• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    To be fair, that headline could be about literally hundreds of different candidates for federal office at any given day 🤷

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      2 months ago

      I disagree. Abortion is a massive issue. For some people, it will be the one big issue that sways their votes. I think most politicians in the U.S. understand that repeated flip flopping on abortion is a good way to throw your credibility down the drain.

      If we were talking about most other issues, I would agree, with the caveat that many politicians try to have more ambiguous positions and flip flop less frequently.