
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur
Short answer: They never had the votes. Last D trifecta in '09-2010 hinged on southern + rural lawmakers who opposed abortion rights. Nearly all those conservaDems have since been wiped out; party's new majority runs thru suburbs that are more liberal & abortion-rights friendly. — PolitiTweet.org
S.E. Cupp @secupp
Okay, but genuine question: why DIDN’T Dems codify Roe over the years?