The pro-life movement fought for a generation to get one thing: Roe v. Wade overturned.
They finally got it in the summer of 2022. It was viewed by the movement, rightfully, as a historic policy victory.
A few months later, it was plausibly the primary factor in Republicans suffering a brutally disappointing performance in the midterm elections, in which the GOP only flipped a handful of House seats and Democrats actually increased their Senate majority, all despite Joe Biden’s disastrous presidency.
The overturning of Roe v. Wade, and implicitly, the policy triumph of the pro-life movement, was widely blamed for the poor performance. And yet, to this day I don’t know a single pro-life activist who regrets that victory, or would trade it for a few more seats in Congress.
Border hawks may now be facing their own such dilemma. Much has been made since the killing of Renee Good about the public’s turn on immigration. Trump’s action to secure the border was overwhelmingly popular. It’s what the American people voted for, and his team achieved it with a speed and totality that was an unabashed success.
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