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Comedian and podcaster Andrew Schulz, who voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 elections, told The New York Times that he has soured on the MAGA movement over a particularly "disheartening" policy.

Schultz is known for working political discourse into his shows, and even interviewed Trump on his “Flagrant” podcast just before the November elections, according to David Marchese. Schultz has claimed that the Trump interview gave him the reputation of being “a right-wing MAGA lunatic,” but told Marchese that the issue of immigration and deportations has turned him off of MAGA.

A lack of "empathy for illegals that are here that are not breaking the law, that have been working here on a pathway to citizenship...is disheartening for me," Schultz told the Times....

Reacting to Donald Trump's latest position on abortion and his out-of-the-blue proposals to either have the government pay for in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments or force insurance companies to pay for them, a political analyst on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" ridiculed his motivations.

In a clip shared on Friday morning, Trump was seen stating, "I'm announcing today in a major statement that under the Trump administration, your government will pay for or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for all costs associated with IVF treatment, fertilization for women."

Speaking with MSNBC host Willie Geist, who prompted his guest by calling the Trump campaign "flailing," Anand Giridharadas suggested Trump is running scared.

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"Look, I mean, for millions of American families, IVF stands for in vitro fertilization. For Donald Trump right now, it stands for, 'I'm very frightened.'" he joked.

"He is something we don't normally see: scared, defensive," he continued. "He's on his back foot, right? Think about since 2015, you and I have had this conversation in various forms, how many of those years was Donald Trump on the back foot, defensive, and frightened? He is now."

"I think the reason is, what happened with IVF, this started with Dobbs and abortion," he elaborated. "What happened with IVF is illuminating. I think it was the American people starting to realize that these things never stop with the initial thing, right? IVF was sort of falling down the slippery slope from Dobbs. You first come for abortion, and then there were murmurs of IVF."

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Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) was slammed online by numerous political onlookers after he said in vitro fertilization "breeds great families."

Donalds was confronted on NBC on Sunday over his defense of Donald Trump's "racist" speech, with NBC host Kristen Welker actually disagreeing with him over some comments the former president provided to a group of Black conservatives. In that same interview, he said something else that struck a nerve on social media.

According to Business Insider, Donalds "took to NBC's 'Meet the Press,' where he stated that he fully supports IVF, which helps people "create great families, which is what our country desperately needs."...

An Alabama Supreme court ruling that had a devastating impact on fertility treatment centers statewide has caused numerous Republican lawmakers to speak out against it. But social media users are reminding them about their records.

The Alabama Supreme Court essentially concluded that embryos used in certain in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments are actually humans, which could open up potential parents and medical professionals to serious litigation.

Republicans apparently believe that could be a hindrance during the election season, because they uniformly tried rejecting it....

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Saturday made a claim on social media about Republicans and fertility clinics, but it didn't go unanswered.

Graham, who has recently been accused of flip-flopping for former president Donald Trump when it comes to aid to Ukraine, might be making a similar move when it comes to controversial fertility treatments that some Republicans have actively opposed for years. The shift follows actions taken by the Alabama Supreme Court, which concluded that embryos used in certain treatments are actually humans, which could open up potential parents and medical professionals to serious litigation.

Graham Saturday pointed to a comment by Hillary Clinton, who recently warned that the GOP would try to take away birth control next....

The Alabama Supreme Court ruling that essentially bans in vitro fertilization as we know it in the state, issued by judges who have ties to the Christian nationalist movement, is a massive liability for Republicans going into the 2024 election, former GOP strategist Tara Setmayer told MSNBC guest host Michael Steele.

This comes after Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) gave a confused response on the issue to reporters, first saying he supported the decision before saying he actually supported IVF, not appearing to understand what IVF even was or what the court's ruling did.

"How is this Alabama ruling roiling Alabama public politics?" asked Steele, who himself used to chair the Republican National Committee before becoming disillusioned with the current state of the party....