Donald Trump's New Abortion Statement Doesn't Answer 3 Key Questions
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A new video from the former president eclipsed pressing political questions that his party badly wants to evade ahead of the November election.
Donald Trump’s new comments on abortion on Monday drew the ire of social conservatives after he suggested that it should be left up to the states to decide how to handle the hot-button issue, which has energized Democrats and put Republicans on the defensive ahead of November’s presidential election.
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint. The states will determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this case, the law of the state,” the presumptive GOP nominee said in a video posted to his social media website, Truth Social.
“At the end of the day, this is all about the will of the people,” he added. “You must follow your heart, or in many cases, your religion or your faith. Do what’s right for your family and do what’s right for yourself.”
But Trump’s statement, which he released after months of flip-flopping on the issue, leaves plenty unsaid about pressing political questions that his party badly wants to evade, due to the unpopularity of restricting access to abortion nationwide.
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