Trump’s abortion dodge was built to offend almost everyone
On April 7, Trump spent the day teeing up an abortion announcement that was supposed to settle the issue and instead telegraphed a familiar problem: he wanted the political upside of taking credit for ending Roe without owning any of the backlash that comes with a hard national position. The ambiguity itself became the story, because the campaign’s effort to thread the needle left anti-abortion allies unhappy and handed Democrats another opening to say Trump is still too slippery to trust on reproductive rights.
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Trump’s abortion dodge was built to offend almost everyone
On April 7, Trump spent the day teeing up an abortion announcement that was supposed to settle the issue and instead telegraphed a familiar problem: he wanted the political upside of taking credit for ending Roe without owning any of the backlash that comes with a hard national position. The ambiguity itself became the story, because the campaign’s effort to thread the needle left anti-abortion allies unhappy and handed Democrats another opening to say Trump is still too slippery to trust on re…
On April 7, Trump spent the day teeing up an abortion announcement that was supposed to settle the issue and instead telegraphed a familiar problem: he wanted the political upside of taking credit for ending Roe without owning any of the backlash that comes with a hard national position. The ambiguity itself became the story, because the campaign’s effort to thread the needle left anti-abortion allies unhappy and ha…
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