GOP Candidates Scurry To Scrub Anti-Abortion Stances

Axios reports:

Republican candidates around the country are trying to disappear the hardline anti-abortion stances they took during their primaries. Blake Masters, the GOP Senate nominee in Arizona, removed language that said, “I am 100% pro-life,” per NBC News. House candidates Tom Barrett of Michigan, Christian Castelli in North Carolina, and Barbara Kirkmeyer in Colorado also removed language from their websites.

Minnesota’s GOP nominee for governor, Scott Jensen [photo], changed the copy on his website to water down his abortion message, removing lines including, “He believes in the sanctity of human life, from conception to natural death.” In Oregon, GOP gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan scrubbed her website’s issues page, which had previously touted pro-life bonafides

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Candidates in both parties modify their rhetoric for general-election audiences. But this year’s GOP backtracking is next-level. https://t.co/qv1t5Aw3GI

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