Sarah Posner: DeSantis’s tight lips on abortion as he formally enters the presidential race should not obscure his extreme positions and actions.
in which he called Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas “the gold standard for jurisprudence," and speculated that the next president could have the opportunity to nominate replacements for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who is 69, and Chief Justice John Roberts, 66. He called on supporters to “put on the full armor of God,” aof DeSantis speeches invoking themes of Christians engaged in “spiritual warfare” against demonic forces.
By speaking to a group of Christian broadcasters, DeSantis outsourced the work of amplifying his message and reassuring the base. The speech earned him plaudits, for example, from the influential evangelical preacher Franklin Graham, who sat for a photo op with the governor. Grahamon Facebook that he appreciated that “he takes a stand against the evil that is trying to overtake our culture,” a catch-all acknowledgement of DeSantis’ dedication to the cause.
DeSantis’ tight lips on abortion as he formally enters the presidential race should not obscure his extreme positions and actions. His record, along with his promotion of it to friendly audiences, is the only accurate way to assess his views. All of that shows he is avidly joining the rush of Republican state legislatures to drastically crack down on and even eliminate abortion access.
The Christian right devoted decades of activism to overturn Roe in order to give them the legal tools to try to outlaw abortion across the country. Allies like DeSantis have no intention of stopping now, even if it takes disingenuous sleights of hand in the hope that general election voters won’t notice. For reasons both political and moral, Democrats must hammer that reality home.
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