{"id":2222790,"date":"2024-04-16T20:51:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T00:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortion-trump-and-2024-michael-knowles-discusses-how-conservatives-can-win-without-sacrificing-principles\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T20:52:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T00:52:33","slug":"abortion-trump-and-2024-michael-knowles-discusses-how-conservatives-can-win-without-sacrificing-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortion-trump-and-2024-michael-knowles-discusses-how-conservatives-can-win-without-sacrificing-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Knowles explores conservative strategies for victory in 2024 without compromising values, touching on abortion and Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fabortion-trump-and-2024-michael-knowles-discusses-how-conservatives-can-win-without-sacrificing-principles%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=2222790&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>Michael Knowles, a host at Daily Wire, shared insights on\u2063 abortion at the University of Illinois event. He discussed Trump&#8217;s abortion stance and Arizona&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-takes-credit-for-scotus-ruling-on-texas-pro-life-law\/\" title=\"President Trump takes credit for SCOTUS ruling on Texas pro-life law\">recent pro-life law<\/a>. \u2064Knowles highlighted the Republican struggle \u2062over\u200c this issue in the upcoming election. Despite some criticisms, he emphasized Trump&#8217;s pivotal role\u200c in the abortion debate and its current trajectory.\u2063 Michael Knowles, from Daily Wire, discussed abortion, Trump&#8217;s stance on the issue, and Arizona&#8217;s pro-life law at the University \u200bof Illinois. He underlined the Republican challenges regarding abortion in the \u200dupcoming election and defended Trump&#8217;s significance in shaping the\u200c dialogue on this critical topic.  <\/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\/author\/michael-j-knowles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Knowles<\/a> spoke at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a Young America\u2019s Foundation event Tuesday night, where he addressed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-protester-jailed-in-dc-to-appeal-seeks-to-be-released-pending-sentencing\/\" title=\"Pro-life protester in DC jailed, seeks release pending sentencing, plans to appeal.\">ongoing debate surrounding abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following former President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-releases-long-awaited-abortion-position-says-policies-should-be-left-to-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long-awaited statement<\/a> on abortion policy and 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\">decision<\/a> by the Arizona Supreme Court to allow a law to take effect that protects unborn babies from abortion in nearly all cases, Republicans have fought over how to address the hot-button issue in the midst of a major election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Knowles, who said he is \u201cas pro-life as they come,\u201d added that there is a \u201cfair concern\u201d among some Republicans that taking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-pro-life-gop-a-winning-2024-strategy-survey-data-challenges-democrat-and-media-assumptions\/\" title=\"IN-DEPTH: Pro-Life GOP a Winning 2024 Strategy? Survey Data Challenges Democrat and Media Assumptions\">strong pro-life stance<\/a> during the 2024 election campaign will hand victories in the House, Senate, and presidency to Democrats. This concern appears to be shared by Trump, who said he wants laws on abortion to be decided by the states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome pro-lifers have criticized President Trump for this stance. They wish, in the wake of <em>Roe v. Wade\u2019s<\/em> reversal, that he would go further,\u201d Knowles said. \u201cThey wish that he would come out in support of a national abortion ban\u2014or even an additional Court ruling that would ban abortion on the basis of the Fourteenth Amendment\u2019s Equal Protection Clause. Some have gone so far as to say that President Trump is not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-last-blue-dogs-local-democrats-call-on-party-to-save-hyde\/\" title=\"The Last Blue Dogs: Local Democrats Call on Party To Save Hyde\">pro-life candidate<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis, I think, is unfair. Deeply unfair,\u201d the Daily Wire host continued. \u201cBecause President Trump is the only reason that we\u2019re even having this discussion at all. President Trump is the reason <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> was reversed in the first place. There have been six Republican presidents since <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> invented a national license to abortion. Six Republican presidents since the first March for Life in 1974. Trump is the only one to ever to show up. Nixon didn\u2019t show up. Ford didn\u2019t show up. Not even Saint Ronald Reagan or either of Bush showed up. Just Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Knowles argued that some of the criticism of Trump for his \u201cprudent\u201d abortion stance is \u201cunfair,\u201d he said that some Republicans have gone too far in their effort to appear more moderate on the issue and have \u201csacrificed their principles.\u201d He discussed how Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake came out with a statement, calling abortion \u201csuch a personal and private issue\u201d and saying that she \u201cwant[s] to make sure that every woman who finds herself pregnant has more choices so that she can make that choice that I made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire host said he likes Lake \u201ca lot\u201c and hopes her Senate campaign \u201ccorrects course\u201d so she can defeat her Democrat opponent, \u201cwho describes the murder of babies as a \u2018sacred right.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knowles added that for a conservative to run a politically strategic campaign in 2024, they \u201cshould say that they support life, they support babies and mothers, and they respect the Supreme Court precedent established in <em>Dobbs<\/em> that abortion is a matter for the states rather than the federal government.\u201d<\/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=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch a stance allows candidates to side-step a thorny issue in a tough election year without sacrificing their principles,\u201d Knowles added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMouthing off and losing elections does not advance the pro-life cause,\u201d Knowles continued. \u201cLikewise, abandoning our principles to win elections does not advance the pro-life cause. Pro-life losers do no more to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/day-2-of-supreme-court-justice-confirmation-hearings\/\" title=\"Day 2 of Supreme Court justice confirmation hearings\">protect innocent life<\/a> than pro-abortion candidates do. We have to win. And likewise, conservatives who win by caving on fundamental principles are no better than the liberals. \u2018What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Knowles, from Daily Wire, recently addressed the abortion debate at a Young America\u2019s Foundation event in Illinois. Discussing Trump&#8217;s stance on abortion and Arizona Supreme Court&#8217;s decision on a law, he delved into the current landscape of the issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2222791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-7.22.38-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-7.22.38-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}