Dick Durbin explanation for flip-flop on Roe is not credible

Published July 13, 2022 6:51pm ET



Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) brilliantly put Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) on the spot this week during a hearing on the consequences of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. It was a pretty clever move. He produced a copy of a constituent letter Durbin had sent in 1989. In that letter, Durbin pledged his support for overturning Roe v. Wade. At that point, he was a centrist congressman from downstate Illinois and at least talked a pretty good pro-life game, as many Democrats did in those days.

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