Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled Thursday that Republicans will not support President Joe Biden’s advocating for abolishing the filibuster to pass a bill to codify Roe v. Wade.
“The foremost thing we should do is make it clear how outrageous this decision was,” Biden said during remarks in Spain on Thursday. “I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade in the law, and the way to do that is to make sure that Congress votes to do that.”
That move drew a rebuke from Republicans, namely McConnell who said Biden’s claim was “unmerited and dangerous.”
“Attacking a core American institution like the Supreme Court from the world stage is below the dignity of the president,” McConnell told reporters. “He’s upset that the court said the people, through their elected representatives, will have a say on abortion policy. That does not destabilize democracy—it affirms it. By contrast, it is behavior like the president’s that undermines equal justice and the rule of law.”…