Answer: Not entirely, but neither was Donald Trump entirely wrong about the abortion issue in the midterms. Trump’s desperation to avoid blame for recruiting bad candidates for winnable Senate races led him into a frontal attack this weekend on a loyal constituency that he once assiduously courted — evangelicals and pro-life activists.

After getting asked about accepting responsibility for the Great Red Ripple by a reporter from Semafor, Trump posted this on Truth Social:

It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to expectations in the MidTerms. I was 233-20! It was the “abortion issue,” poorly handled by many Republicans, especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mother, that lost large numbers of Voters. Also, the people that pushed so hard, for decades, against abortion, got their wish from the US Supreme Court, & just plain disappeared, not to be seen again. Plus, Mitch stupid $’s!

Let’s start off with his midterm defense rather than his offensive against the pro-lifers. Did Trump recruit 252 candidates in the midterms? No, of course not. Almost all of these endorsements took place after their nomination.