Trump's 'Inconsistent' Message on Abortion May Backfire: Analysts - Newsweek
Former President Donald Trump, in recent weeks, has been trying to paint himself as a moderate on the abortion issue — and has been drawing criticism from both Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign and anti-abortion activists in the process.
The 2024 GOP presidential nominee continues to praise the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling — bragging that he helped bring abortion laws "back to the states." And Democrats have been attacking him vigorously for it.
But Trump, fearing that abortion could be a political liability for him, criticized Florida's six-week abortion ban as "too short" during an interview with NBC News — much to the dismay of anti-abortion activists.
According to NBC News' Sahil Kapur, "The backlash from anti-abortion advocates was fierce, with some warning that the Republican presidential nominee was risking losing support from a key bloc of the party's base. Alarmed by what she saw, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the influential anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, called Trump on Thursday, (August 29) to ask for clarity on his comments, according to a source with knowledge of the conversation."
Kapur adds, "Trump told her that he didn’t state a position on an amendment on his home state’s ballot this fall, which would bar restrictions on abortion before fetal viability, around the 24th week of pregnancy."
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'The last thing we need': Core part of Trump’s base threatens to walk away over key issue (msn.com)
CNN's interview of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has blown away a comparable interview of former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance in the ratings.
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