Trump’s comments on Alabama’s abortion law showed the same habit of trying to split the difference after already encouraging the hard-line politics that produced the mess. He tried to sound strongly anti-abortion while also saying the law went too far, which is how you end up pleasing nobody and clarifying nothing. For a president who loves simple slogans, this was a messy reminder that hardline culture-war politics still have a cost.
First recorded May 19, 2019·Meaningfully updated May 19, 2019
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Trump’s comments on Alabama’s abortion law showed the same habit of trying to split the difference after already encouraging the hard-line politics that produced the mess. He tried to sound strongly anti-abortion while also saying the law went too far, which is how you end up pleasing nobody and clarifying nothing. For a president who loves simple slogans, this was a messy reminder that hardline culture-war politics still have a cost.
Trump’s comments on Alabama’s abortion law showed the same habit of trying to split the difference after already encouraging the hard-line politics that produced the mess. He tried to sound strongly anti-abortion while also saying the law went too far, which is how you end up pleasing nobody and clarifying nothing. For a president who loves simple slogans, this was a messy reminder that hardline culture-war politics…
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