Donald Trump draws fire after blaming abortion issue for GOP midterm losses

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Pro-life advocates were stunned after Donald Trump, one of their greatest allies during his presidency, blamed the abortion issue for upsetting the Republican Party in November’s election.

It’s not my fault that Republicans didn’t meet expectations in the MidTerms, the former president said in a statement Sunday to Truth Social. I’m 233-20! The issue of abortion, which many Republicans have not handled well, especially those who strongly insist on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or the Life of the Mother, lost a large number of Voters.

He added that the people who pushed so hard, for decades, against abortion, got their request from the US Supreme Court, and simply disappeared, never to be seen again. Plus, Mitch’s stupid $!

A dead conservative and pro-life activist rejected his analysis, noting that the Republican Party supports an exception to save the life of the mother, as does the pro-life movement.

First, not a single Trump-endorsed candidate who lost supported his fiction that there are no exceptions even in the case of incest rape or the life of the mother, tweeted conservative commentator Ben Domenech. Literally no Republican candidates think abortion should be outlawed when a mother’s life is in danger.

He predicted that the explosion of former presidents would come back to haunt him in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.

Trump’s betrayal of the pro-life cause to Dobbs has been telegraphed for a long time and is a huge opening to bash him in the 2024 stakes that I expect some candidate to seize, Mr. Domenech said. Finally, think how stupid it would be for Trump to run left on the pro-life issue. This is the biggest victory of his presidency. A great deal of goodwill from pro-lifers. And what does he do? Call them quislings and say they are too radical! Very dumb.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which spent a record $78 million on the 2022 campaign with the Women Speak Out PAC, reiterated its position that Republicans should do more to align their positions with abortion to Democrats, rather than ignoring the issue.

The strategy for winning abortion in federal races, proven over a decade is this: clearly state the ambitious consensus pro-life position and contrast that with the extreme views of Democrat opponents, the group said in a statement on Monday. We look forward to hearing that position fully articulated by Mr. Trump and all the presidential candidates.

The organization was one of several leading pro-life groups that supported the bill introduced in September by Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, to limit most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for rape, incest, and risks to the mother’s life and health.

Mr. was hotly criticized. Graham on the bill was brought up by other Republicans who argued that the issue should be left up to the states and that the parties’ midterm focus should be on the economy, not abortion.

SBA Pro-Life America Says: There was also a profound midterm lesson for future federal candidates: those who adopted the Ostrich Strategy on abortion lost.

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Conservatives pointed out that Mr. Trump endorsed a dead GOP candidate who took a hard line on abortion and lost, including Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon, Wisconsin gubernatorial nominee Tim Michels, and Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano.

Republican governors who signed bills limiting access to abortion and succeeded in November include Florida’s Ron DeSantis, Ohio’s Mike DeWine, Georgia’s Brian Kemp, and Texas’ Greg Abbott.

Never apologize for prioritizing the abortion issue, tweeted Kimberly Ross, a 2023 fellow at the conservative Independent Womens Forum. As always, Donald Trump is more concerned about himself and his ego. Always. He is literally a loser (electoral and otherwise) and needs to go.

Meanwhile, Democrats seized the split to blast Mr. Trump, accused of hurting the GOP by boosting weak primary candidates who lost in the general election, made the expected red wave more of a dribble.

Dear anti-abortion voters: Trump does not believe life began at conception. He is using the abortion issue only to gain power, tweeted Rep. Ted Lieu, California Democrat. Now that you are no longer useful to him, Trump blames you for the defeat and wants you to shut up. If you still support him, you don’t respect yourself.

Rep. said. Ritchie Torres, New York Democrat, that Mr. Trump’s selection of conservative Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade in the court’s Dobbs v. Jackson.

WOW: Trump blames far-right anti-abortion fanaticism for costing Republicans in midterms, showing a broken clock is right twice a day, Mr. Torres tweeted. Trump cannot accept his own role in reversing Roe vs Wade and reduce the so-called red wave to a drop.

Conservative commentator Pedro Gonzalez noted that Mr. Trump took credit for overturning Roe v. Wade after the courts opinion on June 24.

It’s not the abortion debate itself that has people upset about Trump’s statement at this point, but rather his previous outspoken recognition for [the] The conclusion of Roe v. Wadehe called it the biggest WIN for LIFE in a generation, tweeted Mr. González.

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