Donald Trump’s ambivalence on abortion is back in the news because of his recent flip-flopping on a November referendum in his home state of Florida. On August 29, Trump said he suggested he would vote for the referendum, which would expand abortion rights and overturn the state’s current six-week abortion ban. After intense blowback from anti-abortion activists, Trump walked back his support the next day.
While Trump’s about face on this referendum shows that the activist class still has some pull, it remains true that Trump has done something unimaginable in modern Republican politics. He has bullied the GOP into abandoning four decades of support for a national ban on abortion. Even more surprising, there’s no evidence that Trump’s renegotiation of the allegedly nonnegotiable has hurt him among the rank and file of the party.
This perplexing outcome is revelatory. Trump’s cavalier treatment of this supposedly sacred issue has exposed the Republican Party’s best kept secret: The connection between Republican voters and their leaders was never primarily about abortion. Rather, as Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) transformation of the party reveals, Trump’s bond with his supporters is forged from different […]
So it’s an economic issue for the Christian Nationalists? Because it certainly cannot be a political issue looking to someone who is truly a leader. The irony of all this is that Trump is probably the least religious person running for anything in this country? When was the last time he attended a religious service? What religious charities does he support? Any reference to religion would receive a ‘no’ response because this is just a ploy that Trump has used for years to get ignorant voters to support him.
Anyone that brings up religion of any sort is disqualified in my book. The last committed christian person who also happened to be elected president was Jimmy Carter who lived his beliefs instead of proclaiming them.