The Democrats' current approach to this November's election seems to be: Don't believe your lying eyes and your deceitful ears. Heck, the past four years haven't even happened—and to the extent they have, things have been way better than what you might think or what your bank account might tell you! As ludicrous as that may sound, it is barely an exaggeration.

Fortunately for Republicans, no one is buying it, as I argued in my most recent syndicated column and explained in the latest radio episode of Newsweek's "The Josh Hammer Show." Americans do not enjoy being gaslit by out-of-touch ruling-class elites. They want to cast their votes in November after an honest and substantive debate is waged out on the campaign trail; hopefully, both candidates deliver that for them. It would certainly be nice if Kamala Harris would give regular interviews to a citizenry that reasonably wonders what exactly it is she now purports to believe, after flip-flopping and obfuscating on so many issues! Regardless of Harris's tactics, if Donald Trump sticks to the core policy issues affecting the American people, he will be in good shape.

There has been a deeply unfortunate internecine conflict on the Right over the past week between parts of MAGA and some in the American pro-life establishment. It has been deeply unfortunate to watch this unfold, as someone who is both a staunch pro-lifer and a sober, clear-eyed political realist. I unpacked this all for you in an appearance this week on Steve Bannon's "War Room" and in a new "Josh Hammer Show" episode.

I also wrote a column on this very topic back in April. Here is what I wrote, in relevant part: "If the goal is to win elections—a necessary condition for actually wielding political power and implementing one's preferred policies—then it makes no sense to focus on issues that do not play to one's comparative strength. This is so obvious that it hardly needs to be said. In U.S. politics, abortion is not currently an issue of comparative strength for pro-lifers and the only major party that pays any lip service to our cause, the GOP. ... Overall, the pro-life cause must be less concerned with short-term tactical disagreements and more concerned with unanimity as to the long-term goal." That goal was, and remains, constitutional personhood. And no current political rhetoric will change that.

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Our highlighted Newsweek op-eds from the past week include selections from Paul du Quenoy, Michael Makovsky and Blaise Misztal, Aviva Klompas, Sonia Ossorio, and Ruby Nicole Day.

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