In Arizona, Blake Masters backtracks on abortion, scrubs campaign website

[brooklynite]

NBC News

Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters softened his tone and scrubbed his website's policy page of tough abortion restrictions Thursday, as his party reels from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

In an ad posted to Twitter on Thursday, Masters sought to portray his opponent, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, as the extremist on the issue while describing his own views as "commonsense."

"Look, I support a ban on very late-term and partial-birth abortion," he said. "And most Americans agree with that. That would just put us on par with other civilized nations." (Late-term abortions are extremely rare, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker.)

Just after releasing the ad, Masters's campaign overhauled his website and softened his rhetoric, re-writing or erasing five of his six positions. NBC News took screenshots of the website before and after it was changed. Masters' website appeared to be updated after NBC News reached out for clarification on his abortion stances.

[dchill]

1. Once you win a Republican primary...

...you gotta reposition and grind off the crazywarts that got you there.

[rubbersole]

2. Hey Blake,

Tooooo late. All you're going to do is piss off your trumpy base. Fucking loser.

[empedocles]

5. What will the trumper base actually do on Election Day.

Might be focus groups on the tradeoff.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. Mark Kelly's commercials have been brutal and constant

Quotes of Masters calling abortion a ritual sacrifice or some nonsense.

[ZonkerHarris]

9. now he can call him a flip flopping liar

we also need to get the word out through right wing moles that Masters is a sell out on abortion

[Midnight Writer]

4. Romney School Of Electioneering. "It's like an Etch-A-Sketch"

You win your race, then you shake the Etch-A-Sketch and it erases everything.

That way you an start with a clean slate.

[KarenS]

6. these neanderthals forget there is video of them saying things,,,,

and Mark Kelly's ads are awesome,,,,

on edit:
I mean no disrespect to Neanderthals.

[Jilly_in_VA]

7. Masters is a dummy

The internet is FOREVER!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Yep

I'm sure there's a screen capture out there somewhere.