I think it would be very hard for him, with the abortion -- anti-abortion forces in this country that are totally Republican, I think it would be very hard for him to not let there be a vote.
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Claire McCaskill discusses the challenges Mitch McConnell would face regarding a vote on abortion legislation.
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The suburban women of America. And Marco Rubio is one of many candidates who thinks the government should force birth on a victim of incest. That is not going to fly with American women. And I think they’re going to turn out.
You don't take away a right that has been around for 50 years, and then you don't have a party go to the extremes of trying to make sure rape victims have to have forced birth.
This is -- this was not expected to be this kind of result. They had a record turnout. What this shows in a state where Republican registrations outnumber Democrats, two to one that women are really upset that a fundamental right and freedom has been taken from them. And I think it is going to be a very motivating issue.





