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In a nearly hour-and-a-half speech at a political rally in Pennsylvania on Friday night, former President Donald Trump made only a passing mention of the Supreme Court’s expired draft opinion, which will overturn a remarkable ruling establishing the country’s constitutional right to abortion.
Trump’s decision not to comment on the news that dominated the headlines this week was followed by days of Republican restraint to engage in the issue, directing his anger at the leak itself instead of celebrating a draft opinion that would overturn Rowe vs. Wadethe main 1973 decision legalizing abortion.
Near the end of his speech, Trump pulled out a number of Republican promises, including “to protect the innocent life.” He then mentioned his nomination to three judges at the US Supreme Court, adding: “And now they are making a very important decision. “
During his presidency, Trump, once described as a “very professional choice,” won over the Conservatives with his tough anti-abortion rhetoric and assurances that he would appoint anti-abortion judges. In 2020, he was the first incumbent president to attend the March for Life rally in Washington, telling a crowd of anti-abortion activists: “Unborn children have never had a stronger advocate in the White House.”
Instead of declaring the news a political victory, Trump chose to ignore it, focusing on reviewing the 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, falsely claiming to have won both, and mocking President Biden, Democrats and the “fake media.” “.
Other Republican politicians, who have long considered the abolition of abortion rights to be one of their party’s most pressing political goals, remained silent this week, dismissing questions about the consequences of the decision. Instead, many Republicans have expressed outrage that the leak violated the Supreme Court’s immunity.
This week, Trump took a similar position. “No one knows exactly what it is, if it will be,” Trump told Politico in an interview. “I think the only thing that’s really so terrible is the leak … for the court and for the country.
Trump was in Pennsylvania to campaign for Mehmet Oz, the famous television doctor who ran for the U.S. Senate in a competitive primary, who, like Trump, once supported abortion beliefs.
Oz is in the race against businessman David McCormick by 10 days before the May 17 primary. Trump called McCormick a “liberal man on Wall Street” and a “candidate of special interests and globalists and the Washington establishment.”
“He may be a nice person, but he’s not my man. He is not a MAGA. He’s more Tuumi than MAGA, “Trump said, referring to retired Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomie, one of a handful of Republicans who voted to condemn Trump for his role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots.
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