Trump Finally Comments on SCOTUS Abortion Opinion

Last updated on: June 30, 2016 at 3:02 pm by Jacob Lupfer

Trump Finally Comments on SCOTUS Abortion Opinion 2016-06-30T15:02:53-04:00 Jacob Lupfer

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Donald Trump’s silence on Monday’s Supreme Court opinion — the most consequential abortion ruling in years — is the latest in a months-long effort to confuse and string along conservative religious voters.

Pro-lifers cringe over Trump’s ‘deafening’ silence on abortion ruling – @WORLD_mag https://t.co/esmX6txbzK

— Thomas S. Kidd (@ThomasSKidd) June 30, 2016

Trump tweeted about the Turkey bombing within an hour, but still hasn’t said anything about SCOTUS’s abortion ruling https://t.co/s0fnyPfxBV

— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) June 28, 2016

But just as it took Jesus three days to rise from the dead, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee waited three days to weigh in on the decision. As pro-life advocates lamented the decision, Trump’s silence evinced a level of disinterest almost never seen from GOP politicians. (Even the ones who do not care much about criminalizing abortion will at least offer platitudes.)

It also cast serious doubt on Trump’s pledge (recently reiterated to evangelical leaders) to make pro-life jurisprudence a litmus test for federal judicial nominees.

When Trump finally addressed the decision on a radio show Thursday, his ignorance on the issue and even the judicial process was stunning.

CBS News’ Sopan Deb has a partial transcript:

After 3 days, Trump FINALLY weighs in on SCOTUS TX abortion ruling: Says if he’s elected, you wouldn’t see that. pic.twitter.com/Ql7HIQFyMR

— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) June 30, 2016

Trump, as he likes to do, bashed the Chief Justice, who, as expected, sided with his pro-life colleagues on this decision. Trump also said that if the late Justice Antonin Scalia were still alive, or if a President Trump could appoint his replacement, that this ruling would have turned out differently. This is plainly wrong because there were 5 pro-choice votes. Scalia’s vote would not have changed the outcome.

To sow further confusion and doubt among social conservatives, Trump said that if Clinton is elected, this (bad) decision is only going to be the first of many. “You won’t even have to question. You won’t even have to bother going to court.” It’s as though Trump thinks that if Clinton wins the election, conservative legal advocacy groups should just cease operations. He shows a bizarre and breathtaking lack of understanding about how the Supreme Court — to say nothing of the interest group system — functions.

Thus, Trump continues to squander the only issue on which he can legitimately promise something meaningful to social conservatives. But Trump’s cluelessness, disinterest, and inconsistency prove that pro-life voters have no reason to trust him.

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