Anti-Abortion Voters Should Have Dumped Trump When They Had the Chance

On Monday, Donald Trump delivered a clear message to anti-abortion conservatives: The party’s over. Don’t count on getting anything else from me.

Truth be told, the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade was a big deal, and Trump is still claiming credit for getting it done. But overturning Roe did not make abortion go away; the Dobbs v. Jackson decision sent the abortion issue back to the states. And on Monday, Trump made it clear that, if he has anything to say about it, that’s where the issue will stay.

As Trump said on Monday, “...whatever they decide must be the law of the land, and in this case, the law of the state.” Trump continued, “Many states will be different, many will have a different number of weeks, or some will have more conservative [laws] than others, and that’s what they will be.”