Donald Trump’s Silence On SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Angers Conservatives

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Donald Trump’s Silence On SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Angers Conservatives

by Laura Bassett at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-abortion-scotus-conservatives_us_577286b0e4b017b379f75264?section=politics

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Despite assuring evangelicals last week that he would appoint anti-abortion judges and cares deeply about the anti-abortion cause, Donald Trump has so far been silent about the Supreme Court’s major abortion rights ruling on Monday. And conservatives are not happy.

Just minutes after the high court struck down a pair of Texas abortion restrictions, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton praised the ruling and used it to attack Trump, who said earlier this year that women who have abortions should face some sort of “punishment” if the procedure ever becomes illegal.

“This fight isn’t over: The next president has to protect women’s health,” Clinton tweeted. “Women won’t be ‘punished’ for exercising their basic rights.”

Everyone held their breath for Trump’s counter-jab — but instead, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee stayed mum.

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[Tal Vez]

1. Silence? What makes anyone think that Trump even knows about the decision?

Trump probably believes that everyone goes to Switzerland for an abortion.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

2. The decision has no effect on his golf courses or his

foreign manufacturing operations.

SO HE DOESN'T CARE.

Plain and Simple.

Other than women should be punished for making a choice.

[spooky3]

3. That is (surprisingly) smart of him.

I can't think of anything he could say that would be truthful and would help him get more voters than he alienates.

[thesquanderer]

4. I don't think the truth part is the stumbling block. Truthful or not, there's no good answer for him.

[NYC Liberal]

7. I think the real truth is...

he doesn't care.

If it doesn't make or cost him money, he doesn't care.

[geek tragedy]

5. The silence is deafening for the anti-choice extremists nt

[randome]

6. There you have it. Yet another skeleton in his closet. Trump had an abortion.