Trump says women won’t be ‘thinking about abortion’ if he’s elected, casting himself as their ‘protector’
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Former President Donald Trump cast himself as a “protector” of women at an Pennslyvannia rally Monday evening, claiming that American women won’t be “thinking about abortion” if he’s elected.
Former President Donald Trump cast himself as a “protector” of women at a Pennslyvania rally Monday evening and claimed that American women won’t be “thinking about abortion” if he’s elected. “I always thought women liked me. I never thought I had a problem. But the fake news keeps saying women don’t like me,” Trump said in Indiana, Pennsylvania. “I don’t believe it.” The former president claimed women are “less safe,” “much poorer” and are “less healthy” now compared to when he was president and vowed to end what he described as their “national nightmare.” “Because I am your protector. I want to be your protector. As president, I have to be your protector. I hope you don’t make too much of it. I hope the fake news doesn’t go, ‘Oh he wants to be their protector.’ Well, I am. As president, I have to be your protector,” Trump said. Women, he added, “will be happy, healthy, confident and free. You will no longer be thinking about abortion.” Vice President Kamala Harris has garnered sustained support from women in the presidential election as her campaign leans into reproductive rights as a core issue. Polls have shown Trump with an advantage among men who are likely to vote, but Harris with a huge edge with women.
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