Biden’s abortion push reeks of desperation
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It must be challenging for a Catholic president to make abortion the centerpiece of his reelection campaign. I wonder whether Joe Biden has nightmares as he recruits abortion-denied women to serve as surrogates to make his case.
Once a proud pro-life Democrat, Biden has become a modern-day gladiator for abortion, even if he can’t bring himself to say the word. During his State of the Union address in March, the president all but danced an Irish jig around the term, speaking instead of protecting reproductive freedom. His discomfort was telling.
Later, during a campaign visit to Florida, Biden crossed himself as he was being introduced by a woman who was denouncing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for his decision to stop abortions at six weeks instead of the previous 15 weeks. It was a moment. Reactions ricocheted around social media, with some fellow Catholics seeing his gesture as sacrilegious. What I saw was a Catholic pleading for forgiveness for delivering a message he secretly finds abhorrent.
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