The great GOP divide on abortion

The GOP establishment’s initial marching orders, in an NRSC memo leaked to Axios’ Alayna Treene, counseled caution and even silence.

But activist candidates and voters couldn’t care less what the establishment wants — and see this as the moment to fulfill their lifelong dream of strict abortion bans, with few exceptions, and penalties for those carrying out abortions.

What we’re hearing: Tony Perkins — president of the Family Research Council, who’s been fighting on the issue for 30 years — told me in a phone interview that there’s “some caution about overreach” among GOP leaders.

But they’re privately promising to help push America to be a “predominantly pro-life nation,” Perkins said.