Anti-abortion leader pretends Trump isn’t their guy

A well-known anti-abortion extremist appears to be providing political cover for Donald Trump, playing up a supposed break from the former president due to his purported softening on the issue.

Lila Rose, founder of the anti-abortion group Live Action, gave a long interview to Politico Magazine on Thursday, the gist of which Politico says is her assertion that “it is not the job of the pro-life movement to vote for President Trump.” Politico liked that line so much they made it the headline, naively taking her at her word. Rose cut her activist teeth working with James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas in their doctored “sting” videos against Planned Parenthood. 

But a close reading of the interview clues us into the game she’s playing.