Posted on 03/30/2016 2:38:02 PM PDT by GIdget2004
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump reversed course Wednesday afternoon, saying he would only seek to punish doctors who perform abortions should the practice become illegal again. The statement came hours after an excerpt of an interview was released in which Trump said women should be punished for having illegal abortions.  "If Congress were to pass legislation making abortion illegal and the federal courts upheld this legislation, or any state were permitted to ban abortion under state and federal law, the doctor or any other person performing this illegal act upon a woman would be held legally responsible, not the woman," Trump said in the afternooon statement. "The woman is a victim in this case as is the life in her womb. My position has not changed — like Ronald Reagan, I am pro-life with exceptions."
The statement directly contradicts comments he made earlier Wednesday, during a town hall interview airing tonight with MSNBC's Chris Matthews.
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Not to be graphic— but what about women who have “late term abortions” and the babies end up in a toilet somewhere.. are they prosecuted?
As far as Hitlary is concerned we know exactly how high she regards abortion.
We are not so sure about The Donald. He tells us one thing and then another, he writes numerous checks to PP and praises them and their work.
Where does he stand on abortion?
We do not really know.
Maybe tomorrow he will call for a Personhood Amendment. And then the next day he will praise Hitlary for her foresight.
Goldwater won the GOP nomination. Dukakis also beat “all the other (primary) candidates”. Same for Mondale. What’s your point?
Currently, Hillary is polling for a very easy win against Trump. (and the demographics of 2016 make 1980 comparisons nonsense).
And it is all about "attack". When he's attacked, he "fights".
Also sent my bud the 1991 video where Trump testifies before Congress on economics and told him...that's the real man....
There is another with Oprah and another where he was testifying about the UN.
He's the only one in the entire bunch who is fighting for a Greater America...the "We the People" rather than "We the Party".
There is no way you can make guesses at the general election at this point— so much is yet to come— like vp picks— like conventions, like debates.. like FBI reports about handling classified material.. etc.. the polls for the general mean less than nothing right now...
Trump went there.
He not only touched the third rail; he jumped up and down on it.
Abortion. That is the one hot button topic you don’t answer.
The Wall; muslim immigration, blah blah blah... These are all things the left hates. But this “women are criminals” remark? No way that will ever die down.
And since he walked it back - whatever support he had with Socons is now gone.
Naw....they just die on the table.
that’s why the republican candidate has to be four times sharper. it’s not fair but it is what it is.
he should have he’s not going to announce a theoretical punishment for a theoretical crime (which right now abortion would be)
I can help save you the time.
NO and NO.
I didn’t see any /s tag.
Yeah right, in your Hillary supporting dreams.
He’s a long time troll... I pegged him way back in 2012. See my profile.
No Trump did not say that. That was the dishonest establishment words.
Although its been told a thousand times before...it never ceases to be funny.
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You got a point. But the very fact that this has been told a thousand DIFFERENT times is telling.
“Death by a thousand paper cuts”. Now a Donald Trump campaign drama.
Either this incident is the final straw - or it will be the thousand other straws Donald has that will do him in. But either way - the GOP-e will now double down on the decision to kick Trump to the curb at the convention.
And as a Socon - I’ll support that.
Oh please, Trump never said the words attributed to him. if your going to push dishonest reporting maybe you should switch parties.
I didn’t report anything. LOL
Cruz giving a well thought out answer:
““Once again Donald Trump has demonstrated that he hasn’t seriously thought through the issues, and he’ll say anything just to get attention. On the important issue of the sanctity of life, what’s far too often neglected is that being pro-life is not only about the unborn child; it’s also about the mother—and creating a culture than respects her and embraces life. Of course, we shouldn’t be talking about punishing women; we should affirm their dignity and the incredible gift they have to bring life into the world.”
So Social Conservatives say that it is wrong for a woman to murder her baby in the womb, but we don’t want to punish her for it? So should we punish any mother who murders one of her children at any time in its life? Think about it!
The Political Correctness culture has invaded our entire culture. The “movement conservatives” are as bad about requiring strict orthodoxy as the “liberals”. Only the orthodoxy changes.
Donald Trump represents what America was like before Political Correctness was introduced into the United States by the Communist Party. (See the Venona Intercepts for documentation on this.) He is discussing these issues in a open manner that is an absolute requirement for a free society.
Now, it seams that only “Trumpers” are aware of this. The Cruzadians and Tediban are stuck on stupid in a Politically Correct world and don’t even recognize it.
Hopefully, there will be enough actual freedom loving Americans who will vote for the non-PC candidate so that the non-PC candidate can attempt to salvage the Republic.
it must be very HARD for your first campaign to be running for the POTUS.
I feel for him when he gets tripped up.
the three federal government question? when he said education he meant getting rid of common core. and health care, he was thinking Obamacare
And you believe the polls saying that? This far out? Do you also have a Unicorn farm?
Look Hillary supporters we know there will be hundreds of bogus pols out to try to trick people into not voting for Trump.
Problem you have is Trump’s America first strikes a survival cord with Americans. No amount of bogus polling push polling hit pieces and vicious dishonest reporting is going to have much effect that you want.
I was in Virginia in 2012 and the Democrats were running one radio ad over and over against Romney. It was a woman lamenting that Romney did not condemn strongly enough the words of that Akins kook about women and rape. “Women just can’t trust Romney” she concluded.
How much easier it will be for rats this year against a trump candidacy. No need to make some BS connection like Romney-Akins. Just pick any of the idiot things that Trump himself has said, starting with “women should be punished”.
Of course with Trump, Virginia won’t even be in play. It will be a dem slamdunk. The dems will instead focus women-directed ads in usually red states, hoping to pick up some Senate seats along with the new EVs.
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