Steven Hale
1 min readSep 21, 2020

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True, but I doubt that Trump in his heart of hearts believes that abortion is murder.

Nor for Trump is his opposition to Roe v. Wade an instance of standing up for small government ("let the states decide"). He loves using the might of the big government to amass political power (e.g. sending federal troops into cities outside of his control).

What Trump believes in foremost is the primacy of White patriarchy. As a psychopath totally devoid of empathy, he can't conceive of women (or transsexuals or Blacks or Muslims et al.) as having authentic, independent selves.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as a champion for all selves, was a major threat to his identity, which is no doubt why he was (in his own words) "saving Barrett up for Ginsburg."

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Steven Hale
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