The race for the Democratic nomination in 2020 has almost been overshadowed by the Democrats’ unintentional race to get Donald Trump re-elected through gaffes, fringe politics and hubris.

The latest contestant in the race to the bottom is Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. The Old Dominion state is one of the numerous states considering a law in which a child could be aborted up until the point of birth. In an appearance on a Washington D.C. radio station, Northam appeared to go a bit further than that.

“If the mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen,” Northam said. “The infant would be delivered, the infant would be kept comfortable, the infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desire, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.”

So that sounds a lot like infanticide, and as you might imagine, there aren’t a whole lot of people lining up to defend the comments. What they are willing to do is deflect and complain that any conservative backlash to comments like this is telling women what they can do with their own bodies, even if the baby is outside their body.

That’s what happened on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show on Wednesday when pro-choice advocate Monica Klein appeared on his show, ostensibly to defend the comments. Except that’s not what she did because the comments were indefensible. Instead, she decided to say that, by objecting to Northam’s remarks, Carlson and everyone on his side wanted to go back to a time where women used “coat hangers” to abort children.

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“I think that right now, reproductive healthcare is under attack by the Republican Party. Seventy-two percent of Americans support right to choose,” Klein said.

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“We have (Donald) Trump and sexual predator (Brett) Kavanaugh trying to repeal Roe v. Wade and trying to take away control over our bodies. This isn’t about babies. This is about you attempting to control women’s bodies.”

Carlson went on to call Klein a “robot” for her repetition of liberal bromides.

“Wow. Do you think that you’re making a case that most people agree with? That it’s okay to abort a child in the third trimester?” Carlson asked.

And the talking points continued.

“You can keep trying to put words in my mouth and keep trying to say that the Democratic Party is hurting children,” Klein said “Your party is the one tearing families apart at the border and allowing children to die in federal custody. Whose party is actually harming children?”

“Wow,” Carlson said. “This is obviously a pointless conversation and I think less of you after it, I have to say.”

“I already think less of you,” Klein said. “So don’t worry.”

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Note to those looking for a quick comeback: Trying to make a version of, “No, you!” sound slightly original doesn’t really work all that well. I guess Carlson’s plea of “please don’t be tiresome” fell on deaf ears.

Beyond the contentious nature of the “debate” (such as it was) was the fact that Klein not only didn’t bring anything original to the table, she also couldn’t defend what Northam said because it was indefensible.

There are two possibilities here, neither of which is particularly exculpatory for Klein or her ilk. Either she knew she was being intellectually dishonest or she thought that this was a proper defense for infanticide. Neither makes Northam or his defenders look any better and both are great advertisements to vote for anyone but the Democrats in 2020.

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