks political ideologies are for suckers.
Their messaging is loud and clear: own the libs.
There is no other overriding message
When they have literal nazis representing and voting for their party, I think it needs more than just getting their message sorted out.
They should probably also change their name to something that denotes their desire to create a fascist theocracy.
Maybe NATionalist Christians party?
Well they want to misrepresent themselves as long as possible, so that’s not going to happen.