To be Catholic and vote for Democrats in 2020 is just wrong

Published January 29, 2020 8:35pm ET



At a recent town hall, pro-life Democrat Kristen Day asked presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg if he and his party would be more inclusive of pro-life Democrats. “Do you want the support of … pro-life Democratic voters?” she asked. “There are about 21 million of us. And if so, would you support more moderate platform language in the Democratic party to ensure that the party of diversity, of inclusion, really does include everybody?”

Buttigieg shot that idea right down in the kind of backhanded way a presidential candidate will do. After being pressed by moderator Chris Wallace and again by Day with a second attempt at an answer, Buttigieg made it clear there’s no place in his party for pro-life voters.

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