Rush fails top observe facts. The question was “ If abortion is deemed illegal, will there have to be punishment for violators? DUHHH. Name a criminal law that doesn’t have punishment for violators? The law now is to allow the killing of babies but if it changed, would there be punishment? You bet!!We get 4 Scotus appointments with Trump. Baby killing will be illegal as hell.
So, at thew end of the day, you are saying abortion should be legal and making fun of those that disagree?
It ended up “punishing women”. Trump stepped on it. Now it’s damage control.
The problem is, he answered a hypothetical and has not studied the issue.
Great job, though. He has united the Pro-life and Pro-abort against him.
Unfortunately, it also harms the pro-life movement.
All because he stuck his foot in his mouth.
“If abortion is deemed illegal” supposes that the criminal code of a particular jurisdiction will define the elements of the crime, and will spell out if the offense is the provision of an abortion or the procurement of an abortion, or both. Poorly phrased question? Sure, it’s Chris Matthews after all. But none of that excuses a bad answer.
And like a complete fool, Donald Trump answered it. A true Todd Akin moment.