Trump Boots Anti-Abortion Extremists From His VP Shortlist

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : [A] source close to Trump told me that since landing on the states rights position, he has explicitly changed his V.P. calculus, removing from his shortlist governors from states without exceptions for abortion in cases of rape or incest, or any state with a so-called "heartbeat bill" before 10 weeks.
44% : She's from the very pro-choice state of Hawaii but supported anti-abortion measures early in her career and has recently backed others as she's evolved toward MAGA-land.
35% : It's entirely possible that Trump is simply using a strange new Goldilocks abortion litmus test (not too hot, not too cold) to eliminate potential running mates he has decided against for other reasons.
34% : It's not that easy, of course, for Trump and other national GOP figures to distance themselves from the atavistic efforts of their state-level allies to ban as many abortions as possible.
31% : According to reporting from Puck's Tara Palmeri, Trump is beginning to reassess his veep-prospect list to exclude, or at least downgrade, potential running mates closely associated with extreme state abortion bans:
29% : Much like Vance, Elise Stefanik has talked up abortion restrictions but isn't personally identified with them; her recent practice of slavishly saying and doing whatever Trump wants will probably serve her well on this particular topic.
26% : Trump has sought to take the abortion issue off the table in the presidential contest by embracing a strict "states' rights" position on the subject.
22% : Now that the GOP's abortion extremism has emerged as one of the strongest cards Joe Biden can play in order to make the election comparative rather than a simple referendum on his presidency, Trump will do everything possible to claim it's not his issue and not his problem.
17% : So you have the irony that Trump going all states' rights on abortion means taking a lot of state leaders off his veep list.
14% : You could add Greg Abbott of Texas to the list of excessively pro-life governors and perhaps Ron DeSantis of Florida, though he has probably never been seriously considered for VP thanks to his failed challenge to Trump in the primaries.

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