No. of Recommendations: 5
It is funny watching Trump (and his minion Vance) try and negate the negativity around abortion for his chances to win the upcoming election. He keeps trying to pretend that he would not go for a nationwide abortion ban and that he wants reasonable access to abortion. Yet, when he gets in front of extreme conservative groups, he brags about his Supreme Court Justice appointments and their overturning of Roe V. Wade. He is trying to have it both ways.
Here is what makes it so funny: No one is falling for it. Among women who think healthcare access and abortion should be between a woman and her doctor are high priority issues are not falling for Trump's flip flop. They are not stupid, they know he is lying, and they are not going to vote for him no matter what he says he will do on abortion.
On the opposite side, those who think any type of abortion is murder and are completely against any and all abortion still generally support Trump, but they are nervous and less enthralled with Trump. Their support is wavering ever since he flipped flopped. More than a few might find reasons not to come out and vote for him in November.
So his flip flops haven't really won him any new supporters but are weakening his base.
It will be very, very interesting how Trump navigates abortion questions during the debates. He will need to be clear and concise in his support for some sort of timeframe for legal abortion if he even hopes to win new supporters, but any clear and concise statement will turn of much of his Evangelical base.
