Rhetorical Analysis Of David Brooks The Abortion Memo, By David Brooks

A Rhetorical Analysis of David Brooks “The Abortion Memo” “Without pro-life voters, Ronald Reagan never would have been elected. Without the single-issue voters…, there would never have been a President Donald Trump” (Brooks). David Brooks, author of “The Abortion Memo,” published in February 1, 2018, in the New York Times, argued that while Democrat leaders are prioritizing late-term abortions, Republicans who are pro-life are dominating in the United State more than Democrats. David Brooks had been known as the best political and cultural journalist. He spent his lifetime writing about the current political scenario and foreign affairs for many years. Brooks decided to write his article as an Imaginary Democratic Consultant, advising
He uses an emotional appeal at the beginning of his paper in order to stir an emotion to his readers. “Last week as our senators voted down the Republican bill that would have banned abortion…Our people hung together. Yet as I was watching I kept wondering: How much is our position on late-term abortions hurting us? How many progressive priorities are we giving up.” Since, Brook applied a mix of emotion at the beginning, he let his readers to be curious on what happens next. He then continues by telling a short history about an abortion debate known as Roe. v. Wade, “Before Roe. v. Wade, the abortion debate looked nothing like it does today.” At the end of this statement he begins reasoning while evoking his opponent by saying, “Roe. v. Wade changed all this”, “the court today rejects… abortion”, “But then everything polarized.” All this evoking tone makes his readers to feel frustrated at Republicans. He also implied all the frustration at the beginning of his argument, in order to tell his readers if there would never have been Roe. v. Wade, then Democrats would have prioritize other
He then starts out by stating facts on what would happen if Roe. v. Wade was overturned, “The abortion issue would go back to the state…Abortion would remain legal in probably 20 other states.” The ideas he introduce supports everything what Democrats and pro-life voters wants. Brooks continues to use statistics by saying, “Roe. V. Wade polarized American politics in ways that fundamentally bad for Democrats… compare the size of the elected Democrats majorities in 1974 to the size of the Republican majorities in 2018,” by showing percentage and data he lets his readers to recognize and see where Democrats are today. However, at the middle of the passage Brook uses two phrases that are most likely a misconception, “That’s what most Americans support(abortion),” and , “Without Roe. v. Wade the landscape would shift.” This two phrases are not likely to be true because it lets his reader to disregard that, maybe most Americans don’t support abortion at all, or some only support early term abortion which is until 10 weeks of pregnancy. And there are many factors that would change Americans landscape other than Roe. v. Wade, such as population growth, or climate