Stupid Abortion Tricks

It was bound to happen: If you ask enough politicians about abortion, and ask them multiple times each, eventually one of them will say something mind-numbingly stupid.

Is anyone surprised that Donald Trump should be the one to fall into this rabbit hole?

From the Associated Press:

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Wednesday that women who get an abortion should receive "some form of punishment" if it is ever outlawed, drawing swift condemnation from activists on both sides of the divisive social issue.

We take a moment to give Donald the bear:

Now that we see how stupid that was, let us ask how?

Trump's original remarks about abortion came in a heated exchange with MSNBC host Chris Matthews at the Wednesday afternoon taping of a town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin, scheduled to air that night. Matthews asked Trump whether he believes abortion should be outlawed. 

After an extended back-and-forth, Trump said, "you have to ban" abortion and "there has to be some form of punishment" for women who violate such a restriction. 

Pressed by Matthews on the nature of that punishment, Trump responded, "I haven't determined what the punishment should be."

Donald, you got sucked in by Chris Matthews? The guy who got "thrills" from Obama? That's just embarrassing, man.