“Banning abortion is not popular.”
Doing the right thing often isn’t.
“And dems/media will continue to hammer republicans on this issue because they are silent.”
They’ll hammer us whether we’re silent or not. And even if we said the “right” thing on some topic, the dems/media would just lie and make it seem like we said the “wrong” thing anyway. So it’s no use worrying what they will do.
“Most want 12-15 wks. If republicans said this, abortion would no longer be an issue.”
Dead wrong. It might no longer be an issue with some moderates and independents. But now it becomes a divisive issue within the Republican party again, and we have to fight that battle all over again. Your theoretical candidate that comes out and supports 1st trimester abortions (to be allowed nationwide I am assuming you are talking about), will now lose perhaps 40% of the support in the Republican party and can no longer win a primary. So it’s irrelevant if they could win a national election, because they’ll never get the chance.
No, doing the right thing isn’t always popular but it doesn’t get votes. Be right and lose or change.
Yes, the media/dems will hammer anything but it doesn’t help when republicans send mailers against abortion and make commercials stating the same.
I recommend you look further into the ‘opinions on abortion’. If I understood you correctly, moderates and independents don’t care about abortion. Most ads ran in Ohio were about abortion (from both parties) and we lost.
Whether it’s an issue within the party, I don’t know. Personally, I depise the (uni)party. I made the post for those that claim ‘winning the general is the only thing that matters’. They have to address abortion to do that. Personally I would like to see the party die. They are grifters and hate the voters.