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pampango

(24,692 posts)
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 07:56 AM Apr 2016

"Anti-abortion groups grit teeth and brace for Trump" (and embrace him)

Long-time leaders of the anti-abortion movement are gritting their teeth after Donald Trump’s comments about women being punished for abortions.

Many conservatives are fuming over the GOP frontrunner’s remarks, which he later walked back. The comments ignored decades of conservative doctrine on abortion, while creating a sound bite that Hillary Clinton is already using to attack the GOP.

Despite what they see as a blunder, anti-abortion leaders overwhelmingly say they will unequivocally support Trump if faced with what they describe as a nightmarish choice between him and Clinton this November.

“If it’s between those two, I can’t trust Mr. Trump to do the right thing, I can trust Hillary Clinton to do the wrong thing,” said Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), who has spent 30 years in public office. “The bottom line is, protecting innocent human life is not a small part of the Republican Party platform.”

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/274919-anti-abortion-groups-grit-teeth-and-brace-for-trump

The right seems to love to focus their ire on Hillary but they can also trust that Bernie "to do the wrong thing" (the 'wrong thing' in their eyes being the 'right' thing in reality).

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