In case you missed it last night, 2020 democrat presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden again reversed his support for the Hyde Amendment. It's worth noting he officially supported it through his work in the Senate for more than three decades. The Hyde Amendment prevents taxpayer funding of abortion.
Women’s rights and health care are under assault in a way that seeks to roll back every step of progress we’ve made over the last 50 years. If I believe health care is a right, as I do, I can no longer support an amendment that makes that right dependent on someone’s zip code.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 7, 2019
The move from Biden came after days of pressure from the left and direct shots on the abortion issue from other Democrat candidates.
Now, because of the back and forth, former Obama campaign manager David Axelrod is questioning whether Biden can really win.
"This underscores questions that people have had about whether he can go the distance," Axelrod said during an interview with CNN Friday morning. "Last night he flipped again. So, that was a flip-flop-flip, which is never a good thing in politics and his raises questions about his performance and his own steadiness and his campaign's performance. This was not a good...geyond the issue itself, this was not a reassuring episode for the Biden campaign."
President Obama has refused to endorse Biden, despite his service as vice president.I'll leave you with this thread:
In 1976, Biden voted for the Hyde Amendment, a law banning federal funds to pay for abortion.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019
In 1981, the “Biden amendment” to the Foreign Assistance Act banned any American aid from being used in research related to abortions.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019
In 1984, Biden supported the “Mexico City policy,” which bans federal funding for private organizations that provide abortion, advocate to decriminalize abortion, or expand abortion services.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019
1993: Biden votes to save the Hyde Amendment
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019
In 1995 and 1997, Biden voted for partial-birth abortion bans that would be vetoed by Bill Clinton.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019
June 5th, 2019, Joe Biden continues his 40+ year support for the Hyde Amendment.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019
June 6th, Twitter pushback to Biden support of the Hyde Amendment
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019
June 6th, night, Joe Biden caves and drops a 40+-year position to appease progs. Now supports taxpayer-funded abortion, from conception to crowning.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019
2007: https://t.co/daHJxo3yxN
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019
“I don’t like the Supreme Court decision on abortion,” he said. “I think it went too far. I don’t think that a woman has the sole right to say what should happen to her body.” https://t.co/b5qV5XxPSr
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019
If you take a position 46 years, you change your mind one afternoon, you should probably have a pretty good explanation for why.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019
Biden will make the argument that his experience matters. But if he was wrong about everything, and admits it, then what does that experience mean?
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 7, 2019