{"id":1025766,"date":"2023-09-18T15:52:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1025766"},"modified":"2024-05-16T17:22:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:22:25","slug":"what-they-are-saying-people-highlight-donald-trumps-record-on-abortion-because-media-wont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-they-are-saying-people-highlight-donald-trumps-record-on-abortion-because-media-wont\/","title":{"rendered":"What They Are Saying: People Highlight Donald Trump\u2019s Record on Abortion Because Media Won\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Donald Trump\u2019s new media strategy is straight-up gaslighting the American people on his abortion record \u2013 and to no one’s surprise, the mainstream press is happily playing along. What yesterday’s coverage missed was that it was Trump who pushed for an extreme national abortion ban while he was in office, he was the one who called for women who have abortions to be punished, he constantly brags about his role in overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em>, and he opened the door for extreme abortion bans across the country. There isn\u2019t any doubt, if Trump is reelected, we know he\u2019d only build on his opportunities to rip away women\u2019s reproductive freedom.

But since you won\u2019t hear about Trump’s long, consistent record of being an abortion extremist in the media, here\u2019s what people are saying \u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi<\/a>: \u201cMake no mistake: the former occupant of the White House and his extreme Supreme Court majority overturned Roe \u2014 now women have fewer rights than their mothers did. Re-electing Biden-Harris is the ONLY way we can reclaim Roe and secure our fundamental freedoms. #MondayMotivation\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Sara Jacobs<\/a>: \u201cSays the man who is the reason the right to an abortion is no longer the law of the land. Give me a break \ud83d\ude44\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayor Karen Bass<\/a>: \u201cJust to be crystal clear, Donald Trump is the reason we have a Supreme Court that overturned Roe and set in motion a cycle to put the lives of women all across the country at risk. There is no lie he can tell to erase that fact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway<\/a>: \u201cLet\u2019s be clear: Donald Trump has repeatedly bragged about appointing the justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and women across Wisconsin lost the right to make their own health care decisions because of him. In 2020, WI sent Trump packing and we\u2019ll do it again in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mini Timmaraju<\/a>: \u201cThis is dangerous\u2014we can\u2019t let Trump off the hook for his record. If he becomes president again, he will sign any federal abortion ban that hits his desk into law, full stop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria Cardona<\/a>: \u201cHe\u2019s not \u201chedging\u201d he\u2019s lying & hoping media won\u2019t notice! He appointed justices that overturned Roe & he BRAGS about it all the time, says he was \u201chonored\u201d to have helped overturn it, says \u201cNo one has done more\u201d to help ban abortion than him!! It\u2019s his appeal to Evangelicals!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Messina<\/a>: \u201cTrump is the guy who brags \u201cno one has done more\u201d to overturn Roe. Horror stories like these couldn\u2019t happen without him. There\u2019s no such thing as \u201ccompromise\u201d on Roe while girls are raped & forced to give birth and women almost die bc their civil rights have been taken away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Messina<\/a>: \u201cWhat the f\u2013k is this??? Trump has said there should be punishment for women who get abortions, nominated three justices who were decisive in overturning Roe v. Wade, and publicly celebrated when those judges ended a woman\u2019s right to choose. Garbage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina Reynolds<\/a>: \u201cIn today’s Meet the Press interview, Trump took credit for overturning Roeand acknowledged he would sign a federal ban. And he told a bunch of lies. After a history in politics of telling lies. And yet, he’s getting coverage like he’s suddenly good with abortion rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina Reynolds<\/a>: \u201cIn this interview, Trump takes credit for overturning Roe and then lies his way out of giving an actual answer. Anyone giving this attempt to lie about his record any credibility must have believed \u2018COVID will end by Easter\u2019 and \u2018I will have a tremendous health care plan soon.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate Bedingfield<\/a>: \u201cHeadlining this piece \u201cTrump calls six-week abortion bans \u2018terrible\u2019\u201d with no other context is a prime example of how traditional coverage of Trump fails. Did he say those words? Yes. Has he also 1) taken credit for endingRoe 2) specifically taken credit for creating an environment where 6 week bans can happen and 3) shown repeatedly time and again nonstop for years that he will lie and lie and lie about everything with no compunction? Yes. Yes. And yes. So, to write up this exchange as you might write up something Romney or W or Obama said on the campaign trail 10, 15 or 20 years ago is a total failure to reckon with and accurately portray Trump. It\u2019s not just the Post – a lot of the coverage of this exchange today is framed like this, which is exactly the way Trump wants it, but not a reflection of his anti-choice record or his casual relationship with the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ron Klain<\/a>: \u201cSo true, @kbeds.  Abortion bans exist in America due to Trump\u2019s avowed effort to get Ros reversed. It was the only historic achievement of his Presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victor Shi<\/a>: \u201cWTF? NBC just ran a headline that reads, \u2018Trump wants to bring the country together on abortion: \u2018Both sides are going to like me.\u2019 Not only is NBC legitimizing Trump by giving him a national platform tomorrow, but they\u2019re lying about his dangerous abortion ban. Shame on NBC.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Molly Jong-Fast<\/a>: \u201cAnd yet he would totally sign it https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/09\/17\/trump-abortion\/<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Iglesias<\/a>: \u201cI think a relevant lens for understanding coverage choices is that it\u2019s better for clicks, subscriptions, ratings, etc if Trump wins again and it\u2019s more fun to cover him if you pretend not to know how he\u2019s governed and will govern.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen Finney<\/a>: \u201cMedia manipulated by Trump again as reckless coverage of @nbc lets Trump lie about his actual record on abortion: Trump gleefully appointed judges that overturned Roe, even saying \u201cno one has done more\u201d,  that he was able to kill Roe v. Wade, flashback: https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4008311-trump-boasts-he-was-able-to-kill-roe-v-wade-takes-credit-for-state-abortion-bans\/<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump\u2019s new media strategy is straight-up gaslighting the American people on his abortion record \u2013 and to no one’s surprise, the mainstream press is happily playing along. 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