Trump Shifts Abortion Messaging, Angering Both Right and Left
- GOP nominee says he’s ‘great’ for reproductive rights
- As many as 10 states have abortion ballot measures in November
Demonstrators outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 21.
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Donald Trump has said abortion is an issue best left to the states, complained about Republican messaging and avoided mentioning it in a speech accepting his party’s nomination.
The GOP presidential nominee is now taking a new tack: Positioning himself as a leader on women’s reproductive rights, much to the outrage of Democrats — who say the pivot is an insincere ploy to win over voters — and some of his allies who think he’s abandoned them.