Trump says abortion will be a ‘small issue’ in November, leaves door open to federal restrictions.

ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world – 209 points – Trump says abortion will be a ‘small issue’ in November, leaves door open to federal restrictions
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Jesus is this real???

Okay, I think we need to recalibrate ourselves a little bit. I mean even if this potato quality picture was real, it would obviously have been put up by people opposing him, and there's nothing really surprising or shocking about something like that.

Is that a legitimate question?

No kidding this is fake as hell.

Media literacy in the us is just piss poor.

However, this would be a good attack ad.

He is so full of shit. How is something that was previously considered a universal right somehow made better for citizens when it is then handled at the state level? And his leaving the door open for federal restrictions is him admitting this. He has to regret what he and his Supreme Court have done to his own electability.

Before Biden dropped out his electability was quite high (in relative terms). With the way the electoral college works and Dems sucking at messaging he has a real shot despite the unpopular abortion stuff.

It’s hard to reelect a President who is just so past his prime and where his old age is such a detriment that nobody can overlook it at the ballot box. But now that Biden has stepped aside and Trump is now getting put to task, the contrast is as evident as ever.

The messaging has changed too, democrats are attacking, Harris and Walz are better communicators and Republicans have reverted to the Obama-era racism stuff that actually turns people off.

People are downvoting but you are right. Momentum is going in the right direction (for now), but we're still very much within the margin of errors and the race is at best a toss-up at the moment.

Sure, you can do things that will supplement [state's abortion bans]. Absolutely. And those things are pretty open, and humane, but you have to be able to have a vote, and all I want to do is give everybody a vote, and the votes are taking place right now as we speak.

Mixing in some garbled response about voting in what should otherwise be a straightforward response tells you everything you need. His addled brain betrays his real stance: "I'll go with whatever gets me the most votes, I don't give a shit about the actual issue".

No no, see - here's the media under reporting. again. He also said "abortion is a settled issue" "everyone is happy" "no one's talking about that any more".

This verbiage is a more telling perspective than "small issue".

he believes abortion will be a “small issue” in the November elections now that the power to ban abortion is in the hands of state lawmakers, but added that he is open to federal restrictions on abortion that would “supplement” state policy.

So, "state's rights" for Republican states to remake The Handmaiden's Tale, with federal "supplements" to force Democratic states into the same cage.

A reporter asked Trump if, for example, he would use presidential power to restrict access to one of the drugs commonly used in medication abortion. His answer left observers guessing as to whether Trump was open to restricting mifepristone, which is used in about two-thirds of abortions, or simply didn’t understand what he was being asked.

If you re-read the first quote, its pretty fucking obvious he's more than open to restricting it. It's probably one of the first things he'd do, to punish people and states that don't support him.