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Associated Press
Jill Colvin
Washington (AP) — President Joe Biden rarely mentions his predecessor's name. But when he spoke to a country dealing with changes in women's rights earthquakes, he could not ignore Donald Trump's legacy.
"At the heart of today's decision to overturn the scale of justice in this country and eliminate the fundamental rights of women was nominated by one president (Donald Trump) 3 He was a judge, "Biden said after the Supreme Court on Friday. A conservative majority of courts voted to overturn the 1973 groundbreaking Roe v. Wade case, which provided constitutional protection to women seeking abortion.
The abortion decision culminated in a week of strengthening the continued influence of the former president in Washington for more than a year and a half since he left the White House. ..
A court, including three conservatives appointed by Trump, has also decided to relax restrictions on gun ownership. And across from the Capitol, devastated by the Trump supporter mob on the last day of his 2021 presidency, new details of his serious breach of democratic norms were revealed. The House's January 6 committee used last week's hearing to spotlight the strong pressure Trump put on top executives of the Justice Department to overturn the 2020 elections against parliamentary co-members. Discussed full amnesty.
This development was reminiscent of the social conservatives of the awkward political negotiations accepted to achieve the most epic ambitions. By refusing to consider candidates for Barack Obama's Supreme Court in the final year of his presidency, then Republican majority leader Mitch McConnell said the next president could put his mark in court. I guaranteed that I could do it. Conservative Republicans and evangelical Christians, who are reluctant to even provide a list of judges he chooses when Trump promises to change the ideological tendencies of the Supreme Court, were previously "very selective. There's room for it, "he said, gathering behind Trump, who got married three times.
"When he appeared in 2016, he promised to appoint a conservative, pre-need judge to federal courts, including the US Supreme Court, and he kept his promise. Ralph Reed, a evangelical leader and chairman of the Union of Faith and Freedom, was criticized in several corners for accepting Trump. "People in the religious community who felt it was worth giving Donald Trump a chance in 2016 have been proven."
Republicans are now populists "Make America" It's a turning point in the relationship between the Great Again agenda and the men who radically transformed the party in the fight against the Republicans. Establishing the Republican Party that dominated the party. As Trump's response begins to fade as he lays the groundwork for the third presidential election in 2024, there is growing debate within the party.
Other major Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, are taking increasingly bold steps towards bidding for their own White House. .. And many of Trump's own supporters are eager to embrace Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as Trump's natural successor, looking ahead to his future.
Pence, Pompeo and DeSantis are among those who have shown that Trump candidates do not influence their own decisions as to whether or not to carry out. If they ran, they would all compete for help from the same conservatives who helped Trump rise.
Trump himself seems somewhat uncertain about how to navigate the political fallout from last week, especially the abortion decision. The New York Times first reported that he personally expressed concern in support of the decision, which could invigorate Democrats in the November elections.
Indeed, in an interview with Fox News after the abortion opinion was announced, Trump said, "In the end, this works for everyone."
When asked about his role in the final decision, Trump replied, "God made the decision."
As Friday unfolds, Trump becomes more daring, raising money from decisions and completely what he calls "the greatest victory of life in a generation." I issued a statement that I trusted.
He said, "The other recently announced decisions are all as promised, including the appointment and confirmation of three highly respected and powerful constitutionalists in the United States Supreme Court. It was only possible because we provided. " It was a great honor to be able to do so.
At a Saturday night rally, Trump took another winning lap to cheer from the crowd.
"Yesterday, the court won the Constitution, the rule of law, and most of all, the victory of life," he told his supporters. ..
Democrats hope the decision will inspire voters heading for the November midterm elections, but Michael Caputo, a former Trump campaign adviser to the White House. Argued that this decision would be beneficial to Trump's future politics. Prospects, if he runs again, help solidify his position with conservative voters.
"President Trump has accepted his share of credit for the Trump Court's decision as he should," Capto said. Suburban Republican anxiety is a progressive myth. Real suburban Republicans know that their manual work is practical: this decision only transfers the abortion issue to the state to which it always belonged.
Meanwhile, in a January 6 committee-related investigation, including a special grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, Trump and others illegally interfered in the 2020 elections. I'm checking to see if. ..
With the Commission holding a series of hearings, few Republicans now defend Trump's actions, which are increasingly compared to President Richard Nixon's actions in the Watergate scandal 50 years ago. Could not.
Last week's committee showed how the defeated Trump tried to use the Justice Department for his own political purposes.
John Dean, an adviser to Nixon's White House and famously testified to Nixon in hearings about the scandal, saw three Trump-era judicial ministry officials and Trump was unfounded. He returned to conversation with Nixon after a mass resignation, stating that he had investigated the allegations and told them how to pressure them to threaten.
"I was reminiscent of the March 21" President's Cancer "conversation with Nixon, who fell back and continued to push the issue forward and escalate. And he made a clear decision, "he said. "Nothing seems to have worked for me."
He said the January 6 hearing helped him understand the seriousness of what Trump was trying to do. He said he wanted to be a threat to democracy, and those who support him are a threat to democracy. Authoritarianism and democracy do not work together. "