In Iowa, Donald Trump says GOP needs to find the right abortion message to win in 2024
DUBUQUE, Iowa Former Republican president Donald Trump took credit for ending Roe v. Wade while campaigning in Iowa Wednesday, but he cautioned that Republicans can’t win in 2024 unless they “learn how to properly talk about abortion.”
“You have to follow your heart. You can t do it for just the election,” he said at a campaign event in Dubuque. “But you have to follow your heart. At the same time, you have to win elections, otherwise, we ll be back where we were.”
He reiterated his belief that abortion hindered Republicans’ chances in 2022 comments that have rankled some Iowa faith leaders.
“This issue cost us unnecessarily but dearly in the midterms,” he said. “It cost us dearly, really, and unnecessarily.”
His visit comes after he gave a controversial interview to NBC’s Meet The Press, where he criticized Florida’s six-week abortion ban as “a terrible mistake.” That law closely mirrors Iowa’s six-week abortion law, which Republicans have cheered.
The comments have frustrated prominent conservatives, including Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, who posted to social media Tuesday that It s never a terrible thing to protect innocent life.”
via www.msn.com
Trump is trying for the independent vote. He may be a wanna be autocrat of some sort, but he’s not an ideologue.