Given his audience of Christian conservatives, Trump played up past efforts and future proposals to end abortion. On another foreign policy issue, Trump threated to put more tariffs on China if it pursues a spy base in Cuba. Yet he made no mention of Saturday's drama in which the head of a private Russian military company marched on Moscow before halting as part of a deal to avoid prosecution. "My numbers went up," Trump said, drawing a standing ovation.Īs for Russia, Trump - whose admiration for Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been the source of much criticism - again claimed that he can quickly settle the Russian-Ukrainian war. He also noted that, if anything, the charges have bolstered his standing with conservative Republican voters. In a statement, the Democratic National Committee said Trump is changing his abortion views under pressure from other Republican candidates, and they all "won’t rest until every woman in this country is stripped of their reproductive freedom."īeyond abortion and other faith issues, Trump spent more time with the group of religious conservatives protesting the two indictments and other investigations against him. They agreed that the issue hurt GOP candidates last year and will hurt them again in 2024. Some campaign opponents, including his former vice president Mike Pence, have questioned Trump's commitment to fighting abortion, noting that the former president has blamed the issue for Republican defeats in last year's congressional elections.ĭemocrats welcomed Trump's endorsement of federal abortion legislation. The former president and front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination also attacked prosecutors who have indicted him, threatened China, and avoided talking about an armed insurrection in Russia. but did say "there of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life." He did not endorse any specific anti-abortion legislation or time limits in his nearly 90-minute speech to members of the coalition in D.C. Trump, who has previously discussed abortion as more of a state issue, told the cheering members of the Faith and Freedom Coalition "I will fight for you like no president ever" on the abortion issue.
Wade by adopting new language and endorsing the idea of national abortion restrictions. WASHINGTON - Before an adoring crowd of religious conservatives, Donald Trump marked the one-year anniversary of the end of Roe v.
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