Donald Trump hires pro-life advocate as policy director; conservatives warming up to presumptive Republican nominee?

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has reportedly hired pro-life advocate John Mashburn to be his campaign's policy director, a move that apparently pleases the conservatives.

"I have known and respected John Mashburn for many years," Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List, wrote on ThePulse2016 "He is a smart strategist with deep pro-life roots. John is well-respected across every issue set. For him, the life issue is foundational and one which helped draw him into politics."

Dannenfelser congratulated Trump for making an "excellent hire." She said that Mashburn had been been an outspoken advocate for unborn children and their mothers, and has worked to stop abortion on-demand.

SBA List, although initially opposed to Trump, is reportedly planning to spend somewhere between $6 million and $8 million for the nationwide campaign.

"My feelings about him, whether I'm happy or not happy about how he speaks, doesn't matter an iota," she said, as quoted by The New York Times. "It's more about rationality overcoming feelings than anything else."

After months of opposing Trump's candidacy, conservatives seem to be warming up to the business tycoon. Although their support to Trump, according to the NYTimes, is often qualified, he is somehow a better option than the alternative.

"He's not my first choice. He's not my second choice," Penny Nance, president of Concerned Women for America, told the publication. "But any concerns I have about him pale in contrast to Hillary Clinton."

Apparently, Trump is now seen as a convert to the Party's cause. He gave suggestions, such as hiring people known in the movement, which seemed to have calmed down the people at the Party. The support he is going to get from Republican activists, leaders of faith-based groups, and other organizations equates to more means of tapping the voting public.

"I can agree that in the primary you could find people more ideal," said Frank Cannon, president of conservative policy group American Principles Project." But he's now the presumptive nominee. And I think it's time we actually examine where he says he'll take the country versus where Hillary says she'll take the country,and make our judgments based on that."