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© Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.'Everything is at stake' for reproductive rights in 2024, Harris says as Biden-Trump debate nears
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Mr Goodman
Quite simply incorrect because women in the USA have equal rights
In fact when it comes to reproduction women have even more rights than men
2020hindsights
Mr Goodman
Because it's their own body? WTH
2020hindsights
Trump has no actual stand on this. He opened Pandoras box and wants to take credit for it but realizes that reproductive rights are a hot topic that he could lose on. He also doesn't want to alienate his religious base.
wallace
How when some states banned abortions, abortion pills, and IVF?
lincolnman
Trump is going to get slaughtered on a range of issues, but abortion will be the nail in the coffin for his evangelical supporters...the moderator only has to ask:
"Mr Trump, you have previously said the life begins at conception, and your belief in the sanctity of life. Yet you now say abortion should be legal until the 15th week, which in earlier comments you said was "murdering children. Why are you now for killing babies"?
Or "Do you believe the decision by the Alabama Supreme Court stating that a fertilized egg is a person was correct"?
Or "Mike Pence, your VP and a vocal evangelical, has clearly said that all abortions should be illegal with no exceptions - is he right or wrong"?
2020hindsights
Mr Goodman
because women, we don’t get to choose a whole lot, and you at least can choose who you can vote for.”
What does this even mean? Men can't get an abortion, so it's equal?
wallace
Trump supports abortions up to 15 weeks, the abortion pill, and IVF. How does he keep his religious base?
DaDude
Mike Pence is not his VP pick.
lincolnman
Who was Trump's VP during his term - Hannibal Lector?
Pukey2
If her party really cared, they would have done something about it decades ago. Instead, they (and the other side of the same coin, the Republicans) use this as a weapon and bring out this old chestnut whenever it's election year. Then, when the election is over, everything is swept under the carpet and left there until the next election.
marc laden
in this upcoming debate the lef**tists have no guts to face the real issues of US citizens, are facing now. And the world issues.....
So they wants to divert everything to one point.... ABORTION... is this the BIGGIST issue of US voters now????
NO HELL no ..
But the failed Biden white house is joke for 75% of US voters. They wants to hide it..... JUST diverting people's attention to a different issue... that is ABORTION....
It stated with lef***t media starting promoting it...... And poor voters just bite that bate..
Wake up America.. Do not be a slave of this global agenda of anti social propaganda groups. Think freely. How do you live now? are you in a surviving state or better state?
Look how the world is watching our nation.
Do you want a puppet in white house or a strong leader who you can trust.
Talk to each other and learn the from others what do we need to save this nation.
DaDude
This is a discussion about the upcoming election. Also when was there a nationwide abortion ban between 2016 and 2020 because of Mike Pence?
2020hindsights
wallace
He keeps them by not talking about it.
2020hindsights
Pukey2
Decades ago, there was no need: Roe v Wade was the law of the land.
2020hindsights
marc laden
And contraception.
And IVF.
Cards fan
Complete and utter nonsense. Only one party is attempting to take away reproductive rights from women, and that isn't the Democrat party. Only one party openly backs a candidate who wants to make himself dictator, and that also isn't the Democrat party. Enough of this "both sides are the same" drivel.
marc laden
Note and mark my words now about the debate
The coming debate is conducted by CNN.. The number one fake media.. which is run by the Lef*ts
The questions by the moderators will be rigged. Those questions will be given in weeks advance to Biden.......... So that he old brain can prepare the answers. More over the CNN will help his all round.
And the questions will be putting Trump down and hiding real issues... Example+ 50% questions will be like ABORTION etc... The rest about criminal , conviction etc... ( the manipulation already started now in the lef* t media)
You can guess what would be the outcome...
But most of the US voters are now realizing the fake face of lef*tists and their agenda.
See it for real..
Cards fan
Yes. By thinking freely I mean support the candidate the billionaires back. Support the candidate that the billionaires have already donated tens of millions to indoctrinate you into voting against your own interest, so the rich can get bigger tax cuts and you can live hand to mouth.
No one is buying this nonsense. Trump and the GOP doesn't represent mainstream America.
bass4funk
With the exception of a abortion, he won’t.
I’m sure Trump will try and pivot and bring it right back to crime, illegals, borders, fentanyl, Ukraine aid and jobs
Concerned Citizen
The right to slaughter a baby in the womb? No moral right exists, except in extremely rare cases. That's what the law should reflect.
NOMINATION
So much talk about Trump this and Trump that but let's talk about the woman speaking in this article Kamala Harris. How does she represent mainstream America? Please break it down.
kurisupisu
O na that stance, he won’t.
Aly Rustom
The Biden campaign believes that abortion rights can be a galvanizing issue in what is expected to be a close general election.
Because that's all they have to offer.
2020hindsights
Concerned Citizen
If that's your opinion, then don't get an abortion. The majority of Americans don't have this opinion and, hence, should be entitled to reproductive rights.
bass4funk
Here is the thing, Biden asked if he could sit, they told him now, all Trump has to do is just focus on the key issues because Biden will constantly say, convicted felon, J6 and abortion, that’s about it. Let Biden run his mouth like he always does and when it’s his turn, hit him on the issues, because Joe doesn’t have any, Trump beats him on every single on except for abortion
Side step them, bring it back to the issues, Tapper can’t compel him to say anything, he’s a so called leftist moderator, not a presidential candidate
Exactly
2020hindsights
bass4funk
Well, Biden beats him here, after Trump scuttled the bipartisan border bill.
Most people in US support.
Biden has crushed it on jobs. It's not a winner for Trump.
Cards fan
She certainly represents it better than a convicted felon, backed by billionaires like Donald J Trump.
wallace
A fetus only becomes a baby at birth and supports itself with their organs.
"When egg and sperm meet, a zygote is formed and quickly begins dividing to become an embryo. As pregnancy progresses the embryo becomes a fetus. The fetus becomes a neonate or newborn at birth."
bass4funk
No, they have a lot to offer. With the exception of abortion, Trump beats Biden on every other issue.
Ah_so
Taking away women's bodily autonomy is a huge issue. The Christian right has been celebrating this for months and Trump regularly refers to it.
The US is now in the tiny minority of developing countries in the world that don't guarantee a right to an abortion.
lincolnman
Thanks for admitting he'll get killed on abortion...
You mean he'll wimp out and won't answer the question - just like a lot of his supporters here...
Previously you would lecture us all that life began at conception and all abortions were murder....
Then Trump came out and said it's OK to kill babies until the 15th week - and suddenly you go silent...
So I'll ask again, does life begin at conception? Yes or no...
Answer?
NOMINATION
Anybody can say that but break down why she is great for the U.S. and how she represents mainstream USA? Why do people only talk about Trump but know zero about their own candidates except that they aren't Trump?
2020hindsights
bass4funk
Except the border, jobs, crime, unions and healthcare...
Cards fan
Because she's not a felon for one. Biden and her a decent people who haven't spent their lives cheating taxpayers, and stealing from contractors for starters. They're also better on the economy. They're for raising taxes on the rich, and fighting climate change. They're also pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine. I could go on, but I'm sure you get the gist.
Why do you only ask questions?
lincolnman
Here's the thing - Trump's supporters have seen his clear deterioration over the past several months - the forgetting of names, the constant not knowing what city he is in, the 35 second brain freezes, the obsession with "sharks and electricity"....and Hannibal Lector....
They know he is going to go down in flames so the weak pathetic spin and excuses have already started...
Everyone sees it for what it is...MAGA-surrender...
Aly Rustom
Trump doesn't beat Biden on anything. They are both 2 cheeks of the same backside.
bass4funk
That’s about it
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ohio-sheriff-fed-up-with-crime-stemming-from-border-crisis-calls-for-death-penalty-renewal/ar-BB1nWgJo
Not financially
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/04/politics/cnn-poll-ukraine/index.html
Reading leftist newspapers across the pond is not reality.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/latest-polls/president/general-election
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/few-americans-want-u-s-more-involved-in-current-wars-in-ukraine-and-gaza-ap-norc-poll-says
GBR48
Trump's stated position (and that of the Supreme Court) may pull the rug from the Democrats on this issue. It will be a state choice now even if the Democrats win.
Blacklabel
Pandering word salad alert!
so in other words? every male and female.
but really only females as males cannot become pregnant and have abortions.
wallace
Trump beats Biden by being the first convicted ex-president felon and sexual offender.
plasticmonkey
Each candidate will receive the same questions to answer, as well as a chance to retort. I think you'll find Biden can talk about his positions and his accomplishments quite lucidly and logically.
Pathetic excuse-making for Trump ahead of time. No evidence for that. Along with the stupid "jacked-up Joe" nonsense, as if cocaine or Red Bull will somehow immediately turn a person into a genius.
You'll be proven wrong.
Who is this guy anyway?
dagon
Naw just the ones with massive inherited wealth like Trump and the self-affirming fundamentalist ideology that they deserve it because of their god-given grace, non-evident intellect etc etc.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/06/14/these-are-the-billionaires-supporting-trumps-campaign/
Find the billionaires that have supported Sanders, there is the real litmus test.
NOMINATION
and that is the first time you have actually talked about Biden since joining this site years ago. Wow! Go on please. Tell us more reasons why Biden is the greatest POTUS in all of our lifetimes.
Blacklabel
will they really? The same questions?
and based on CNN giving the democrats the questions last time in advance who is to say that isn’t what Biden is taking 10 days off work to practice answering?
Seth Majer
We will all be watching and awaiting your cheapfake comments when Biden is wandering all over the stage looking at ghosts lol
Cards fan
Well, I answered your silly questions. Maybe you should tell us all why should elect a convicted felon?
Concerned Citizen
@Wallace
Biologists: Life begins at conception.
Biologists from 1,058 academic institutions around the world assessed survey items on when a human's life begins and, overall, 96% (5337 out of 5577) affirmed the fertilization view.
Blacklabel
Democrats just have to ensure that Joe doesn’t “freeze”and that some type of somewhat understandable words come out of his mouth at the appropriate times.
The White House can just “walk back” anything weird he said or blame it as “cheap fake” later (no live audience to see it) He just has to show “energy”.
stimulants by definition provide that.
But it also causes the anger and screaming and disorientation we saw last time at State of the Union.
2020hindsights
Concerned Citizen
A fetus only becomes a baby at birth and supports itself with their organs.
Sure. But not personhood. They aren’t babies until they don’t rely upon the mother.
wallace
Concerned Citizen
@Wallace
A fetus only becomes a baby at birth and supports itself with their organs.
But a fetus becomes a baby only at birth.
bass4funk
Lol, yeah…ok
Like what?
I’m sorry, but what?
No, it’s on record.
2020hindsights
Luckily for Biden, he has a good record on inflation. Also, according to recent polls, people in the US feel good about the economy.
Blacklabel
yeah is what you claimed every single other time before I answered.
Blacklabel
It’s like the left doesn’t even read the news:
“Trump says he wouldn’t sign federal abortion ban”
Strangerland
Trump has also said he would sign a federal abortion ban.
Why should we believe Trump, over Trump?
That's the question he's going to have to answer for the independents and women in America.
Starbucks
This one about to close. Well dodged fellas
TaiwanIsNotChina
Say what you will about criminals: they don't require an additional human life to survive.
Blacklabel
The position he will take is that he will not sign a National ban and will leave it up to the states.
been very clear.
V Campbell
Harris is a joke. She ran for president, but dropped out before a single vote was cast in any election. She knew from her polling numbers that NOBODY wanted her near the oval office. Nobody but Biden, it turned out. She was polling at under 1%. Anybody thinking of voting for Biden has to understand that she will be president when he drops over dead. That would be very, very dangerous for the world. China, North Korea, Russia, Iran etc would be ectatic.
bass4funk
The point is, why is their life more valuable than an infant's?
He actually, already did.
“The states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both. And whatever they decide must be the law of the land,” “Now, it’s up to the states to do the right thing.”
-Trump
All he needs to do is to continue to say that, no matter how much Tapper tries to bait him, clarify your stance with this statement and push Jake to move on and let Biden and him and the other liberal media lackeys try to get the guy.
Strangerland
She's entirely more competent than any of the moron acolytes Trump is considering for VP, and let's be clear, we're not sure Trump's dementia will even hold off until the election, much lest passed it.
So really, if we're looking at it that way, it's a comparison of VPs.
Strangerland
Do you think the independents and female voters will be ok with this as an answer to Trump having taken away women's right to abortion?
I'm guessing Biden will win the point on that one, when he tells them he'll work to enshrine their rights, rather than take them away like Trump did.
Strangerland
Also, considering Trump already said he wouldn't take away women's right to abortion, then took it away, what is it you think will convince them that he won't flip-flop on the above claim again, and actually ban it federally with no exceptions?
He's got a bit of a credibility issue you see, so how can he get passed that?
bass4funk
If so, why do liberals and even in her own party give her the lowest marks on likable and favorability score?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3572304-revolving-door-creates-questions-and-complications-for-kamala-harris/
If she can't even keep on staff....
He doesn't, his medical records show his cognitive faculties all intact, and more importantly, Trump said, he is happy and willing to take a cognitive test to prove any doubters, Biden will not.
Huh?? ROFL!
Jimizo
Trump all over the place on this issue.
What a slimy politician-type he is.
Maybe that’s a bit uncharitable of me - it could be in part to his serious mental deterioration. Can’t even remember what US state he is in these days.
bass4funk
Ok, so he doesn't address Crime, the border, illegal immigration, the economy?? Man, Trump will ace this, too easy...
Strangerland
Doesn't really matter, as much as she's more likeable and favorable than Trump's pick for VP.
And she is more likeable and favorable than all of them.
He already can't even remember who gave him the test. But he does know that he correctly identified an elephant on it! He also knows more about electric boat motors and sharks than anyone.
bass4funk
No, the Dems plan is to MAKE him make a mess of the issue, he won't, not this time.
Biden is worse, 50 years of him. time to retire and he shows it.
If Dems are trying to go for that, they will lose all day. I hope they try. They should have listened to James Carville, he's so ticked off at his own party. Listen to the man that got Clinton elected twice, but no.....ROFL
Strangerland
If they are, they learned well from the Republicans smearing Hillary! Good on them!
Which rights has Biden taken away from women?
The problem is, Trump can't remember which day it is...
The thing is, we know you don't see the proof of Trump's severe mental decline in your right-wing MAGA MSM extremist news, but the independents see it.
bass4funk
If Dems don't want her, her own party??? Yeah, it matters.
We don't even know who that is yet.
Maybe for the Marxist crowd, fine.
Ok, now you are trolling again, relax Strange, relax...
Strangerland
Nah, they just have to want her more than Trump and his VP. And considering Trump, and his list of potential VPs, Harris is beloved.
Yes, but we know the band of merry morons he is considering. And they are all incompetent.
Is that what they are telling you on the far-right extremist MSM? Do you think the independents are watching that?
Just because you don't see it in your MAGA MSM doesn't mean the independents won't see it.
wallace
Both Biden and Trump are too old to be president.
bass4funk
Yes.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4459705-democrats-have-a-kamala-harris-problem/
At a certain point, someone of substance within the Democratic Party is going to have to find the courage to say the quiet part out loud regarding Vice President Kamala Harris: Fewer and fewer Democrats want her on the 2024 ticket with Joe Biden or, most especially, as the presidential nominee should Biden drop out of the race.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/12/kamala-harris-favorability-poll-00162093
With voter concern about President Joe Biden’s age haunting his chances of reelection, a new poll shows his next in line, Vice President Kamala Harris, facing serious doubts about her ability to win the presidency herself, or to perform the job well were she to inherit it.
So you know them personally?
Just looking at their policies
https://www.heritage.org/americas/commentary/the-biden-administration-would-rather-align-itself-marxists-pro-western-latin
Heck if I know...
See what? You ok, there?
bass4funk
What Speech?
Yes, we will.
?
Strangerland
Nah, with a two-party system, they just have to hate her less than they hate the other guys.
Yeah, that's why you're going to be surprised when Biden wins in November. And I'm going to say "remember that time I pointed out the fact that Biden was ahead by 11 million and abortion"?
Remember, unlike MAGA, the independents also consume media outside the far-right extremist MSM.
Jimizo
Maybe he doesn’t want to be a one-term president like Jimmy Connors and is better placed than his opponent to stop WW2 breaking out.
Still, he’s too old. Nikki Pelosi could pop around to keep him company.
bass4funk
Ok, now you're not making any sense once again.
With Poll numbers like that??? The only way he can win at this point is if he were to cheat. Trump is crushing him in every swing, and that is very bad for Biden mathematically, not only is Trump exceeding Biden in the States he has to win, but other States that previously were not in play are up now.
They do, so yeah, remember that.
Blacklabel
Biden: “4 more years! Pause.”
was a great speech!
Bob Fosse
As bad as Biden is it’s a choice between a serious politician or a criminal who dances to YMCA and rambles about sharks. Simple choice.
Blacklabel
kamala’s speech was the most informative of them all:
"And so for years we have worked to expand investment in community banks because, you see, community banks specialize in providing loans and financial assistance to small business owners, in particular those in overlooked and underserved communities, including rural communities. And as the name suggests, community banks are in the community," the vice president proclaimed.
Strangerland
Umm...
The former president proclaimed.
bass4funk
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/23/biden-trump-finances-00164566
Now this is seriously bad....
Democrats in recent days largely downplayed Trump’s new financial lead in the same way Trump’s allies had when Biden was running ahead in the money race — saying the president would have enough money to compete.
But privately, several Democratic strategists and donors were reeling.
“There was the strategy of raising all this money on the front end so we could have this huge edge,” said one Biden bundler, granted anonymity to speak candidly. “The whole point of it was to come out with a sizable cash advantage and, you know, we’re now even and it’s June. … I have no other word for it other than ‘depression’ among Biden supporters.”
Another major Biden bundler, also granted anonymity, called the development “disappointing, but not surprising.”
In the 2024 money race, not only was Trump out-raising Biden, but he also had more cash on hand. And Republican megadonors, too, rolled out enormous checks for Trump in recent days, including $50 million from longtime GOP donor Timothy Mellon to a pro-Trump super PAC.
Several Biden donors insisted that they expected — and planned — for Trump to close the gap after he clinched the Republican nomination, comparing it to when Mitt Romney caught up to then-President Barack Obama in fundraising over the summer of 2012. Part of the disparity between the campaigns was that Biden was spending more heavily, building “out an unbelievable campaign structure in battleground states,” while “Trump has done nothing,” said Chip Forrester, co-chair of the Biden-Harris Southern finance committee.
Biden jumping without a parachute.
Strangerland
Good thing Trump banned abortion, or Biden might have something to worry about!
But no amount of campaigning can buy Trump out of that hole. Which is why Biden is ahead by 11 million plus abortion.
bass4funk
Ok, so for the Dems attacks: J6, Convicted felon, sharks, and abortion....., that's all they got! Oh, Trump got this!
I'll go with the felon that puts America first and that will close the border, deport illegals, and lower taxes, I like Food as well.
Strangerland
Well, that and actual policy, a roaring economy with a high consumer confidence index, border legislation blocked by the right, just waiting for a Democrat majority to unlock, and the fact that Trump is also saying things like this:
Cards fan
Easily more informative than Trump's immigrant fight club, or repeatedly bragging about passing a cognitive test.
Go Biden Harris 24!
Strangerland
You and the rest of MAGA will. But that's not enough to win by votes. The only way Trump can "win" in November is if he is more successful at overthrowing the government this time than he was last time Biden trounced him.
Strangerland
This is the Kremlin take on the matter. But they want Trump to be president, so anyone intelligent disregards the Russian take on the matter.
bass4funk
No, he didn't and if Biden says that, I pray that he does, the media will be on that like flies on poo.
Yup!
Democrats in recent days largely downplayed Trump’s new financial lead in the same way Trump’s allies had when Biden was running ahead in the money race — saying the president would have enough money to compete.
But privately, several Democratic strategists and donors were reeling.
“There was the strategy of raising all this money on the front end so we could have this huge edge,” said one Biden bundler, granted anonymity to speak candidly. “The whole point of it was to come out with a sizable cash advantage and, you know, we’re now even and it’s June. … I have no other word for it other than ‘depression’ among Biden supporters.”
He won't need to, just look at the state of affairs. 72% of Americans feel less safe under Joe, so...
With zero verifiable proof, trolling as usual.