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Vice President Kamala Harris wrongly claimed that former President Donald Trump was speaking about “reproductive freedom” when he mentioned that he’ll “shield” girls “whether or not the ladies prefer it or not.” Trump was speaking about unlawful immigration — however, in doing so, he made his personal unsupported claims about criminals from prisons and “insane asylums” being “imported” into the nation.
In Reno, Nevada, on Oct. 31, Harris highlighted Trump’s quote, which he had mentioned the day earlier than. Right here’s how she described it:
Harris, Reno, Nevada, Oct. 31: And on the difficulty of freedom, pay attention, Donald Trump’s not completed. Did anyone hear what he needed to say simply yesterday? And I’ll let you know, it was outrageous.
So, he mentioned on the difficulty of freedom of selection — reproductive freedom — he mentioned that he’ll do what he needs. As a result of, quote, he — that is his perspective, he’ll do it “whether or not the ladies prefer it or not.” “Whether or not the ladies prefer it or not.”
Trump wasn’t talking about reproductive rights when he mentioned that — under no circumstances. As an alternative, he was speaking about unlawful immigration.
In his lead-up to the well-publicized quote, Trump claimed that Harris had “eradicated our sovereign border and unleashed a military of migrant gangs,” which, he mentioned, have been “waging a marketing campaign of violence and terror towards our residents like we’ve by no means suffered earlier than.” The border hasn’t been “eradicated.” Hundreds of thousands have been apprehended making an attempt to cross the border illegally through the Biden administration, and apprehensions have been decrease in July, August and September than within the final three months underneath Trump’s administration, after President Joe Biden carried out emergency insurance policies to limit asylum eligibility.
There have been some high-profile crimes dedicated by immigrants who’re within the nation illegally, however there’s no proof of a wave of what Trump has referred to as “migrant crime” within the present information, experts have said. Violent crime general, and notably murders, additionally has declined over Biden’s time period.
Trump went on to make a model of his frequent, baseless declare that different international locations are sending prisoners and other people in psychological establishments to the U.S. He claimed that Harris “has imported prison migrants from prisons and jails, from insane asylums, and psychological establishments everywhere in the world, from Venezuela to the Congo, together with savage criminals who assault, rape, and homicide our girls and women.”
Immigration specialists, and prison justice specialists in Venezuela, have told us there’s no proof for Trump’s speaking level, and his marketing campaign hasn’t backed it up.
Trump then mentioned his workers had advised him to not say that he would shield girls.
Trump, Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin, Oct. 30: And my individuals advised me — about 4 weeks in the past, I’d say, “No, I need to shield the individuals. I need to shield the ladies of our nation. I need to shield the ladies.” “Sir, please don’t say that.”
“Why?” They mentioned, “We expect it’s, we predict it’s very inappropriate so that you can say.” I mentioned, “Why? I’m president. I need to shield the ladies of our nation.” They mentioned — they mentioned, “Sir, I simply assume it’s inappropriate so that you can say.” I pay these guys some huge cash. Are you able to consider it? And I mentioned, “Effectively, I’m going to do it whether or not the ladies prefer it or not. I’m going to guard them. I’m going to guard them from migrants coming in. I’m going to guard them from international international locations that need to hit us with missiles and many different issues.”
In his speech, he didn’t point out abortion rights.
In her remarks, Harris went on to make some outdated and unsupported claims about Trump’s stances on reproductive points.
She mentioned: “And this isn’t the primary time he has advised us he doesn’t consider girls ought to have authority or company over their very own our bodies. This is similar one who mentioned that ladies must be punished for his or her decisions.” In 2016, Trump mentioned that there must be “some type of punishment” for girls who violate abortion bans, however he retracted the assertion the identical day, saying medical doctors performing abortions must be held accountable, not girls. This 12 months, he said it might be as much as states to resolve if girls must be prosecuted for violating state abortion legal guidelines.
Harris additionally cited Venture 2025. “And we all know that what he has deliberate features a nationwide abortion ban, proscribing entry to contraception, placing IVF therapies in danger, and forcing states to watch girls’s pregnancies. You don’t need to take my phrase for it. Google Venture 2025.”
Some, not all, of that matches what’s in Project 2025, however Trump’s acknowledged positions differ from what Harris mentioned.
Venture 2025, led by the Heritage Basis, is a playbook for a conservative administration. A few of the authors are former Trump Cupboard officers, however Trump has tried to distance himself from the doc.
After all, we don’t know what Trump will do sooner or later, however as we’ve written, Trump throughout this marketing campaign has said he gained’t signal a nationwide abortion ban, a change from his place in 2016, when Trump backed a federal abortion ban after 20 weeks of being pregnant. He says he’s towards restrictions on contraception, and he helps IVF, or in vitro fertilization. Trump has mentioned it’s as much as states to resolve in the event that they need to monitor girls’s pregnancies.
Venture 2025 helps additional curbing abortion entry, together with stopping abortion tablets from being mailed. It requires limiting insurance coverage protection of an emergency contraceptive, not restrictions on typical contraception extra broadly. It doesn’t touch upon IVF, however seems to assist fetal “personhood” legal guidelines, which say that embryos ought to have the identical rights as individuals. That might have an effect on IVF, as a result of leftover embryos from the fertility remedy are sometimes discarded. Lastly, Venture 2025 requires reporting all miscarriages and abortions however doesn’t name for monitoring all pregnancies, as we’ve explained.
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