Kate Riga on how it's finally dawning on some Republicans that they have an abortion problem:
"Part of the right’s bewilderment stems from the reality that abortion was such an electoral carrot for the party for so long. Then-candidate Donald Trump made it a huge part of his presidential appeal: Vote for me, and I’ll stack the Supreme Court with justices who’ll overturn Roe."
~ Kate Riga
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"While Roe was the law of the land, national-level Republican lawmakers could go to the floor and rail against abortion, even introduce various restrictions, signaling their allyship with the Christian Right while safe in the knowledge that they wouldn’t have to deal with any political fallout. …
A CNN poll released earlier this week found that 64 percent of U.S. adults say they disapprove of the [Dobbs] ruling…."
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