Senator JD Vance (R-OH) is underneath fireplace proper now for inciting terror assaults on authorized immigrants in Ohio by making unsubstantiated claims about them consuming cats and canine, however he’s additionally persevering with to be misleading about the place the Republican Trump/Vance presidential ticket stand on a nationwide abortion ban.
Talking to on Meet the Press, Vance refused to say that Donald Trump would veto a nationwide abortion ban if it got here to his desk if he have been to win the 2024 election, saying the difficulty is a hypothetical that they haven’t even mentioned and “I’ve discovered my lesson on talking for the president.”
WATCH: On #MTP in August, @JDVance mentioned Donald Trump would veto a nationwide abortion ban.
However on the talk stage, Trump mentioned he “wouldn’t need to” and that he and Vance had not mentioned it.
Vance now tells MTP, “I’ve discovered my lesson on talking for the president.” pic.twitter.com/eV6wNuEmHI
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) September 15, 2024
Vance was requested about saying in August on Meet the Press that Donald Trump would veto a federal abortion ban, whereas on the talk stage, Trump mentioned he “wouldn’t need to” and that he and Vance had not mentioned it.
WELKER: Senator Vance, simply to make clear as soon as and for all, if Donald Trump have been to be elected, if a federal abortion ban have been to land on his desk, would he veto it?
VANCE: Kristen, as you noticed the President say, we hadn’t mentioned it. We nonetheless haven’t mentioned it, by the best way, as a result of it’s not sensible. Kristen, I believe that was the purpose that he made through the debate, is he’s been extremely clear that he doesn’t assist a nationwide abortion ban.
He needs abortion coverage to be made by the states, as a result of he thinks, look, Alabama goes to make a unique resolution from California, and that’s okay…So I believe President Trump has been clear a nationwide abortion ban isn’t on the desk. He wouldn’t assist it. He wouldn’t, he wouldn’t signal it. And I believe, frankly, Kristen, it’s form of a ridiculous hypothetical… His level is that it was a hypothetical, and never a hypothetical that has any likelihood of really crossing his desk.
WELKER: I take your level, however, however simply to place a superb level on this, you’re saying he wouldn’t assist it. So would he veto it?
VANCE: I believe that I’ve discovered my lesson on talking for the president earlier than he and I’ve truly talked about a problem.
If the Trump/Vance ticket has an precise abortion coverage, why gained’t they inform voters what it’s? In the event that they don’t assist a nationwide abortion ban, why gained’t they simply say that and decide to vetoing any such laws? This can be a high difficulty within the 2024 election, and definitely they’ve a place, however Vance is claiming they haven’t even mentioned it.
Trump has repeatedly taken credit score for overturning Roe.
The issue for Trump is that in these state measures the place voters truly get to weigh in fairly than Republican politicians, voters have persistently supported abortion rights. Even some Republican voters voted in opposition to anti-abortion Republicans within the 2022 midterm elections and in November of 2023, pink state Ohio, the place JD Vance is a Senator, handed voters authorised a constitutional modification to guard entry to abortion and different types of reproductive well being care.
One of many obvious points with claiming particular person states can resolve whether or not ladies and women have human rights is that Republicans are additionally suing people and passing legal guidelines to ban ladies and women from touring to a state the place abortion is authorized.
JD Vance has mentioned he needs abortion to be unlawful nationally and even needs to cease ladies from touring for abortion. In 2022, Vance argued that the truth that individuals searching for abortions would journey from conservative states to liberal states necessitated federal motion. “I actually would love abortion to be unlawful nationally,” Vance mentioned.
Pay attention right here the place JD Vance says the alternative of what he simply mentioned on MTP about California versus Ohio:
Unearthed audio: JD Vance requires a “federal response” to dam ladies in pink states from touring to a different state to get an abortion pic.twitter.com/t9YAbFuoPc
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) July 26, 2024
In a Might 2024 interview with KDKA Information Trump mentioned he was taking a look at restrictions on contraception however then walked it again after the interview was posted:
Trump was requested, “Do you assist any restrictions on an individual’s proper to contraception?”
“We’re taking a look at that and I’m going to have a coverage on that very shortly,” Trump responded, based on a video of the interview that was briefly posted on-line earlier than it was alleged to air, then taken down.
Trump mentioned in that interview that the contraception bans may work on a state by state foundation. Contraception is, like abortion, typically used to deal with medical points for girls and women, together with extreme menstrual bleeding. So the concept it might be banned in some states is regarding.
That is Trump converse: He typically says two contradictory issues to attraction to 2 completely different constituencies, typically even in the identical sentence. If we simply take a look at what Trump has truly executed already as president, we see that the three Supreme Courtroom justices he selected performed a big half in overturning Roe v Wade, and Trump brags about this truth so much.
Moreover, the conservative coverage playbook Challenge 2025 requires resurrecting the 1873 Comstock Act to focus on medicine abortion, based on Leah Litman, a professor on the College of Michigan Legislation College. Donald Trump has tried to distance himself from the Heritage Basis’s playbook, however he has additionally been caught on digital camera praising Heritage and at the least 140 individuals who labored within the Trump administration had a hand in writing it, based on a CNN evaluation.
Trump has repeatedly tried to appease all voters and ended up angering the evangelicals who assist him partially as a result of he overturned Roe. So now each Republicans on the ticket are refusing to inform the voters precisely the place they stand on abortion, a problem that may be life or demise for pregnant individuals.
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