HANDMAIDS TALE WARNING
Daniel Hampton
September 21, 2024
Former President Donald Trump (Jim WATSON/AFP)
Former President Donald Trump declared in a late Friday screed that women are sicker, poorer and more depressed than they were in 2020, and vowed that once he's re-elected they won't even be "thinking about abortion" they'll be so "happy."
The rant, posted in his signature all-caps style to his Truth Social app just before midnight, proclaimed that women are "poorer" "less healthy," "less safe on the streets," "more depressed" and "less optimistic and confident in the future" than they were when he was in the White House.
The MAGA leader then vowed to "fix all of that" — "fast" — and said American women will finally get a reprieve "at long last" from their "national nightmare."
"WOMEN WILL BE HAPPY, HEALTHY, CONFIDENT AND FREE! YOU WILL NO LONGER BE THINKING ABOUT ABORTION, BECAUSE IT IS NOW WHERE IT ALWAYS HAD TO BE, WITH THE STATES, AND A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE - AND WITH POWERFUL EXCEPTIONS, LIKE THOSE THAT RONALD REAGAN INSISTED ON, FOR RAPE, INCEST, AND THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER - BUT NOT ALLOWING FOR DEMOCRAT DEMANDED LATE TERM ABORTION IN THE 7TH, 8TH, OR 9TH MONTH, OR EVEN EXECUTION OF A BABY AFTER BIRTH," the former president of the United States wrote. " I WILL PROTECT WOMEN AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THEY WILL FINALLY BE HEALTHY, HOPEFUL, SAFE, AND SECURE. THEIR LIVES WILL BE HAPPY, BEAUTIFUL, AND GREAT AGAIN!"
Trump's post comes as he faces relentless attacks from his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, who has made it a point to showcase her support for abortion rights.
“It is immoral,” said Harris of abortion bans implemented after Roe v. Wade was overturned. “Let us agree one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do.”
On Friday, Harris ratcheted up her attacks at a campaign event in Atlanta, holding Trump responsible for the pregnancy-related deaths of two Georgia women, who couldn't access care due to severe restrictions that took effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
“Now we know that at least two women — and those are only the stories we know here in the state of Georgia — died because of a Trump abortion ban,” Harris said. “The reality is, for every story we hear of the suffering under Trump abortion bans, there are so many of the stories we’re not hearing, but where suffering is happening every day in our country.”
Trump hammered for telling 'American women what they will be thinking about' at rally
David McAfee
September 21, 2024
Former US president and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump (AFP)
Donald Trump on Saturday stood on stage and said that American women will be "no longer be thinking about abortion" if he is elected again, and critics didn't hold back.
Trump, who late the night before posted a similar diatribe on his Truth Social platform, took part of his rally over the weekend to talk about how he claims electing him again will fix all the problems that women face. Also during his North Carolina rally, the former president was mocked after he attempted to explain away why he has rejected subsequent debate challenges from the V.P.
Addressing women's issues, Trump said, "Women are poorer than they were four years ago, are less healthy than they were four years ago, are less safe on the streets than they were four years ago..."
Trump added, “Women will be happy, healthy, confident and free. You will no longer be thinking about abortion because it is now where it always had to be, with the states."
Conservative Bill Kristol said in response, "Trump tells American women what they will be thinking about."
Vice President Kamala Harris' rapid response advisor James Singer also chimed in:
"Startling to hear Trump read this out loud," Singer said.
MSNBC host Chris Hayes said, "Trump 2024: Don’t You Worry Your Pretty Little Heads!"
Former Lincoln Project veterans affairs adviser Fred Wellman, an ex-Republican and current Democratic campaign consultant, asked, "What the f--- is this demented old coot even talking about?"
Harris' director of rapid response, Ammar Moussa, said, "This is why Donald Trump doesn’t want to debate again."
David McAfee
September 21, 2024
Former US president and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump (AFP)
Donald Trump on Saturday stood on stage and said that American women will be "no longer be thinking about abortion" if he is elected again, and critics didn't hold back.
Trump, who late the night before posted a similar diatribe on his Truth Social platform, took part of his rally over the weekend to talk about how he claims electing him again will fix all the problems that women face. Also during his North Carolina rally, the former president was mocked after he attempted to explain away why he has rejected subsequent debate challenges from the V.P.
Addressing women's issues, Trump said, "Women are poorer than they were four years ago, are less healthy than they were four years ago, are less safe on the streets than they were four years ago..."
Trump added, “Women will be happy, healthy, confident and free. You will no longer be thinking about abortion because it is now where it always had to be, with the states."
Conservative Bill Kristol said in response, "Trump tells American women what they will be thinking about."
Vice President Kamala Harris' rapid response advisor James Singer also chimed in:
"Startling to hear Trump read this out loud," Singer said.
MSNBC host Chris Hayes said, "Trump 2024: Don’t You Worry Your Pretty Little Heads!"
Former Lincoln Project veterans affairs adviser Fred Wellman, an ex-Republican and current Democratic campaign consultant, asked, "What the f--- is this demented old coot even talking about?"
Harris' director of rapid response, Ammar Moussa, said, "This is why Donald Trump doesn’t want to debate again."
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