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The draft Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked in an effort to energize liberal voters ahead of the midterms, a former pollster and adviser to President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton told Fox News.
The draft decision, written by Justice Samuel Alito, said the states should have the authority to regulate abortion since nothing in the Constitution supports it as a right.
“The leak of the … potential Supreme Court decision was, I think, clearly designed to affect both the court, and I think perhaps the midterms,” Harris Poll chairman and Stagwell CEO Mark Penn told Fox News. “I think that Democrats were rather lackluster going into these midterms, had kind of a feeling of growing defeat coming.”
“This is going to provide an ability for Democrats to energize their base somewhat more than was going to happen without this,” Penn added. “I think that that breathed new life into Democratic hopes for those midterm elections.”
People gather outside the Supreme Court, Monday night, May 2, 2022, in Washington following reports of a leaked draft opinion by the court overturning Roe v. Wade.
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ABORTION SURVIVOR REACTS TO LEAKED SUPREME COURT DECISION DRAFT THAT WOULD OVERRULE ROE V. WADE
Demonstrators gathered outside the Supreme Court soon after Politico published the draft decision Monday night and remained until after midnight. Hundreds on either side of the abortion debate assembled again on Tuesday.
“I don’t think the most unprecedented leak in history in the Supreme Court happened because somebody was careless and left this decision on the desk somewhere,” Penn told Fox News, noting that the draft was circulated in February. “I think somebody really planned this out, looked for the right timing and put it out and maybe was fishing for it.”
Penn pointed to the divisiveness surrounding abortion. A December Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll found that 54% of registered voters…
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