Trump has by no means stated instantly that he wouldn’t signal a federal abortion ban, however that didn’t cease JD Vance from telling a lie that alienated extra voters.
Right here was the trade on NBC’s Meet The Press:
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let me simply comply with up with you somewhat bit on that time. As a result of I’ve been speaking to Republicans, together with Senator Lindsey Graham simply final week, who’ve made it very clear that if Donald Trump is elected, if you’re elected, they’ll proceed to press this level. Senator Graham stated to me, “I’m going to maintain saying that there must be a federal ban.” If such a chunk of laws landed on Donald Trump’s desk, would he veto it?
SEN. JD VANCE:
Properly, I feel it might be very clear he wouldn’t assist it. I imply, he’s stated that explicitly —
KRISTEN WELKER:
However would he veto it?
SEN. JD VANCE:
Sure, I imply, when you’re not supporting it because the President of the USA, you basically need to veto it —
KRISTEN WELKER:
So he would veto a federal abortion ban?
SEN. JD VANCE:
I feel he would. He’s stated that explicitly that he would. And once more, Lindsey —
KRISTEN WELKER:
I don’t assume he’s ever stated explicitly that he would. He’s stated that to you?
SEN. JD VANCE:
Lindsey Graham, Kristen, I’d be shocked – I imply once more, I have to see the context on what Lindsey Graham stated. As a result of Lindsey Graham himself has not advocated a federal abortion ban. Lindsey Graham has advocated —
KRISTEN WELKER:
A 15-week federal abortion ban —
SEN. JD VANCE:
– a federal minimal commonplace. Now, to be clear, that’s not Donald Trump’s view. Donald Trump disagrees with Lindsey Graham on this. However no Republican, no less than no Republican with any cheap energy, is saying that we should always have a whole nationwide abortion ban. I haven’t heard that from any of my colleagues. And to be clear, Donald Trump I feel has staked his place and made it very specific. He desires this to be a state resolution, states are going to make this dedication themselves.
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Vance redefined an abortion ban as a federal minimal commonplace, which is an abortion ban with out calling it an abortion. “A federal minimal commonplace” would lead to a lack of rights for ladies, even when they lived in blue states.
Vance’s declare that Trump has made his place explicitly clear was laughable.
Trump has been everywhere in the map on the reproductive rights subject. He has gone from desirous to punish girls for having abortions in 2016 to a federal ban to states ought to resolve to I might be nice for reproductive freedom to promising to not signal a federal abortion ban.
The reality will be present in Venture 2025, the place Trump’s agenda doc has a plan to ban abortion with out passing an abortion ban via Congress.
JD Vance’s lie hurts Trump each with the anti-freedom proper and the remainder of the nation that helps reproductive rights.
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