Chuck Todd: Trump will 'flip' on the abortion issue once he finds a way to do it

[Demovictory9]

Chuck Todd: Trump will ‘flip’ on the abortion issue once he finds a way to do it
“The shift of college educated Republicans away from the Republican Party has really hurt the Republican Party’s ability to do well in low turnout elections,” says NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd.

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/chuck-todd-trump-will-flip-on-the-abortion-issue-once-he-finds-a-way-to-do-it-197411397815

[Maru Kitteh]

1. I agree. They've probably been focus testing this move for a bit now.

Trump has never given a hot damn one way or the other about abortion beyond pressuring women to get them if he thought they were carrying his spawn.

[TwilightZone]

2. He's already made some vague remarks in that direction.

[Demovictory9]

4. Yes and pro lifer groups have noticed.

[gratuitous]

3. The defendant will find a way to do that

As soon as he figures out a way to cross the Grand Canyon in two jumps. The inmates are running the asylum, and the Republican zealots will not brook apostasy from the One True Faith, not even from their Tangerine Messiah. Sorry chucktodd; your Republican pals won their half century crusade to make women second class citizens, and they will pay the price for decades to come.

[TwilightZone]

6. I think Trump could get away with it.

It wouldn't be the first time that he messed with one of their sacred cows. He banned bump stocks and they barely batted an eye. Had Obama done that, they would have stormed the gates.

[Straw Man]

16. I don't.

It wouldn't be the first time that he messed with one of their sacred cows. He banned bump stocks and they barely batted an eye. Had Obama done that, they would have stormed the gates.

Bump stocks are a sideshow and a red herring. Yes, the MAGATS would have howled if Obama had banned them, but they howled when he wore a tan suit. Their outrage comes cheap.

In the spectrum of gun rights advocacy, bump stocks mean very little. The number of people using them is tiny, and they provide very little practical advantage -- unless, of course, you intend to spray fire at a large crowd from the safety of a hotel window. They are finicky and difficult to control, and would be much less effective in any battle scenario than a basic semi-automatic rifle.

The anti-abortion movement, on the other hand, has a long history and deep roots in conservative politics. If he turns against that crowd, he loses a large and dedicated portion of his base.

[TwilightZone]

17. "bump stocks mean very little"

Any attempt to put a check on the 2nd Amendment, however trivial, is met with intense outrage and "slippery slope" nonsense by the gun nuts.

Except that one. Hmm, what's the difference? Oh, yeah, it was Trump.

In their eyes, he can do no wrong. He plays both sides of multiple issues and they applaud him for both.

[Straw Man]

22. Correct. Bump stocks mean very little.

Any attempt to put a check on the 2nd Amendment, however trivial, is met with intense outrage and "slippery slope" nonsense by the gun nuts.

How many "gun nuts" have you actually spoken to? I have spoken to a lot of them. If you asked them to list all the proposed gun control measures in order of importance, bump stocks would be dead last.

Except that one. Hmm, what's the difference? Oh, yeah, it was Trump.

I won't post a link here because the article is generally full of wingnut spew, but if you're interested, Google the article "Does Trump Truly Support the Second Amendment?" by David Codrea.

[3Hotdogs]

5. His '16 campaign featured abortion as a platform. His 3 appointees voted for Dobbs.

Yet, he doesn't brag on it at his rallies. In fact, he doesn't mention abortion at all.

[TwilightZone]

7. He's running ads bragging about it.

https://democrats.org/news/donald-trump-brags-about-his-role-in-overturning-roe-in-new-ads/

[MyNameIsJonas]

8. Not true. Trump has said multiple times he banned abortion.

https://democrats.org/news/donald-trump-brags-about-his-role-in-overturning-roe-in-new-ads/

[Prairie Gates]

9. Trump has no particular interest in pro-life ideology or movement

He used it solely to forge a conservative coalition. He already sees that it is more likely to damage than help him, so he'll drop it as soon as he can. Our entire poliics is utterly cynical, and Trump is the King of the Cynics. Chuck Todd giggling about and applauding this completely substanceless politics is no small part of the shame here.

[Mz Pip]

10. Trump used to be

a pro choice Democrat back when he was in New York.

He’ll do whatever is politically expedient. Will be interesting to see how he backs out of his plan for a national abortion ban.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

24. He was a pro-choice Democrat

For a few brief years in the early 00s.

The rest of his life he was either a traitor thug, or part of that Reform Party nonsense.

He was a Dem only because NY had gone so Dem that it was the only way to stay on the government's good side there.

[Silent Type]

11. Most of them will flip/waffle on abortion after Ohio. Say clip of Haley in debate doing so.

Don’t trust them, though.

[ZonkerHarris]

12. does anyone care what Todd says? No.

[Captain Zero]

13. Probably more than once

ADHD.

[creeksneakers2]

14. Trump has already said compromise

Trump suggested a ban after 15 weeks as a compromise. Of course, he paid no price among the GOP for this.

Doesn't say 15 weeks at this link but does say compromise.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-bring-country-together-abortion-meet-the-press-rcna105311

If abortion is murder how can they compromise?

[FHRRK]

15. He will try as will many moderate pukes

Trump will have to deal with the video of him bragging about getting Roe v Wade, bigger issue, too soon, they won’t be believed

[Johnny2X2X]

18. He's on tape

He's bragged endlessly about getting rid of Roe v Wade. He's also on tape saying women need to be punsihed by the criminal justice system for getting abortions.

[ificandream]

19. Trump will flip on ANY issue if it will somehow benefit him.

He's phony through and through.

[TheRealNorth]

20. Exactly

He is a flimflam man who will say one thing to one group of people and say the exact opposite to another group. He's a liar who will say pretty much anything if he thinks it benefits him at the moment.

[Yavin4]

21. They'll probably just say let the states decide.

And leave it at that. Take credit for over turning Roe and just let each state make its own decision.

[TheRealNorth]

23. Trump has already done that in the past, as I recall...

Again, it depends on the audience he thinks he is speaking to, and is not based on some sort set of beliefs. He will discard any notion of "state's rights" if it is advantageous to him at the time