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Opinion: Trump dangerously misunderstands how voters feel about abortion access
Los Angeles Times ^ | Aug. 19, 2024 11:08 AM PT | Jill Lawrence

Posted on 08/19/2024 12:01:58 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

To say this year’s Republican presidential ticket does not know how to talk to or about women, or figure out what matters to them, would be the understatement of the century. And I sure hope they keep it up.

It’s all mind-boggling, from nominee Donald Trump’s racist, sexist ramblings about Vice President Kamala Harris to the, ah, unusual views of his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, on parenthood. Now the hapless pair are digging in deeper as they try to cope with the post-Roe vs. Wade world — the one brought about by Trump’s Supreme Court appointees and celebrated by Vance.

There are two major obstacles in their path, and they are related. One is the shift of women — specifically white, college-educated, Republican women — away from Trump and the GOP. They’re turned off by their party’s “cultural extremism,” says Mike Madrid, a Sacramento-based never-Trump author, strategist and election data analyst.

The second obstacle is that Trump and Vance are in denial. “I think that abortion has become much less of an issue. I think it’s actually going to be a very small issue,” Trump said at his Mar-a-Lago news conference Aug. 8. “I think the abortion issue has been taken down many notches. I don’t think it’s a big factor anymore.”

Vance went the same route when Fox News host Laura Ingraham told him that according to a “dear friend” of hers, “all these suburban women, all they care about is abortion.” Vance replied: “I don’t buy that, Laura. I think most suburban women care about the normal things that most Americans care about. Right? They care about inflation. They care about the price of groceries. They care about...”

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Humor; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; alarmistheadline; babykiller; babykillingextremist; fakenews; jilllawrence; latimes; latimessedition; prolife; tds
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1 posted on 08/19/2024 12:01:58 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

L A Times? Seriously?


2 posted on 08/19/2024 12:03:30 PM PDT by BigEdLB ( they wont try bcause it wont matter.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m sick hearing about “suburban women “. Remember “soccer moms”?

And why do they think suburban women care about abortion? The ones I know have 3 to 5 kids.


3 posted on 08/19/2024 12:05:37 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Clay Bevis and Cuck Butthead are panty wadded, pearl clutching cowards. Rush deserves better.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why does someone in MA or CA care about how TX does things?

Don’t go there. Move. Whatever.

Allow people to live different lives in different states.


4 posted on 08/19/2024 12:06:39 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Who can’t get one or ten?


5 posted on 08/19/2024 12:08:09 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Worshiping death rituals of killing babies is hardly a platform to hang your hat on. The mere fact that this issue is central to leftist ideology indicates a terrible sickness in the hearts and minds of the American public.

Extremely rare and unfortunate left the stage long ago.

6 posted on 08/19/2024 12:11:47 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So Donald Trump can’t talk about women... But a Cat lady who’s never had a child (I wonder why???) and is the stepmother to a child who has obviously gone bad... Can relate to women???

The abortion question... How many has Kamala had? Will surely come up at some point.


7 posted on 08/19/2024 12:14:10 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Fledermaus

Just because they have kids doesn’t mean they are pro-life. Trust me...I know of quite a few.


8 posted on 08/19/2024 12:14:10 PM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: woweeitsme

LA Times...they know they are losing. Hysteria this AM in the MSM, a level 15.... They know they have a Cackling Curry\Halfrican loser on their hands.


9 posted on 08/19/2024 12:18:28 PM PDT by pburgh01
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The cultists vote.
Also do the Trump is a meanie and Vance hate cat ladies cult.
Thats the problem.

Solution:
Find the reasonable women and make sure they vote.
I’m a man, the subject comes up and I shut up around women.
Maybe I should speak up.


10 posted on 08/19/2024 12:19:26 PM PDT by right way right (“May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope”)
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To: Fledermaus

“And why do they think suburban women care about abortion?”

Because they do.


11 posted on 08/19/2024 12:21:01 PM PDT by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
YOU'RE GOING TO ACCCCEPT THAT ABORTION IS AN ISSUE IN THE ELECTION WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT.
/Jill "Stompy Foot" Lawrence impression
12 posted on 08/19/2024 12:23:50 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: BigEdLB

It’s a left only rag nothing to see move along.


13 posted on 08/19/2024 12:25:51 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The pro abortion crowd dangerously misunderstand what it is and its ultimate consequences.


14 posted on 08/19/2024 12:26:20 PM PDT by xp38
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

She’s right, as I have been saying for a few years now. American women are increasingly immoral and narcissistic - representing a majority in Gen Z and young Millennials. This issue is a 100% loser for the GOP.


15 posted on 08/19/2024 12:26:48 PM PDT by montag813
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Bingo. Abortion is the modern day version of human sacrifice. Pecker puss Pelosi called abortion a sacrament. Republicans can’t believe that Democrats are Satan worshippers. I do.


16 posted on 08/19/2024 12:27:04 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

LAT dangerously misunderstands how people feel about their freedom...


17 posted on 08/19/2024 12:27:56 PM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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Trump dangerously misunderstands how voters feel about abortion access

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No he doesn’t.


18 posted on 08/19/2024 12:28:48 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: DeplorablePaul

I wonder how many abortions Herr Harris has had.


19 posted on 08/19/2024 12:29:34 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

WRONG! Not when it comes to late term abortion. Or after birth abortion. Or about allowing a baby who has been unsuccessfully aborted to die.
Those abortion issues have forced even moderate conservatives to vote against all abortion laws presented by Democrats to be legislation.
Because Democrats will take and take and take until they get abortion on demand.
They really screwed the pooch on abortion.


20 posted on 08/19/2024 12:30:06 PM PDT by ShawnShawntheLeprecaun
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