Tue Jan 3, 2023 – 2:40 pm ESTTue Jan 3, 2023 – 2:48 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) – Pro-lifers are rejecting Donald Trump’s claim that the GOP experienced disappointing results during the 2022 mid-term elections because candidates “poorly handled” the “abortion issue.”
“It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to expectations in the MidTerms,” the former president stated on Truth Social this past Sunday. “I was 233-20! It was the ‘abortion issue,’ poorly handled by many Republicans, especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mother, that lost large numbers of Voters.”
“Also,” Trump continued, “the people that pushed so hard, for decades, against abortion, got their wish from the US Supreme Court, & just plain disappeared, not to be seen again. Plus, Mitch stupid $’s!”
The former president’s remarks have been received by the political right with near-universal disapproval, with many commentators believing that the swipe at his most loyal supporters could be the most significant political error of his career.
“No candidate who wants to give up on the abortion issue will be the Republican nominee in 2024, especially one who blames pro-lifers
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