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Even staunch right-wingers are admitting that the results in Wisconsins Supreme Court election are a bad omen for Republicans electoral chances going forward.

Janet Protasiewicz shellacked conservative Dan Kelly by 10 percentage points Tuesday, claiming victory and a seat that swings Wisconsins high court from a conservative majority to a liberal one.

Kelly was a deeply flawed candidate, both because of his connections to former President Donald Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his opposition to abortion rights.

The latter was a particularly salient issue in the Wisconsin race, with the states Supreme Court likely to rule on a host of abortion-related matters, including on the legality of a 19th-century abortion ban reauthorized last year by the states GOP-controlled Legislature.

After the drubbing Republicans took in the 2022 midterms, amid a backlash over the U.S. Supreme Courts rescission of federal abortion rights, one might think thered be more widespread recognition on the right that anti-abortion crusades are unpopular. Even the chair of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, seemed to essentially admit this in a Fox News interview on Tuesday.

Setting aside McDaniels gross lies about Democrats true policy goals with abortion, her comments about the GOPs messaging issue showed pretty remarkable self-awareness. Which is evidently a sin in most conservative circles.

As the quote tweets and Twitter replies responding to the above clip indicate, many conservatives reacted angrily to McDaniels remarks. (Note: McDaniel has faced plenty of backlash from ultra-conservative Republicans who claim she and the RNC havent been rabid enough in advocating their far-right talking points.)

One such response came from conservative conspiracy theorist Kyle Becker, who had some mansplaining to do.

To hear him tell it, the real issue in Wisconsin was that McDaniel and the RNC didnt use scare tactics well enough to persuade people to vote for Kelly.

Even conservative commentator Ann Coulter sees the writing on the wall for Republicans electoral chances if the party keeps pursuing anti-abortion legislation.

The demand for anti-abortion legislation just cost Republicans another crucial race, she tweeted Tuesday.Pro-lifers: WE WON. Abortion is not a constitutional rightanymore! Please stop pushing strict limits on abortion, or there will be no Republicans left.

This tweet, like McDaniels, was met with scorn from many conservatives.

When Ann Coulter is advising you on how not to be completely detestable, youve probably gone too far.

Nonetheless, dont expect Republicans to reverse course on this culture war.

Ja'han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer.

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