Abortion isn’t the winning issue Democrats think it is

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Democrats are constantly trying to whip up hysteria about abortion, which they think is an issue that can propel them to victory. Given the election results in Virginia and current polling in Texas, that myth should finally be put to rest.

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe tried to use Texas’s heartbeat law, which bans abortion after six weeks of gestation, to raise enthusiasm among voters in Virginia to go out and vote for him against Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin. McAuliffe even said that he would sign the radical abortion bill introduced in Virginia in 2019, which would legalize abortion up to the moment of birth.

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