Trump noted DeSantis is losing support for moving fast on his abortion restrictions, even if he might agree with them personally.
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Trump said being able to restore states' rights on abortion and "doing what's right" for the country is helping him surge to a huge lead in early GOP primary polls and even leading the incumbent President Joe Biden.
"I think it's why I'm leading him by 40-50 points, and you see that, and I'm leading Biden by 11 points," Trump said. "I do what's right for the country, but I gave the pro-life people — and I'm the only one, again, I'm the only one that ever did was I able to.
"There's nobody that thought it was possible to do what I did with Roe v. Wade and now because of what I did, we have a very powerful negotiating position — more powerful, frankly, than the other side.
"When we had Roe v. Wade, we had no power whatsoever. They were killing babies 7 months, 8 months, 9 months, and after birth, OK? We had no power. Now we have tremendous power. We actually have the edge, and we'll pick something that's going to be very, very good for pro-life."
This is splitting hairs, Trump, trying to maintain some level of relevance. The real battle has shifted to the states, and DeSantis is one of many governors who has successfully addressed this. Trump should be setting this in a positive manner to take credit for what he accomplished at the federal level, and to cheer on what governors and state legislatures are doing at the state level. This is a win-win topic not a win-lose topic as Trump presents it.
Trump is speaking out of both sides of his mouth.
Here he is claiming he got rid of Roe v. Wade.
Yet here he is again criticizing the 6 week abortion ban.
The “I was ‘pro-life’ before YOU were pro-life!” and “I’m more anti abortion than YOU” arguments are a tactic to defeat and destroy the Right. This is more than just meddling on the part of M1tt and J3b, although it contains large elements of that. Of COURSE our totalitarian overlords are going to foster jealousy and hate, claiming that Trump didn’t do enough. Of COURSE they’re going to gloss over the fact because of Trump’s foresight and dedication that States are now able to pass laws limiting or eliminating the operation of abortion clinics and criminalizing its practitioners.
In the psych world, this is called “splitting” and it’s too bad the GOP are too lame, incompetent, and/or corrupt to see that.
Also: The Roman Catholic church is a limb of globalism operating to destroy our Constitutional Republic.