Joe Biden Caves To The Left On Hyde Amendment
Although Biden’s flip flop on the Hyde Amendment appealed to the far-left base of the party, it drew criticism from pro-life Democrats. Kristen Day, the executive director of Democrats for Life, told National Review, “Biden is making a critical error flip-flopping on his position.”
June 7, 2019
After just 48 hours of pressure from the far-left, Joe Biden has caved. In May 2019, Biden was questioned about the Hyde Amendment by an ACLU activist and told the activist the amendment “can’t stay.”
Although Biden’s flip flop on the Hyde Amendment appealed to the far-left base of the party, it drew criticism from pro-life Democrats. Kristen Day, the executive director of Democrats for Life, told National Review, “Biden is making a critical error flip-flopping on his position.”
Less than a month later, Biden’s campaign told NBC News that he still supported the Hyde Amendment and insisted that Biden “misheard” the ACLU activist’s question.
The criticism was swift and immediate.
The rest of the Democratic field took the opportunity to hit Joe Biden for his support for the Hyde Amendment and liberals pounced.
Two days of bad headlines later, Biden caved.
The big question this cycle has been whether or not Biden will continue to succumb to the far-left, progressive base of his party or run his own race. Tonight was a pretty clear indicator of how this primary will go.
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