Morning Digest: How the GOP thwarted a GOP plan to thwart abortion rights

_{The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.}

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● MO Ballot: Missouri Republicans are bitter as can be after infighting led to the collapse of a GOP plan on Friday that would have made it harder to pass an abortion rights amendment at the ballot box later this year.

"This Republican Party has no backbone to fight for what is right for life," thundered Republican state Sen. Rick Brattin on the floor of the state Senate last week. "That's what this fight has been about all along—protecting life and liberty. And I know that people are listening to this online and are fed up with the Republican Party, because they have no backbone. And they will have the blood of the innocent on their heads. Shame on this party."