Posted on 09/19/2023 3:50:46 AM PDT by Reno89519
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says Donald Trump’s recent statements on the abortion issue show the former president’s “values” are out of step with Iowa GOP voters. Trump said during an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the six week abortion ban DeSantis signed into law this spring was a terrible mistake.
“Donald Trump may think it’s terrible. I think protecting babies with heartbeats is noble and just and I’m proud to have signed the heartbeat bill in Florida and I know Iowa has similar legislation,” DeSantis says. “I don’t know how you can even make the claim that you’re somehow prolife if you’re criticizing states for enacting protections for babies that have heartbeats.”
DeSantis made his comments during an interview with Radio Iowa. (Audio below)
DeSantis suggested Trump’s remarks are :a window” into how Trump’s 2024 campaign is diverting from the promises he made during the 2016 campaign. “And I think he’s changing in a way that is not consistent with the values of the people in Iowa,” DeSantis told Radio Iowa.
Trump also indicated during his “Meet the Press” interview that he’d negotiate a deal on abortion that’s acceptable to both sides. DeSantis said that’s “the danger” of returning Trump to the White House for a second term.
“I’ve given him credit for his accomplishments, whether it’s the court appointments, whether it’s the Abraham Accords…the deregulation and I think he does deserve credit for that, but anytime he did a deal with Democrats whether it was on budget, whether it was on the criminal justice ‘First Step Act,’ they ended up taking him to the cleaners,” DeSantis said. “I think if he’s going into this saying he’s going to make the Democrats happy with respect to right to life, I think all pro-lifers should know that he’s preparing to sell you out.”
Current Florida law bans most abortions after the 15th week of a pregnancy, but a court ruling this fall could let the six week abortion ban DeSantis signed this spring go into effect. Activists in Florida, on both sides of the abortion issue are now gathering petition signatures, hoping to amend Florida’s state constitution so it reflects their views.
“Clearly, we’ll make the positive case for what we did as something that is appropriate and based on science and based on what is just,” DeSantis said.
A University of North Florida poll conducted in March found 75% of Florida residents surveyed either somewhat or strongly oppose the six week abortion ban DeSantis signed into law in April. “As a leader, it doesn’t register to me, to be quite frank,” DeSantis said regarding polling data on abortion. “I mean I think there are issues that come from your beliefs and I think that you advance those because you think they’re right.”
Audio: https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023DeSantisSept18-1.mp3
Your statement is unjustifiable.
You shouldn’t judge others by your own motivations.
Trump is not protecting abortion nor does he make policy to be liked. If he did he wouldn’t be being targeted by the left, DOJ, special interests & deep state as he is. Try and see the forest instead of the blade of grass that you think proves some point.
That was not enough to save red wave during last midterms.
Young women voted in much higher numbers after hearing about abortion restrictions such as proposed by senator Graham.
Abortion is the winningest issue for Democrats.
Republicans need to pay attention to votes unless they want to be permanent minority party.
Hey Desantis,stfu!
DeSantis is just using it as something to throw at Trump.
American women will turn out to defeat red waves until Republicans get their heads out of dark places. #1 issue for young women is abortion rights.
A fetus less than 3 months has never lived out of mother’s womb. It is part of her body same as arms & legs. It is better for every potential life to live. But until Young women change, abortion is most winning issue for Democrats.
Awesome. I missed it.
Except abortion is a meaningless issue now at the federal level, so it doesn’t matter in the Presidential race, at least not for Republicans.
“We should not have a primary at all! Just coronate Trump and be done with it!”
When one guy is basically running as an incumbent with zero chance of losing the nomination, why not?
I don’t see a bunch of Democrats out there sniping and stabbing Biden in the back, because they know he has the nomination wrapped up and that would only hurt their chances in the general.
Bull
The Deep State is back in the White House like it was with Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama
The Deep state finally had a war on its hands with Trump..
That’s why they spied on him after he announced in 2015, and every day since.
The Deep State was a conspiracy theory before Trump..
Now it isn’t.
It’s also not an R vs D thing anymore either..
The R team has a light being shined on it, too..
So people are awake. Can’t have a mandate to obliterate the Deep state without destroying the conspiracy there is no Deep State..
That mission has been accomplished..
Thanks to Trump and the Deep State that made Trump public enemy number one in 2015..
“Maybe some of these DeSantis-bots might explain that to us.”
I’m not a “DeSantis-bot”, but... what I think he’s trying to say here is that it is dangerous to make deals with the Democrats (ie like making deals with the devil). I think calling it a “sell out” is a bit too much and over the top politicizing what Trump said.
What Ron fails to concede is... that he, too, would be forced into a position of “”negotiating with the devil/Democrats”” if he were to win the presidency. It’s disingenuous or delusional to think otherwise. Hell, just negotiating with the RINOs in Congress as President equates to the same damned thing. And as president, that would be an ongoing process.
I think both Trump and DeSantis are engaging in hyperbole during this campaign season. Not exactly a first or unheard of in the game of politics. Let’s give them both a break.
Yet it is deSantis SAYING “Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says Donald Trump’s recent statements on the abortion issue show the former president’s “values” are out of step with Iowa GOP voters”.
The title of the thread is titled DeSantis SAYS Trump’s abortion remarks show ‘the danger’ in reelecting him”
Don't be silly! A coronation is too dramatic. We need to reverse the 2020 election that was stolen from me and everyone who voted for Trump.
Once again what’s the difference between Ronnie’s 6 Week Abortion Law
and 15 Weeks Trump talked about?
I noticed you dodged answering my question.
I haven’t seen where Bush said anything either! I had that reaction too, when I saw that!It seems that Bush is the devil on here, anymore.
Trump has learned one thing with The Meatball. Never ever support or go out on a limb for a guy who is losing to a crack head homo.
There has to be a reason he is losing. It isn’t his policies, it is him . Now we can see it.
Progress toward our goal of zero abortions.
Clearly you do not share that goal since you do not care if we make progress towards it or away from it.
You don't care if Trump re-federalizes the abortion issue so future Congresses can do whatever they want.
You just love your Trump and he can do no wrong.
Principles be damned
Heaven forbid Trump would do something like get Roe v Wade overturned.
Oh wait, he did that.
Yes Trump differs from GOPe in that he actually did something and will again.
I have not forgotten how the GOPe did not defund Planned Parenthood in 2017.
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