“Had Trump declared for a national end to abortion, he’d have risked driving pro-abortion voters to the incumbent president.”
First of all, those voters already are going to the pro-abortion candidate, they are democrat. Secondly, Trump can call all he wants or any way he wants. The abortion issue, with the determination that Roe is not involved, no longer effects the federal government and is now finally placed under states’ rights. So if he goes with the wishes of the people he is elected to serve, which way should be determined is their decision and how will that have any effect on states’ rights? Since the overturning of Roe, different states have made different determinations. There is no definitive direction to go. So what difference does it make what Trump says any more than Biden? Not an issue. Please move on to important federal issues.
wy69
The article wasn't the clearest, but I think their point was that, if Trump is stridently anti-abortion, he risks driving liberals who might be tempted to vote Kennedy back onto the Biden plantation, and that might make the difference in some states.