Republicans and conservatives:
Trump should say it’s no longer his issue. He’s been only in federal office both in the past and in the future (running for president again). Ask him about federal issues not state issues.
Exactly.
I like Trump, but he does not need to comment on this. It is unnecessary and carries risks.
According to the 4th paragraph of this AP article, this is what Trump has done - said its a State issue.
Republicans and conservatives:
So, it's a state's rights issue if a state chooses to have unrestricted abortion. But if a state chooses to restrict it too much, everyone else needs to get involved?
Slavery was a "state issue" too.
Abortion means allowing a woman to claim her unborn child is her personal property to do with as she pleases.
The Constitution guarantees one cannot forfeit their life without due process.
Trump is toast unless he leans INTO BANNING ABORTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, he must show the same clarity, boldness, and moral clarity he did in 2016 when he campaigned on overturning Roe in the courts.
Trump should aggressively attack abortion as anti-minority by correctly stating minority babies are disproportionately slaughtered, and explain that Planned Parenthood was created to reduce the minority population in our country.
Trump sort of said abortion is a personal matter in his recent statement.
Trump said it is a state issue. Fine.
But the feds still has a role, abortions happen at federal facilities, as one example. Feds may say it needs to be included in insurance as well, etc.
Trump's statement didn't end the matter.
Did Trump say abortion is okay, he now defends it state-by-state? Seems like he is moving there. He criticized Florida and Iowa's abortion restrictions. Now he criticizes Arizona.
So, does and will Trump say "I support and defend abortion."
No, they’ll make him look uncaring. To me he is doing it right. I would be more of a demagogue here. Call on the Govenor to call a special session to solve the problem with the legislature. Don’t propose any solutions but keep bringing up the fact that Govenor needs to get on with it. When she refuses point out that she’s also refusing to fix the border and she’s all talk no action. Another nice point will be to say this is exactly why this needs to be handled at the state level. No the Govenor doesn’t have to wait 20 years for a solution from Washington. Can’t allow the Rats to sit on this until September only to use it for GOTV efforts.
Agree, but even before that he should realize each and every question from the press in an intentional "gotcha-trap".
Spontaneity is not his strong suit when sparring with dishonest interviewers.
With a bit of thought, he would not have snapped off a "Yeah..." response to an ambiguous question before properly making making the states right claim.