Trump is either intensely stupid or he doesn't care about abortion. Likely both.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 1, 2016
For the-can’t-make-this-up-file, Donald Trump has yet another position on abortion, telling CBS’ John Dickerson in an interview set to air on Sunday that the “abortion laws are set. And I think that we have to leave it that way.”
Trump, who calls himself pro-life, to CBS on abortion policy: "the laws are set. and I think we have to leave it that way."
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 1, 2016
Trump has no clue what states rights means in the context of abortion. None.
— Aaron Gardner (@Aaron_RS) April 1, 2016
Trump to John Dickerson: Abortion is murder, but doesn’t think current law on abortion should change https://t.co/Bel9sMVPV0
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) April 1, 2016
Transcript here:
Trump tells @jdickerson that he thinks abortion laws should stay the way they are in interview airing Sunday: pic.twitter.com/NVpqGr1ar9
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) April 1, 2016
Video here:
Donald Trump: "The laws are set now on abortion, that's the way they are going to remain until they're changed." https://t.co/fnYmGDXgZJ
— OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) April 1, 2016
How soon until he clarifies this one?
Trump on Wed: Law should punish women for abortion.
Thurs: Law should punish abortionists.
Fri: Law should stay how it is.
I trust this guy.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 1, 2016
Trump just took his fourth different position on abortion in three days.
Expect a fifth very soon. https://t.co/orE0zyZ869
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) April 1, 2016
Will Trump again "clarify" before program airs?
Vegas books have limited betting on it because it's almost certain. https://t.co/RwKTBwu5sZ— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) April 1, 2016
Trump also had a new excuse for his first answer on abortion where he said he would punish the mother if abortion were made illegal, saying he was “told by some people that was an older line answer and that was an answer that was given on a, you know, basis of an older line from years ago on a very conservative basis”:
Re: his original answer on abortion to @msnbc Trump says he was "told by some ppl that was an older line answer" pic.twitter.com/BrFrxjTZO7
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) April 1, 2016
Exit question: Why wasn’t he prepared for it this time?
I don't understand the mentality of someone going into an interview, knowing a subject will come up, and simply not preparing. It's insane.
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) April 1, 2016
Update. As predicted:
.@realDonaldTrump spox Hope Hicks walks back Trump abortion comments to CBS. Says Trump WILL change law on abortion pic.twitter.com/1oedertZbC
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) April 2, 2016
Within a matter of hours Donald Trimp said abortion should not be outlawed and then his spox says Trump will ban it: https://t.co/as31AuORKI
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) April 2, 2016
Update 2. This is a good point:
But true conservatives believe judges don't make law.
You're making it worse. https://t.co/za0a7Nax5X
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) April 2, 2016
Can't wait for an interviewer to ask him about legislating from the bench. https://t.co/2MgrbaCt85
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) April 2, 2016
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