Harris to attack Trump on Dobbs anniversary
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Harris to go after Trump on Dobbs anniversary
Vice President Harris is set mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade by concentrating the blame on former President Trump.
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The Biden-Harris campaign said Wednesday that Harris will travel to Maryland to mark the anniversary of the 2022 Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
“The Vice President will remind voters that Donald Trump is responsible for overturning Roe and the chaos that has followed, and she will highlight the threat a second Trump presidency would pose to reproductive freedom nationwide,” the campaign said in a statement.
This course of action falls closely in line with how Harris has used the issue of abortion access to hit at Trump.
She reiterated her blame of Trump for the Dobbs decision last month, saying, “Donald Trump did this. He handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court because he intended for them to overturn Roe, and they did as intended.”
Republican candidates, Trump especially, have had to move delicately when it comes to talking about abortion on the campaign trail. The former president has avoided endorsing a national abortion ban, repeatedly saying he believes the issue should be left up to states.
But that doesn’t mean he’s avoiding the issue either. According to Axios, Trump told House Republicans during his visit to the Capitol last week that while abortion has “cost” the GOP politically, it is still “too important to ignore.”
And last week Trump reportedly vowed to walk “side by side” with a Christian group, the Danbury Institute, that opposes abortion even in instances of rape or incest.
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