In an implicit dig at former President Donald Trump, his former secretary of state is out with an attack on politicians who are only anti-abortion “to win elections.”
Mike Pompeo, who was Trump’s CIA director, tweeted on Wednesday that in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, “We will see which politicians supported the pro-life cause to win elections, and which actually believed it.” Pompeo’s tweet comes as speculation swirls that he’s positioning himself to mount a White House bid in 2024.
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Now with Roe overturned, we will see which politicians supported the pro-life cause to win elections, and which actually believed it.
— Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) June 29, 2022
His tweet also comes amid reports that Trump is concerned the GOP could be made to pay a political price over Roe’s demise. The New York Times reported last week that the ex-president has privately told associates that the high court’s decision to overturn Roe would be “bad for Republicans.”
Trump has also reportedly called Texas’s recently enacted six-week abortion ban “so stupid,” worried this approach by Republicans could alienate suburban voters, particularly women, and blunt the party’s expected gains in November’s midterm elections.
In addition to Pompeo, other potential GOP presidential contenders have taken far more vocal positions in favor of restricting abortion after the Supreme Court opened the door for states to do so. Former Vice President Mike Pence has called on Congress to pass a nationwide ban on abortion. And Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said his state will “expand pro-life protections” in the wake of the court’s ruling, just months after he signed into law a 15-week abortion ban.
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Trump, on the other hand, was reluctant at first to even take credit for Roe being overturned, claiming to the New York Times in May after the court’s draft majority opinion was leaked that he “never like[s] to take credit for anything.” Even after the official ruling was released, Trump was somewhat reserved, telling Fox News that he thought the decision would “work out for everybody.” Eventually, Trump did claim credit for the Supreme Court’s ruling, though not until renewed speculation in the media about his private views on abortion had taken hold.
The Washington Examiner asked a spokesperson for Pompeo to confirm that he was referring to Trump in his tweet but did not receive a response.
