Donald Trump has spent much of his 2024 campaign pretending to be a moderate on abortion, a stance no one should believe given that:
- He regularly brags about killing Roe v. Wade
- He has said “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who obtain abortions
- He has said states can punish doctors who provide abortions
- He has said he wouldn’t stop states from tracking individual pregnancies so they can prosecute people caught getting abortions
Oh, and next week he’s speaking to a group that calls abortion “child sacrifice” and whose mission is to “eradicate” the medical procedure entirely.
That group is the Danbury Institute, which declares on its website: “We believe that the greatest atrocity facing our generation today is the practice of abortion—child sacrifice on the altar of self…Abortion must be ended. We will not rest until it is eradicated entirely…We are grateful to God and to the current slate of Supreme Court Justices for the successful overturning of Roe v. Wade. However, the battle is far from won.” (Not surprisingly, the group also notes that it is against “LGBTQ+ indoctrination of children,” “Gender confusion,” “Transgender ideology,” “Critical Race Theory and Marxist ideologies,” and ”Socialism.”)
Trump is scheduled to speak to the group virtually on June 10.
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In a statement, the Biden campaign said Trump “loves campaigning with abortion ban extremists,” which appears to be objectively true. In related news, when asked last month if he supports “any restrictions on a person’s right to contraception?” Trump responded: “We’re looking at that, and I’m gonna have a policy on that very shortly, and I think it’s something that you’ll find interesting. And it’s another issue that’s very interesting, but you will find it, I think, very smart; I think it’s a smart decision. But we’ll be releasing it very soon.” Then he backpedaled online and screamed: “I HAVE NEVER, AND WILL NEVER ADVOCATE IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON BIRTH CONTROL, or other contraceptives.” And he’s definitely never given anyone a reason not to take him at his word!
Damn you, Joe Biden!
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Everything Trump doesn’t like = a hoax
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In fairness to Kellyanne, she is required to tell a minimum number of lies daily or her body starts to shut down
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