Trump and the Abortion Debate

[LowDown]

Evangelicals get kicked around a lot for so strongly supporting Trump, and I’m not a fan of evangelical leaders going on cable TV and twisting themselves into pretzels to rationalize Trump’s moral lapses. But this week has brought home why many evangelicals are with Trump. Ralph Northam, as far as anyone can tell, is a perfectly decent man of sterling personal character—who also is fine with legalized infanticide. And he’s a centrist in today’s Democratic party. So should evangelicals be with him, because he’s not going to insult anyone in public and (presumably) have to try cover up pay-offs to porn stars? Or with Trump, who despite his flagrant flaws, will do everything possible to roll back the abortion regime? The same question can be asked about any number of other issues, but abortion poses it most starkly and makes the answer of evangelical Trump supporters entirely defensible and understandable. Link

Indeed. You really can't rationalize Trump's moral lapses and course nature at all. But none of that makes any difference. None of that affects policy. You can blather on all you like with bullcrap about how Trump coarsens the public discourse and encourages violence, which is all mostly just self serving nonsense, but Trump's policies are mostly good, conservative and correct. Abortion is just one example.

Foreign trade is one Trump policy I don't like, but he did tell us he what he wanted to do in that regard during the campaign. (I was just hoping it was one promise he wouldn't keep, but he at least tries to keep all of his promises.)

 

[Scrabaholic]

If Trump was a Democrat, evangelicals would be tarring and feathering him.

 

[noonereal]

Indeed. You really can't rationalize Trump's moral lapses and course nature at all. But none of that makes any difference. None of that affects policy. You can blather on all you like with bullcrap about how Trump coarsens the public discourse and encourages violence, which is all mostly just self serving nonsense, but Trump's policies are mostly good, conservative and correct. Abortion is just one example.

God Bless you.

 

[LowDown]

If Trump was a Democrat, evangelicals would be tarring and feathering him.

Perhaps, but that would be because, as a Democrat, Trump would be in favor of murdering little babies.

 

[Scrabaholic]

Perhaps, but that would be because, as a Democrat, Trump would be in favor of murdering little babies.

Nobody is in favour of "murdering little babies".

 

[KAG2020]

From 2017

Pres. Donald Trump Named Operation Rescue’s 2017 Pro-Life Person of the Year

Pres. Donald Trump Named Operation Rescue’s 2017 Pro-Life Person of the Year

Washington, DC — Operation Rescue is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2017 Pro-Life Person of the Year Malachi Award is Pres. Donald J. Trump.

The Malachi Award is given by Operation Rescue every year to recognize individuals who sacrificially work to advance the cause of protecting the pre-born.

“Operation Rescue is grateful Pres. Trump for having the courage to keep promises made during the campaign that provide greater protections for the pre-born and deny Federal funds from those who commit abortions,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “He has proven to be the most pro-life president we have had in modern history and has backed up his pro-life rhetoric with action like no other before him.”

 

[Scrabaholic]

From 2017

Pres. Donald Trump Named Operation Rescue’s 2017 Pro-Life Person of the Year

OR is a terrorist organisation.

 

[KAG2020]

Nobody is in favour of "murdering little babies".

That is a bald faced lie. Democrats are okay with killing full grown babies as they are being born.

 

[Scrabaholic]

That is a bald faced lie. Democrats are okay with killing full grown babies as they are being born.

Prove it.

 

[year2late]

That is a bald faced lie. Democrats are okay with killing full grown babies as they are being born.

Stop lying.

 

[Lursa]

Indeed. You really can't rationalize Trump's moral lapses and course nature at all. But none of that makes any difference. None of that affects policy. You can blather on all you like with bullcrap about how Trump coarsens the public discourse and encourages violence, which is all mostly just self serving nonsense, but Trump's policies are mostly good, conservative and correct. Abortion is just one example.

Foreign trade is one Trump policy I don't like, but he did tell us he what he wanted to do in that regard during the campaign. (I was just hoping it was one promise he wouldn't keep, but he at least tries to keep all of his promises.)

What is good or correct about policies that, if reversed, would see the govt forcing (by law or otherwise) women to remain pregnant against their will?