
Politico suggests Graham abortion bill saved Biden from day of embarrassment over economy
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Politico reported that by revealing a new bill to restrict abortion, Senator Graham helped save Democrats and commentators from having to discuss the sinking economy.
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"A higher-than-expected inflation report was threatening to black out President Joe Biden’s big celebration Tuesday of party-line legislation designed to bring down prices. The subsequent plunge of markets seemed to ensure a painful head-meets-wall day inside the White House," the Politico report began. "And then, Sen. Lindsey Graham offered an unexpected soft landing. The South Carolina Republican’s 15-week national abortion ban immediately diverted and divided Republicans and left Biden’s aides shocked at the political lifeline they’d just been handed."
The bill, called the "Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act," comes into play as Democrats think abortion will be a winning issue for them in the midterms.