Former Vice President Mike Pence seems both prouder of Justice Samuel Alito’s pro-life draft decision and more confident in its political repercussions than does his onetime boss, former President Donald Trump.

The difference is surely due to Pence being deeply, personally committed to the right to life, while for Trump, the pro-life position was merely transactional politics.

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