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© 2024 AFPHarris slams Trump for hypocrisy on abortion as U.S. starts voting
By Mandel Ngan and Danny Kemp i ATLANTA/WASHINGTON©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Yrral
Wait until the women's Trump paid for abortion come out
PTownsend
Dangerous tropes have long been used by extreme rightists. That's how they communicate with each other, but reasonable people see through their dangerous rhetoric.
dagon
Trump wasn't lying when he said he can basically say or do anything and the base laps it up.
" You know that thing you did to Jesus- bad very bad- But not half as bad as if you vote for Kamala. "
TaiwanIsNotChina
He brings anti-semitism to an anti-semitism event. An interesting choice.
Tamarama
Honestly, why must the rest of us constantly have to see a blow by blow of everything the US presidential candidates say, think, or do through this process?
It's just not that important or interesting to the rest of us.
Is the Japan Today readership so predominantly American that we need to endure this level of coverage?
I get the kind of morbid media fascination of watching the slow train wreck of an influential country in a social and political decline, whereby a genuine moron of a human is backed by millions of his countrymen for the top job, and what that ultimately says about the State of the US. I get that. But come on.
Living in Japan is the antipathy of life in the US. Living amongst the Japanese is the antipathy of spending time around Americans. Feed us more World news and less Dog and Pony show nonsense from the US please.
Underworld
Abortion bans are hardly pro-life.
dagon
I think you mean 'antithesis' but I get your point. But American politics gets hundreds of clicks and comment data.
The ones about a flood in Bangladesh zero.
That's American showmanship.
bass4funk
As does the Trump haters, the Marxists steals Trump’s idea on “no taxing tips” and now uses it as a campaign push, and her base believe it. Never met or known a Dem or liberal that didn’t love or voted for a tax hike.
Hmmmm
Peter Neil
well, vance did say he’d make up any story to get elected.
came right out and said it. and the faithful lap it up. yeehaw.
Blacklabel
Yeah this was the speech from the ballroom at Cobb Energy, max capacity: 650.
it was just a bunch of shrill screaming about abortion to an uninterested crowd who wanted to hear about the economy and immigration.
she’s really down since the twerker and rapper crowds.
Alfie Noakes
The target audience now appears to be Americans living in the US, not other nationalities living in Japan. As long as the real estate sales companies are prepared to pay for advertising that will continue, one imagines. You just have to skip all the AP propaganda and the posts from people who think Harris is a Marxist.
dagon
It is like a caveman trying to understand dialectical materialism.
In Marxism the shop would be a worker cooperative.
Trump's throwing out all these economic populist ideas is pure distraction.
Just like his health care plan, 'concepts of plans'.
Like before the only thing guaranteed is a massive tax cut for corporations and the investor class.
Bob Fosse
You just be quite the conversationalist. Everyone you meet gets the same 2 questions; Are you a liberal? Do you love tax hikes?
ulysses
Sir point on as usual, but what about Trotskyists , are they also stealing Donald’s socialist ideas!!!
Me too sir, I’ve never met a Dem or liberal in my life, I wonder how they look like!!!
ulysses
That’s the mark of a billionaire sir, crowd sizes. I heard donald had a million cats attending his rally !!!
They want to hear about windmills, electrocuted sharks and hannibal, that’s what America cares about!!!
Deeply insightful sir, true mark of a billionaire!!!
bass4funk
True.
As a California native, that’s about right
Bob Fosse
Who was President when you last visited there? Bush? How many Dems did you ask? All of them?
Aside from the obviously unbelievable nature of your claim, I’m sure there are quite a few Democratic voters who do not love paying more taxes. Probably most of them I’d wager.
Bob Fosse
Any more Nate Silver polls today?
theFu
The last thing the US needs is for old white men to decide what a woman 40-50+ yrs younger should do with her body and her life.
No woman chooses an abortion without lots and lots of thought. But it needs to be their choice.
Now, if these old white men want to care for the mother during and for a few months after the forced pregnancy AND raise the child as their own - every time - fantastic. That's also a viable choice for the woman to consider. Again, it must be her choice.
wallace
Women like men should have the right to have full control over their bodies.
The Ripper!
They do, in the US.
wallace
The Ripper!
Women like men should have the right to have full control over their bodies.
Can a woman have an abortion in all of the 50 states?
https://www.abortionfinder.org/abortion-guides-by-state
Coulda been
@Tamarama 7.04a.m.
Absolutely correct. It only acts as a forum for the usual love/hate comments of regular posters.
sunfunbun
I understand the frustration. It gets old for me, as well.
But, America, for better or worse, influences the world on a level no other country does.
Since Trump became a candidate and president, one can see how the conservative and silliness of lies pervades in other countries like England and Japan, as well. Actually, American policy is omnipresent in its influence world wide. England obviously with conservative run Brexit and Johnson, both huge mistakes.
Japan, with its economy teetering more than people who live in Japan believe, but the constant drop of yen is directly related to flaws in the Japanese work system, and unhappiness of the people in an overly conservative society that admires American influence of films, streaming, and media from abroad, which, I would assume you are a part of. And then you have entertainment here in Disneyland/sea, Universal entertainment, etc., which influence the Japanese greatly.
To dismiss America because one lives in Japan doesn't see a broad picture of the world, imo. Most everything that occurs in english particularly, is influenced by things that begin in the USA from social media, you have twitter to X, IG, etc., to entertainers to sports(Ohtani is a huge thing for Japan, and this is because of his impact in an American sports league) to politics.
The US election articles dominate for hits and it does get the most hits as a subject, and it's not even close.
I would advise you to just skip all the American political articles on the election, because it's the biggest issue on JT, by far.
justasking
All deaths from abortion ban is Trump’s doing.
Underworld
The Ripper!
Women like men should have the right to have full control over their bodies.
Not in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin or Wyoming they don't.
The Ripper!
Yes they do, and if you check a map, you'll see those states are in the US.
Oh, not from the US I see.
Not relevant.
wallace
The Ripper!
Glad you agree women are not free to have an abortion in any of the 50 states.
funkymofo
‘Yes they do, and if you check a map, you'll see those states are in the US.’
Remarkable self own.
bass4funk
Any more Nate Silver polls today?
https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/1835817374450168219
wallace
Harris will have a landslide victory.
bass4funk
They can in the states that are permitted, the same with the States that made the decision to do partial ban on abortions, everyone gets what they want and no one gets everything they want, everyone gets a say, that is democracy.
Bob Fosse
Bit more recent one Bass.
https://www.newsweek.com/nate-silver-issues-good-news-electoral-college-donald-trump-election-1956228
bass4funk
Doubt it.
FizzBit
Should they be saying ban? It’s up to the Sates right?
on a side note, can we be expecting an AP or AFP or any MSM corporate news to research and explains who’s running the country now?
wallace
bass4funk
Can a woman have an abortion in all of the 50 states?
How many states banning abortion had ballots? Those that did lost the ballot.
Ballot Tracker:
Status of Abortion-Related State Constitutional Amendment Measures for the 2024 Election
Last updated on August 23, 2024
https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/dashboard/ballot-tracker-status-of-abortion-related-state-constitutional-amendment-measures/
plasticmonkey
You’ve been misled, my friend:
*Leading Report** is an American fake news website and Twitter account that describes itself as a "leading source for breaking news". It is known for promoting misinformation and conspiracy theories, including about United States politics and COVID-19.*
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_Report#:~:text=Leading%20Report%20is%20an%20American,February%202023
Blacklabel
Harris husband just took a dump all over Joe Biden saying everything that happened was Biden fault only and Kamala has no responsibility for any of it cause she wasn’t “president”.
elect her and she will implement “her” policies! He says.
bass4funk
Then go to the ones that allow it. it's the US not Saudi Arabia, go where you want.
Underworld
bass4funk
Can a woman have an abortion in all of the 50 states?
Nope. The majority of Americans (Republicans and Democrats) want abortion to be legal and the equivalent of Roe v Wade.
Abortion-related ballot initiatives were on the ballot in seven states in 2022 and 2023—and in all seven states, voters sided in favor of abortion rights.
Guess what? Abortion is on the ballot in 10 states this November, including Arizona, Nevada and Florida. Expect increased turnout in these states that could affect the presidential election.
That is democracy.
bass4funk
Interesting, you site Wiki...
https://usingsources.fas.harvard.edu/what%E2%80%99s-wrong-wikipedia
Underworld
FizzBit
Yes. Banned by many states.
Joe Biden is running the country.
Bob Fosse
Interesting you don’t cite Nate Silver. I did.
bass4funk
You took a poll? You yourself? Yes or No?
They can do that, go for it. It will always be a States issue, thank God.
Again, go for it.
Since it is not the top issue to most Americans, don't see a problem with it being on the ballot
lincolnman
Go Donald! Keep that string of insulting the people you want to vote for you going!
Tell Black voters their candidate "isn't Black"....
Tell Union members Musk was "brilliant" for firing his striking workers...
Now insult Jewish voters by telling them they're to blame if you lose - not your FLIP-FLOP on abortion or your insane fairy tale about stolen pets...
Kamala is showing a real talent for "twisting the knife"...I didn't know she could be so ruthless - but when your opponent is a lying, anti-democratic, convicted felon, you have to get tough - good for her...
The questions that makes every MAGA-minion melt down in a pool of orange goo - "Does life begin at conception?" "Isn't Trump's support of a 15 week ban "killing babies?" Why has Trump copied Harris' and the DNC's abortion policy word for word when he says he will "be great for women's reproductive rights?"
The dog that caught the car allegory couldn't be any stronger...Repubs repealed Roe vs Wade and now they're stuck with the consequences - those consequences being they own it - and no amount of squirming and equivocating will change that...
plasticmonkey
Except red states like Texas that want to prosecute women for going out of state for an abortion.
lincolnman
Amazing how far down the far-right cesspool fairy tale bubble some posters will go...it's pitiful and funny at the same time...
Better than electing Trump and implementing Putin's policies...
Bob Fosse
Historically, the choice of the vice president makes no difference. You're voting for the president.
wallace
A woman should be able to have an abortion in every state. That is the Harris message.
bass4funk
Yeah, anyone that believes that they have been smoking a little too much green again.
Every state should be able to block abortion then if you say that.
wallace
That should be on the ballot and every time it was it lost. Six states I believe.
Let the voters decide not the state government.
bass4funk
Biden told Blacks that they are NOT Black if they don't vote for him.
Shouldn't Union members be allowed to vote for the candidate they support regardless of what the Union leaders want?
Coming from the party that supports Hamas and is absolutely silence when Jewish students get attacked and do or say nothing and then tells Israel that it basically doesn't have the right to defend itself.
https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1836961049326563573
Watching this was as well, really!
bass4funk
But if you make it a Federal law then that is exactly what you are doing!! You ARE allowing the government to make a say, that should not be, EVER! The States will decide the way it should be, let the voters have a say, and keep the Federal government out of this.
Anyway, killing babies doesn't put food on the table and Kamala still won't answer the question about jobs, the economy, fracking, the border, illegals...
wallace
bass4funk
why are you so afraid to have abortion on the ballot including in Texas?
bass4funk
I am absolutely not afraid, but in Texas most people are against abortion, and that is ok, they are allowed to not want, like, or accept it. You can drive to a neighboring state that allows it and get the procedure done, not that hard.
Concerned Citizen
Baby deaths due to abortions in the US in 2015: 650,000.
wallace
Every state should have a ballot on abortion. Simple.
wallace
The fetus only becomes a baby at birth.
bass4funk
I don't care if we have it on the ballot in Texas or not, and I assure you, most Texans are worried about more serious issues and the economy is by far the most concerning issue for us, and the majority of states overall.
bass4funk
Living cells that will become a human, living as in Life.
Bob Fosse
There is a movement in Texas to put this on the ballot in November. Prosecuting women who travel out of state for abortions.
wallace
Poll: One year after SB 8, Texans express strong support for abortion rights
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/01/1120472842/poll-one-year-after-sb-8-texans-express-strong-support-for-abortion-rights
78% of Texas voters think abortion should be allowed in some form, UT poll shows
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/04/texas-abortion-ut-poll/
bass4funk
if that is what they want, so be it. I don't mind or care.
Again, it will not be the main issue for Texans.
The economy is 63.6%
Abortion is 3%
But yea, they want to put in on the ballot, go right ahead.
DaDude
Perhaps people should be blaming the pills that they want everybody to have.
Bob Fosse
10 minutes ago: “You can drive to a neighboring state that allows it and get the procedure done, not that hard.”
Stand corrected?
Bob Fosse
I can’t find these statistics. Where did you find them?
bass4funk
I don't care either way.
The Texas Tribune
Bob Fosse
Maybe the article was deleted. It doesn’t seem to exist.
bass4funk
Shouldn't be. If I can find it, you can as well.
Bob Fosse
Could you link to it? Was it only the Texas Tribune that had the 63.6% and 3% stats or are they available elesewhere?