Last week, in an interview with Chris Matthews, Donald Trump called for punishment for women who have abortions. The blowback was amazing, and he quickly recanted.
Here’s the irony. He was being logical, agreeing with what we have been hearing for 40 years. People standing in front of abortion clinics screaming “Abortion is murder” and comparing abortion to the Holocaust.
If you know someone who is committing murder, shouldn’t that person be punished?
Trump’s statement exposes that the anti-abortion fanatics don’t really take their rhetoric seriously. If they really thought abortion was murder, they would rise to his defense. They would demand women be punished.
So why didn’t they? Because they recognize just how unpopular such a position would be with the vast majority of the American people, and they don’t really believe their own propaganda.
We owe a thank you to Mr. Trump for exposing this hypocrisy.
You are so correct. I think republican politicians want to have it both ways. This really is what they really believe but they know there would be hell to pay at the polls if women wound up in jail or maybe executed. Only the most right wingers would stay with them. Come on all you right wingers, get out there and vote for Trump. After all he is one of you!
ReplyDeleteI think it is so telling that even Ted Cruz disavowed Trump on this. He was afraid to face up to his own rhetoric.
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