While former President Donald Trump doesn't have much to worry about as far as his base of support wavering, there is a sector of that base that seems to be quite concerned after recent comments.
According to Politico, white Evangelicals are overwhelmingly concerned about Trump's recent remarks on the white-hot topic of abortion.
The issue of "reproductive rights" will undoubtedly play a profound role in the upcoming election.
And for a former president who installed the Supreme Court justices who ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade, some of Trump's recent remarks on the subject have given them pause.
Evangelical leaders, including Albert Mohler, a prominent evangelical and head of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, have voiced new concerns regarding Trump's rhetoric on the topic in recent weeks.
"It’s disastrous that he’s attempted to run against his own track record," Mohler said.
He added, "There is a real danger to the Trump campaign that pro-life voters just don’t turn out for him with the intensity that he needs."
Politico noted:
Trump’s announcement last week that he planned to vote “no” on a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the Florida Constitution represented a quick course correction after he sent evangelicals and anti-abortion groups into a panic by implying he might vote to undo the state’s current six-week abortion ban.
It added:
And that wasn’t his only affront to anti-abortion advocates. In recent days, he has pledged to make health insurance companies or the government cover in vitro fertilization, which many anti-abortion advocates object to as currently practiced in the U.S., free of charge.
Another one of Trump's recent remarks on the subject that stirred controversy was when he proclaimed his presidency will be "great for women and their reproductive rights."
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said that Trump needs to be careful trying to be moderate on the issue and, instead, give those voters a reason to vote for what he'll do rather than just vote against Vice President Harris.
"You’ve got to be more than voting against someone. You’ve got to be voting for what someone else has to offer. It’s just on the margins, but it’s the difference in many elections," Perkins said.
He added, "Not just voting against a set of ideas and policies and the personality to actually be for a set of policies and principles that you are enthusiastic about, that makes the difference in elections, and that’s where we’re not at yet."
Only time will tell where Trump's ultimate stance on the subject lands. He'd better get it straightened out before November, that's for certain.
