The PBS NewsHour interviewed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D‑Michigan) on Monday night, and the mild online headline was “Gov. Whitmer discusses Democrats’ efforts to protect reproductive rights.” Anchor Amna Nawaz’s questions, if they were at all challenging, sounded like a worried Biden voter that there’s low enthusiasm and not enough courting of the party’s hard left.
On abortion, Nawaz channeled the Planned Parenthood crowd and their laments Biden doesn’t proudly use the A‑word:
NAWAZ: You clearly and other Democratic leaders also believe this is a key issue in mobilizing Democrats, also independents. You have said previously that maybe President Biden should speak about reproductive rights and should say the word abortion more frequently than he does.
He’s displayed some discomfort with that, changing the language even in the State of the …