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Patrick Basham discusses Trump and Roe v Wade

Last month the Supreme Court in America overturned the Roe vs Wade ruling made in the 1970s which gave women an unquestioned right to have an abortion at any stage in the nine months of their pregancy. Writing for Express.co.uk, Sarah Elliott from Republicans Abroad says it means US States can pass their own laws on the issue. But the decision was roundly condemned by the Democrats with President Joe Biden vowing to take action to protect womens abortion rights but the monthly Democracy Institute/ Express.co.uk tracker poll of American opinion has revealed that more voters are now more likely to support the Republicans as a result of the decision.

According to the poll of 1,500 likely voters from across the USA, 26 percent are more likely to vote for the pro-life Republican Party which mostly opposes abortion or wanted to see it restricted to European levels.

Meanwhile, despite the outrage by feminist groups, just 17 percent are more likely to vote Democrat.

While, just six percent of Americans identify abortion as the most important issue a large number of them are pro-life.

Democracy Institute director Patrick Basham explained while the issue divides America with very strong opinions on both sides, there are more single-issue voters who oppose abortion who would not normally vote than on the pro-choice side.

In an interview, he said: Republicans are these days net winners when abortion is literally or figuratively on the ballot.

Both parties attract very skewed pro-life (Republicans) pro-choice voters, but what is as important is do you add any new voters to your tally?

He added: Our polling has been clear for some time and other polling is out there from recent elections which backs this up, that there are single issues voters on both sides.

But for those who this is the number one issue and often the singular issue, they overwhelmingly are pro-life voters who vote Republican when they think this is the issue of the day.

As importantly, they are what we call low propensity voters so they often dont actually vote and it is this issue that draws them to the polls.

He added: On the democratic side there are lots of ardent pro choice voters who are extra motivated by Roe v Wade but they tend to always vote and be in safe Democratic districts and states.

This is not going to be the silver bullet that rescues the Democrats."

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Mr Basham pointed out that of the current nine sitting judges, Donald Trump appointed three of them and they all voted to overturn Roe v Wade.

Most controversially, just before the election he appointed the highly regardedconservative Amy Coney Barrett despite attempts by the Democrats to prevent a selection until after the US election in 2020.

Mr Basham said: It is always the case that a Presidents legacy in general is more about the Supreme Court.

Trump was able to have three opportunities to put people on and we see what a difference that makes

So both sides will redouble their efforts in 2024. The Republicans will say see what we achieved and the Democrats will say this is why we cant have a Republican President again.

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The polling shows if he runs against Joe Biden, Trump would win by 48 percent to 43 percent while he would easily beat Vice President Kamala Harris by 37 percent.

Meanwhile, the Republicans are in a strong position to win the midterm election in November with a big margin by 49 percent to 41 percent.

This would give the Republicans a majority in the House of Representatives of 264 to 171 and Senate of 54 to 46.

For the first time in 50 years and after over 63 million abortions, abortion is no longer a constitutional right in the United States of America. Its now up to the states and the citizens of that state to legislate what they feel is moral and just on the issue of abortion. This is as it should have always been from the beginning, but instead in an act of judicial activism nine Supreme Court Justices in 1973 ruled that it was unconstitutional for states to unnecessarily restrict or regulate abortion.

This hotly contested right meant for the past 50 years, states could not ban the practice or even place protections for women and the unborn, regardless whether the fetus could feel pain, suck its thumb or kick, for instance. It was considered a God-given right that women could have an abortion in all nine months of pregnancy for any reason and without question. In fact, Vice President Kamala Harris supports abortion up to 38 weeks, past full term which is 37 weeks. Even in far left-wing places like California, there is proposed legislation that if a baby survives an abortion in the third trimester, it can be denied care.In most parts of the world, this is called infanticide.

America has some of the most extreme abortion laws in the world, and not many people know or discuss these radical positions, which are completely beyond British and European standards. In the UK, you are permitted to have an abortion up to 24 weeks, and in most European countries up to 15 weeks. The majority of mainstream Americans also do not favour this unfettered access to abortion. According to Gallup, only 13% of Americans support abortion in the third trimester (25 to 37 weeks), and 2 out of 3 people support bans after 20 weeks.

You couple these positions with extraordinary technology where one can see a developing human and heartbeat much earlier as well as being able to keep premature babies viable outside of the womb as early as 22 weeks, and you have a recipe for change.

So what does this change look like?

Well, for once you might say, Americans will start looking more British and European. The issue is now going back to the states for their elected governments to decide what regulations, restrictions or even bans will come into place, thus reflecting the majority views of their constituents. Democracy at work.

Since a plurality of Americans favour some form of common sense protection, you will find the abortion laws start to moderate and come more in line with European ones. Yes, there will be states which do outright bans. Right now, there are already 13 states which have passed trigger laws, meaning these bans go into effect within 30 days, such as Texas, Utah, Mississippi and North and South Dakota. Others like Florida will ban an abortion after a heartbeat is found. But then there are places like New York and Colorado, where you will be able to have an abortion even if the unborn child is viable outside the womb.

The laws will run the spectrum because people all across the country carry varying views in the abortion debate. For the fiery culture war that is raging in the United States, this was the best outcome on this contentious topic. The battles will now be taken from a national level to a state one, where it belongs, because abortion is not a constitutional right.

By overturning Roe v Wade, the people will finally decide through the democratic process the great human question: When does life begin?

Sarah Elliott isChair of the Hamilton Society and spokeswoman for Republicans Overseas UK

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Donald Trump Jr. raged against the "communist crap" coming out of the White House in this video posted on Rumble, referring to Biden advisor Brian Deese saying Americans need to make economic sacrifices to preserve the liberal post-war petrodollar-based international economic system.

"Wow, guys, they're not even covering it up anymore, they're saying the quiet part out loud. This is a White House spokesperson just saying this is what we have to do to preserve the new liberal world order," he said. "I remember, that, it was a right-wing conspiracy theory. It's a conspiracy theory, totally unfounded, except when they're saying it with their mouths at the White House."

"It doesn't sound like a conspiracy theory when it is literally coming out of their mouths."

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In Juniors latest rant, he says WH Advisor Brian Deeses interview answer about preserving the liberal world order confirms right wing conspiracy theories were true all along. pic.twitter.com/GIsMjJLXM8

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Former President Donald Trump admitted Saturday that hes the one on trial in the dramatic televised hearings being held by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and hes not happy about it.

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So the lowlifes Rigged and Stole a Presidential Election, and Im the one who is on trial, he wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. We are truly a Nation in Decline!

The post was his first clear concession that hes the one in the hot seat as the testimony cuts closer to the bone for him. The Jan. 6 panels examination of the storming of the Capitol last year has been far from a mere recounting of the events and is being presented more like a case against Trump.

As the committee has held public hearings in the past month, Trump has generally tried to divert attention in his Truth Social posts by blasting President Joe Biden over things like inflation and rising gas prices. But on Tuesday, he was all about the panels hearing, posting several attacks on Cassidy Hutchinson during and after her riveting testimony.

Among her most damning revelations, Hutchinson, who was an aide to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified that Trump wanted to drop security screenings for his supporters, who were known to be carrying weapons, and allow them to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Theyre not here to hurt me, Hutchinson quoted Trump as saying.

Hutchinson also said she was told the former president angrily lunged for the steering wheel of the vehicle he was traveling in because he wanted to go to the Capitol to be with his supporters and the Secret Service refused to take him.

Trump has claimed Hutchinsons accusation about his behavior in the car has been debunked. Though some members of the Secret Service have told media outlets that her version of events will be contradicted, no public or official statement has been made.

Other Secret Service sources told CNN last week that members of the agency have been talking about Trumps over-the-top behavior in the car for some time.

Trump has been so rattled by Hutchinsons testimony that The New York Times reported Friday that hes considering diverting public attention from his ongoing trial by stepping up his official announcement that hes running for the presidency to as soon as this month.

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Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner believes former President Donald Trump will be indicted for his role in last year's insurrection.

"Guns have been smoking all around Donald Trump for years," Kirschner said in a video posted to YouTube on Saturday. "And for whatever reason, there have been no criminal charges yet brought against Donald Trump.

"That will change. It has to change if we care about the survival of our democracy. He will be indicted," Kirschner predicted.

Kirschner made his remarks in a video analyzing potentially damning testimony given by Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, earlier this week.

Hutchinson, in her testimony before the House January 6 committee, tasked with investigating the Capitol riot made several shocking claims that stunned former Trump aides. She said, for example, that Trump had expressed approval when rioters chanted about hanging Vice President Mike Pence.

She also detailed the intense effort that Trump made to get to the Capitol, even when security detail said they were instructed to take him elsewhere. Hutchinson described him lunging forward at a driver and grabbing at the throat of a Secret Service agent in an effort to demand that they take him to the Capitol.

She also said Trump urged Secret Service to get rid of metal detectors.

"I was in the vicinity of a conversation where I overheard the president say something to the effect of, 'I don't effing care that they have weapons. They're not here to hurt me. Take the effing mags away. Let my people in, they can march to the Capitol from here,'"Hutchinson said.

After her testimony, Trump railed against Hutchinson, calling her a "total phony" and denying many of her claims.

The Capitol riot left five people, including onepolice officer, dead. Members of the Proud Boys, which is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, were also present.

Organizers wereemboldenedby Trump's urges to protest the results of the 2020 election with him, despite Joe Biden's election victory. While members of Congress were meeting inside the Capitol to certify the results and verify Biden's electoral win, Trump supporters organized anattempted coupand stormed the Capitol.

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Outgoing Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson vowed Friday that he would not support Donald Trump if the former president decides to make another White House run in 2024 with Hutchinson saying Trump constituted a risk to the nation in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.

As you can see from the testimony on Jan. 6, then and subsequent to the election where he was challenging the legality of it, the lawful transfer of [power] yes, that was a threat to our democracy. That was a threat to our institutions of government, Hutchinson told CBS Mornings. And thats not the behavior we want to see in a responsible president.

Hutchinson, who is likely to be succeeded as governor by former Trump White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, added that he did not believe the House select committee investigating last years Capitol riot had proven criminal wrongdoing by Trump in connection with the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

When asked if he agreed with select committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) that Trump constituted a danger to the US, Hutchinson eventually agreed.

Everybody phrases a different way, the governor said. I would not be supporting him for 2024. He acted irresponsibly. During that time, he was a risk to the nation, absolutely.

Trump has yet to announce whether he intends to run for president again, though he has teased a final decision to follow this Novembers midterm elections.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is widely seen as the most credible challenger to Trump, but the former president has expressed optimism over the outcome of any potential primary contest, telling the New Yorkerrecently I think I would win a showdown with DeSantis.

AR Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) says Jan 6 testimony shows Trump was a "threat to our democracy."

"I would not be supporting him for 2024. He acted irresponsibly, during that time he was a risk to the nation, absolutely," he tells @edokeefe. pic.twitter.com/HbrdFOzy61

Asa Hutchinsons comments came three days after Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide in the Trump White House, testified before the Jan. 6 committee and made several bombshell claims including that Trump knew several of his supporters were armed at the Stop The Steal rally that preceded the Capitol riot and that he made a lunge at a Secret Service agent after he was unable to travel to the Capitol building that same day.

Her testimony has since been called into question by sources close to the Secret Service, who claim the lunge never happened.

Asa Hutchinson, who is not believed to be related to Cassidy Hutchinson, praised her testimony as very compelling Friday.

I think she clearly demonstrated her concern and love for our country, the governor said. She came across with a great deal of credibility, but whats the challenge with the committee is theyre not having cross-examination. Theyre not having other points of view, and so that makes it more difficult Secondly, they got into hearsay and thats where, if they cant back that up, it undermines that testimony.

The committee will hold at least one more hearing this month and hopes to wrap up its work by the beginning of next year, when Republicans are expected to take control of the House of Representatives.

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