The first Republican debate was chock-full of misinformation and one highly dubious anecdote about a fetus in a pan.
. Fox News hosts Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier, who moderated the debate, get points for acknowledging the GOP’s losing position on the issue, but they did not even attempt to fact-check the candidates’ outlandish remarks — so we’re doing it for them.Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, the sole woman on the stage, attempted to position herself as the voice of reason. She said that a federal abortion ban could only be enacted with 60 votes in the U.S.
What Haley’s answer glosses over is that while Republicans don’t hold 60 Senate votes at the moment, the majority leader could move to nuke the filibuster at any time. Such a move would then allow for legislation — say,— to pass with a simple majority vote. The president also has more power to restrict abortion access than Haley suggested.
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