Joe Lockhart: Biden Received ‘Across the Board Support’ for Flip Flopping on the Hyde Amendment

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LOCKHART: “I don’t know if it’s his ever-changing moods. I think the speed at which the President changes the subject allows anyone to move on quickly from a decision like this. So I don’t expect this to have a lasting impact in the primary race. And I think you saw most of the leaders in the pro-choice movement yesterday lauding the change. They could have taken a more cynical approach and said, 'You know, we don’t think you’re a true believer,' but he received across-the-board support for this. It’s just the whole landscape of abortion politics is changing and changing right in front of us. It used to be, as you said, that the independents in the middle wanted a more moderate position. This is really now splitting more on gender lines. And even if you look at the numbers, even those in the middle are taking a stronger position towards pro-choice and a woman’s right to choose and control their body because of the attacks, you know, that are coming from individual states, from Republican lawmakers. So I think this position reflects something that works for Biden in the primary. I actually think it’s going to work for him in the general, too. And that’s the sort of political shift that I think went on in their minds, recognizing that the facts on the ground have radically changed politically.”