On January 30, the Republican National Committee (RNC) passed a resolution affirming the Republican Party’s heritage to protect all people equally. In the wake of the lackluster 2022 Midterms, the RNC acknowledged the reason for Republican losses saying candidates failed to “[fight] back and [expose] Democratic extremism on abortion.” The party is reaffirming their 2004 commitment to embrace the truth that “Fourteenth Amendment protections apply to unborn children,” urging all Republican candidates to make protecting the lives of preborn babies from abortion a top and public priority. Rev. Jim Harden, pro-life strategist who predicted the Midterm losses if candidates refused to talk about abortion as early as August 15, says “The RNC is coming back to a proper prioritization of issues as should Democrats.”
Q&A:
- What can you tell us about the RNC’s recent resolution to affirm their commitment to life?
Answer: In the wake of the lackluster 2022 Midterms, the RNC acknowledged the reason for Republican losses saying candidates failed to “[fight] back and [expose] Democratic extremism on abortion.” The party is reaffirming their 2004 commitment to embrace the truth that “Fourteenth Amendment protections apply to unborn children,” urging all Republican candidates to make protecting the lives of preborn babies from abortion a top and public priority.
- Why did Republicans underperform in the 2022 Midterms?
Answer: The pro-life candidates stopped talking about abortion and that it is the role of government to protect all citizens equally, especially the most vulnerable among us, preborn boys and girls. Unsurprisingly, Republicans that turned away from the abortion issue and instead focused on crime and inflation during the Midterms lost their races.
- Why has the RNC recognized abortion as a vital issue for the 2024 Presidential Elections?
Answer: The RNC seems to see the writing on the wall. The Midterm losses were preventable and the refusal of those Republicans to stand for the life not only harmed the prospects of the Republican Party, but far more importantly harmed women and their babies who are exploited every day by the billion-dollar abortion empire and sex offenders evading justice through the abortion industry.
- What is the imperative that we can glean from this action? What is it that the American people want that is being expressed by the RNC?
Answer: The American people want their representatives to protect all people equally, which means addressing the issue of abortion. It appears that the Republican Party recognizes the need for all political representatives to actually represent all people by becoming pro-life statesmen.
- The Republican party has a history of protecting groups of people who experience oppression. Tell us about that.
Answer: The Republican Party was formed in Wisconsin to combat the injustice of slavery, telling the world it is good and necessary for a civil society to protect the personhood of all people. They now restate their long pro-life heritage by speaking and acting on behalf of those oppressed in the 21st Century—the preborn boy or girl exploited by a profiteering abortion industry.
- What should voters be considering as they head to the polls in 2024?
Answer: All voters should be leery of any politician who believes the government should have the power to disqualify entire classes of human from protection under the law whether they be on their deathbed or in the womb. America is at a crossroads of choice, not whether a woman should have the choice to abort her baby, but a choice about what it means to be human.
- What is the basis for equal justice under the law? How can the people evaluate a candidate?
Answer: Either we will choose to believe humans are a little above the animals and be ruled by barbarians or we will choose to believe the truth, that humans are made just a little low than God. Only there can human dignity and blind justice thrive. The resolution by the RNC represents a reorientation to that understanding. It is a good start, but this is not a political issue. It is time for the Democrats to follow. Either all people are equally valuable or equality is just a word used to manipulate the masses to gain political power.
Rev. Jim Harden, CompassCare CEO:
Rev. James R. Harden, M.Div. is the CEO of CompassCare Pregnancy Services and lives outside of Rochester, NY with his wife and ten children. Rev. Harden pioneered the first measurable and repeatable medical model in the pregnancy center movement, helping hundreds of centers nationwide become more effective at reaching more women and saving more babies from abortion. He has written extensively on medical ethics, executive leadership, and pro-life strategy. Recently CompassCare’s pro-life medical office in Buffalo, NY was firebombed.
Daniel Tomlinson, CompassCare Director of Community Relations:
Daniel Tomlinson is the Director of Community Relations at CompassCare, a Pregnancy Center based in Buffalo, New York. CompassCare’s pro-life medical office in Buffalo that was firebombed on June 7th and reopened a miraculous 52 days later. Having served at CompassCare for 12 years, Daniel is passionate about resourcing the mission of CompassCare and educating the community on the equal value of every person. He and his wife have four children and live outside of Rochester, NY.
CONTACT: Jerry McGlothlin at: geraldmcg@outlook.com or 919-437-0001.
