“I was born and raised a Catholic. I am completely pro-life, and I don’t apologize for it. While I’m at it, I’ll tell you that I’m not woke, I don’t support affirmative action, and I can tell the difference between a man and a woman. I’m on the right side on all of the culture war stuff, and I’ll never change my mind on any of it.
But we have to realize that a substantial majority of Americans don’t accept our position on abortion. The idea of a national ban is consequently horrible politics. Furthermore, how are we going to ram our position down their throats when their state governments refuse to cooperate with a federal ban? Is it going to be like Prohibition? Are we going to declare martial law? Are we going to hire hundreds of thousands of new federal law enforcement officers to enforce the law? Give me a break!
Abortion is, and should remain, a state issue. If Alabama and Oklahoma want to ban it altogether, God bless them. Just don’t try to impose a ban on blue states unless you want to lose more elections. I’m in it to win.”