Aaron Blake: “The overturning of Roe v. Wade has long occupied an unusual space in conservative politics. On the one hand, the Republican Party has pushed for it for decades; on the other, even as it has done so, plenty within its ranks have assured that it wasn’t happening.”
“The party seemed to want the benefits of the push with its base, without the consequences of the unpopular prospect with the broader electorate. It also knew that overturning Roe was a red line for some key abortion-rights-supporting GOP senators whose votes were needed to confirm the justices who would eventually overturn Roe.“
“So it — and, crucially, those senators themselves — shrugged off the notion as if it were some kind of manufactured political issue.”
“All of those assurances have now proven foolhardy, at best, and cynical, at worst.”
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