Trump Fears Roe Ruling Will Spur Backlash Against GOP

The New York Times reports:

The man most responsible for shaping a United States Supreme Court that delivered the conservative movement a long-sought victory has spent weeks saying he didn’t think it will be good for his party.

Publicly, after a draft of the likely decision leaked in May, former President Donald J. Trump was remarkably tight-lipped for weeks about the possible decision, which the court ultimately handed down on Friday, ending federal abortion protections. But privately, Mr. Trump has told people repeatedly that he believes it will be “bad for Republicans.”

The decision, Mr. Trump has told friends and advisers, will anger suburban women, a group who helped tilt the 2020 presidential race to Joseph R. Biden Jr., and will lead to a backlash against Republicans in the November midterm elections.

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Donald Trump has privately told friends and advisers that he believes the Supreme Court decision ending Roe will anger suburban women, a group who helped tilt the 2020 election to Joe Biden, and lead to a backlash against the GOP in the November midterms. https://t.co/07JxQlcDpS

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