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In the next 6 months, we're going to see one of the largest propaganda pushes in American history to spread the lie that Donald Trump is a moderate on abortion.
(McConnell shoehorns last anti-choice justice while early voting is occurring, 1000-page blueprints to ban abortion are being drawn up by reactionary policy gurus, Comstock Act being mentioned everywhere) Nothing to see here, please disperse.
This little memo will be rescinded the second the GOPsky's have the Whitehouse.
Makes you wonder, if anything was done last time you were under anesthesia, doesn't it?
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A transcript of his own video posting gives the lie to that: abortion after live birth?? Credit for Roe? No veto promise? No Comstock Act relinquishment?
It's deeply strange to see the old early 2016-style discourse about his words vs. his intentions vs. what he'd actually be able to do, when he actually already was president and what he did as president was make certain Roe would be overturned
And also the idea that what he says is at all related to what he will do. Or that he would ever suffer consequences for promising one thing and doing the opposite.
Nowhere did I suggest he'd change or that the past indicates he would: if anything it shows he has no compunctions about changing to be progressively worse. Never voted for him, never supported him. He's not the sole problem, he's just a BIG symptom of it
They're also incredibly stupid and subject to massive confirmation bias and ignore when he explicitly said he was pro choice. Him personally not approving, according to him, is not indicative he's anti abortion in the same sense they want
I don’t think they are stupid and they were also correct to ignore whatever pro choice views he claimed to have he delivered a victory they had been working towards for decades and filled the judiciary with like minded fanatics
I didn't say he was trustworthy in his waffling, because changing your position doesn't mean you genuinely believe any of it when the changes are based on a personality flaw or moral corruption
Donald Trump doesn’t “have a position” on any matter of public policy. His brain doesn’t work that way. He’s uninterested, incurious and indifferent to every topic. His only question is “what’s in my interest?” which he sometimes expresses through politically adjacent speech.
They may be stupid but they understand how kayfabe works in a way that you, apparently, do not. They know he's lying, and they like it, because it's all a game. They get to pretend to be mad at his "waffling" as you call it, because it helps sell the lie.
I didn't say they were mad at his waffling, the waffling is a symptom of his lying and exploitative personality. And sure, the anti abortion crowd doesn't care, they utilize the same gaslighting manipulation in the first place and treat women about as well as he does
I didn't say it hadn't changed, nor was it entirely relevant overall, but the right cares about results only insofar as they can claim they "won", even if they have to take many losses in the interim
But there's no question he's anti-abortion in the way they want. It's the only way that matters: will he destroy it? Yes.
They correctly sussed that out. Some people still think it's a question. So who is stupid again?
As my papa used to say, don't judge a person by their words, judge them by their actions. As president, Trump appointed justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and judges that have backed up abortion restrictions.
His words may waffle but his actions don't lie.
He doesn't take responsibility for anything that doesn't make him look good, so he'll just as easily pass the buck, which he did even before the election started and he had to deal with a pandemic he downplayed while knowing it was serious
When Trump was in office did he use the power of his office in any way that the prolife people didn't like? Seems to me that his waffling is entirely rhetorical and his biggest supporters (correctly) don't take it seriously
His biggest supporters don't care what he says as long as it tickles their ears and will have very selective memory regarding the utterly horrible things he's done or said because it's a cult
Professional conservative activists in groups like ADF or what have you very much care about the policy details on abortion. Do they believe Trump is a moderate on it?
I can't say, but I don't think they care, his manipulation of the masses is what they want and if he fails eventually, they'll cut him like a withered branch. Or just double down, it's despicable regardless. BEcause Trump is at best a means to an end, they can find a replacement
Not sure I said that, he's taken a position that he's pro choice explicitly and then kept changing in terms of appearing to care about certain groups, but basically playing his audience like a fiddle
Interview with Tim Russert 1999. It's not hard to find. My position has never been that he genuinely believed this, waffling doesn't require you genuinely believe the constant changes in your position,only that they do change without much explanation or substance
he appointed 3 anti-abortion judges to the supreme court and they immediately voted to overturn abortion protections. he appointed right wing zealots to his federal govt who worked to undermine abortion protections. yeah, this is a real fucking head scratcher.
That's when he was president, I'm talking about overall, I didn't specify this just covered his presidency and afterwards, because by that point he had a cult
i'm sorry but this is so stupid. what matters is what he will do with the power of his office if elected. that's what defines his political position. and he has shown by his time in office that he will act as a staunch opponent of abortion rights. everything else is distraction and bullshit.
