How Do Pro-Lifers Keep Influence as Trump Rolls Up Victories? by Jason Jones & John Zmirak

By Jason Jones & John Zmirak, The Stream, January 29, 2024

Jason Jones is a senior contributor to The Stream. He is a film producer, author, activist and human rights worker.

John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His upcoming book is No Second Amendment, No First.

In the wake of the Iowa caucus removing the most stalwart pro-life candidate from the GOP presidential race, veteran pro-lifer Jason Jones weighed in on what that might mean. Then he joined The Stream’s John Zmirak to remind people that overturning Roe v. Wade wasn’t like the D-Day invasion of Europe, but rather the Dunkirk evacuation: It brought us back from the brink of utter defeat, and launched the offensive phase of our fight. In Winston Churchill’s own words, it wasn’t “the beginning of the end, though it may be the end of the beginning.”

With Trump crushing Nikki Haley three-to-one among registered Republicans in New Hampshire, the president isn’t worried about the rest of the primary contest.

Should we be? Too many leading pro-lifers have been sniffy Beltway NeverTrumpers, barely willing to acknowledge all that Trump has done for our cause, because … well, he has cooties and his supporters like NASCAR races instead of European soccer. Too often, Trump has shown that he listens to dopey, unprincipled pragmatists whom we can count on to do neither the right thing nor the smart thing. Is there a right thing for pro-lifers to do which also the smart thing?

John Zmirak and Jason Jones try to find out in this exchange. …