{"id":2218718,"date":"2024-04-11T17:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T21:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-walsh-decries-republicans-retreating-from-major-pro-life-victories-following-overturning-of-roe\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T17:38:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T21:38:46","slug":"matt-walsh-decries-republicans-retreating-from-major-pro-life-victories-following-overturning-of-roe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-walsh-decries-republicans-retreating-from-major-pro-life-victories-following-overturning-of-roe\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Walsh criticizes Republicans for backing away from significant pro-life wins post the reversal of Roe v. Wade"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatt-walsh-decries-republicans-retreating-from-major-pro-life-victories-following-overturning-of-roe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2218718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Matt Walsh from Daily \u2062Wire discussed the recent Arizona abortion ruling with Charlie Kirk.\u200b Walsh criticized Republicans for\u200d shying away \u200bfrom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-parenthood-melts-down-over-slew-of-pro-life-wins-across-the-country\/\" title=\"Planned Parenthood Melts Down over Slew of Pro-Life Wins Across the Country\">pro-life victories<\/a> post the 2022 \u2062Roe v. Wade\u200b decision. \u200dHe\u200d highlighted\u200b contradictions in\u200b their \u2063stance on state rights vs.\u2062 opposing specific state laws like Arizona&#8217;s. Former President Trump and Senate candidate Kari Lake also \u2063denounced Arizona&#8217;s stringent abortion law.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Daily Wire host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exploding-lips-on-a-plane-judged-by-matt-walsh-debuts-with-a-bang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Walsh<\/a> addressed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-falsely-accuse-kavanaugh-gorsuch-of-lying-under-oath-about-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"Democrats Falsely Accuse Kavanaugh, Gorsuch Of \u2018Lying Under Oath\u2019 About Roe V. Wade\">recent abortion ruling<\/a> in Arizona during a Wednesday interview with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, and lamented that Republicans seem to be running away from pro-life victories after the monumental 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Walsh sat down with the Turning Point USA founder on \u201cThe Charlie Kirk Show\u201d and was asked his thoughts on some conservative politicians not embracing the pro-life position, especially after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-1864-law-protecting-unborn-babies-from-abortion-in-nearly-all-cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona Supreme Court ruled<\/a> on Tuesday that an 1864 law could go into effect protecting unborn babies from nearly all abortions in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re being told right now is that the way to win elections is to moderate your position on abortion, is to be at least a little bit pro-abortion,\u201d Walsh said, but added that this strategy among Republicans was nothing new.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose of us who have been in the pro-life movement for a long time know that \u2026 this is not a new thing, it\u2019s not a new insight,\u201d Walsh continued. \u201cThis is what the Republican Party has been saying my entire life. They\u2019ve been insisting that the only way to win elections is to basically forfeit the pro-life position to some extent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walsh added that some Republicans are inconsistent with their arguments when they say abortion laws should be determined by the states, but then oppose laws, such as the one in Arizona that bans abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf your kind of way to navigate this is to say \u2018well make it states\u2019 rights,\u2019 then what happens when a state does outlaw [abortion], if you turn around and oppose that too, well then it appears you\u2019re just pro-abortion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MattWalshBlog<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@charliekirk11<\/a> on some Conservative politicians&#8217; fake pro-life stance: &#8220;What we&#8217;re being told right now is that the way to win elections is to moderate your position on abortion, [and] to be at least a little bit pro-abortion.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pEkrYUB8qR\">pic.twitter.com\/pEkrYUB8qR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1778182718318387231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the Arizona Supreme Court decision, Republicans such as former President Donald Trump and Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-says-arizona-abortion-law-goes-too-far-that-will-be-straightened-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said they oppose<\/a> the nearly total abortion ban. Trump, the leading candidate in the 2024 presidential race, told reporters on Wednesday that the 1864 Arizona law goes too far, adding, \u201cThat will be straightened out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you know it\u2019s all about state\u2019s rights. It\u2019ll be straightened out. I\u2019m sure that the governor and everybody else are going bring it back to within reason, and that\u2019ll be taken care of, I think, rather quickly,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lake, along with Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) who are both running in tight races, also said they oppose Tuesday\u2019s abortion ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Walsh said the Left is far better at capitalizing on political and cultural victories than the Right is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than doing what the Left does, which is when they get a victory, they gloat about it, they celebrate, and then they immediately look for \u2018what can we do next?\u2019 \u2026 \u2018what\u2019s the next victory?\u2019 They\u2019re never satisfied, and instead, what we\u2019ve done on the Right \u2014 in many corners anyway \u2014 is we\u2019ve responded by [being] embarrassed by the victory. We don\u2019t want to talk about it,\u201d Walsh said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe seem to be disappointed that it happened because it\u2019s politically inconvenient,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd we\u2019re now retreating, kind of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, which I think is one of the essential differences between the Right and the Left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, who are seeking to make abortion a main issue in the election, have already attempted to connect the Arizona law to Trump\u2019s policies and fire up their base to show up and vote for the president in November. The Biden campaign said the 160-year-old Arizona abortion law \u201cis now enforceable because Trump ended <em>Roe<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Walsh\u2019s interview with Kirk, the Daily Wire host, who is now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-walsh-reveals-the-genesis-of-his-new-comedy-court-series-judged-in-sit-down-with-charlie-kirk\/\" title=\"Judge Walsh shares the inspiration behind his new comedy court show 'JUDGED' in an interview with Charlie Kirk\">highly respected judge<\/a>, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-walsh-reveals-the-genesis-of-his-new-comedy-court-series-judged-in-sit-down-with-charlie-kirk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussed<\/a> his new comedy court series \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/show\/judged-by-matt-walsh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JUDGED by Matt Walsh<\/a>,\u201d which premiered on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview with conservative pundit Charlie Kirk, Daily Wire&#8217;s Matt Walsh discussed Arizona&#8217;s abortion ruling. He expressed disappointment in Republicans&#8217; avoidance of pro-life successes post the landmark 2022 Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade. 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