It bothered me when Trump said that about his sister, but I seriously doubt he’d really consider appointing or nominating family to key positions. Here’s why: in a recent interview (Jesse Watters?) he was asked if he’d appoint children to cabinet positions and after saying how great they would be, he said (paraphrasing): “but no, I wouldn’t do that, it wouldn’t look right”. He repeated it several times, so I think he gets it that appointing family like JFK did, would be inappropriate. In that context, I can chalk up any positive comments about his sister’s qualifications as kind words in the interest of maintaining good family relations - a lot of people would have said the same, I think!
Also, I’ve seen his interviews from years ago when he was pro choice - even then he went out of his way to say it was because at the time he thought it was a woman’s right - but that he hated abortion itself. Since then he says he has ‘evolved’ due to witnessing people that he is close to facing that decision, and learning more about when life begins. I think he’s in good company on that score too.
I do agree that the scotus question is a question that should have been asked in the debates!
RE: It bothered me when Trump said that about his sister, but I seriously doubt he’d really consider appointing or nominating family to key positions.
I’m not talking about a family member, I’m more concerned with someone who is LIKE his sister.
The Donald, suddenly, after a lifetime as a pro-abort, discovered that he wanted to run as a "Republican" for POTUS. That ambition is not available to open pro-aborts in the GOP however much the GOP-E may fervently wish it were.
What to do, given that The Donald was on record as favoring even partial birth abortion? The Donald constructed a useful fantasy to feed to zombies who might support him and yet, inexplicably, were "PRO-LIFERS" and generally outside his personal acquaintance or experience.
The Donald spun a tale that he suddenly realized that he had been wrong on abortion while bouncing the REALLY AMAZING infant of a friend in his lap. Surely this REALLY AMAZING child ought not to have been aborted and thankfully was not. This would not survive unless the lamestream media were determined that this vulgar buffoon be the GOP nominee. The lamestream media IS his Superpac and no fundraisers are necessary. If and when he has secured the GOP nomination, that will change dramatically. See the 2012 campaign experience of Romney, Moral Monster Mitt.
Media with integrity wuld ask:
a) Mr. Trump, did you ever hold your own infants in your lap? Most were born before you expressed your commitment to Partial Birth Abortion and described yourself as being as "pro-choice" as anyone in the USA.
b) Or were your own kids not REALLY AMAZING? What made, makes them inferior to that REALLY AMAZING infant responsible for converting you?
c) Do kids who are just ordinary and not REALLY AMAZING also deserve to live? If not, why not?