Nobody, but nobody, believes that Donald Trump is personally opposed to abortion, and his much-heralded judicial nominees have so far failed to do anything about it, either. Brett Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court only because he assured Susan Collins that he would not do anything about it. Republican Senators gave a standing ovation to her speech confirming that assurance.
Trump's speech to the March for Life was not very good, although at least he turned up. But Katrina Jackson's speech was outstanding. She is the author of Louisiana's heartbeat law, which will come before the Supreme Court this spring. It was signed into law by Governor John Bel Edwards. Like her, he is a Democrat. A pretty left-wing one by today's standards, in fact. In Louisiana, they do not just talk about pro-life. They do it.
The March for Life was founded by Nellie Gray, a pro-labour Democrat who was a Democratic National Convention delegate for Ellen McCormack. In 1976, running on a purely pro-life platform, McCormack appeared on the ballot in more states than any other woman from either party had done up to that point, and she was the first woman Presidential candidate to raise enough money to qualify for federal matching funds and for Secret Service protection. Her name was placed in nomination, and she engaged in debate with Jimmy Carter, among others.
No doubt 2020 will be remembered as the March for Life to which "the President came", four years into his time in office, in his reelection year, and in the middle of an impeachment trial. "But at least he came." Yes, but he did not really say anything. And he plans to do absolutely nothing at all. The 2020 March for Life would have been better remembered as the beginning of the Presidential campaign of Katrina Jackson, a pro-life black woman Democrat from the Deep South, with a proven record of delivery.
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