DONALD Trump has aligned his views on abortion to that of former President Ronald Reagan as the Republican presidential candidate spoke at an all-women town hall.
With less than three weeks left before Election Day, Trump and his team are pounding the campaign trail, looking to make strides in critical battleground states that will determine which candidate takes up residence in the White House in January.
Donald Trump, joined by Fox News Channel anchor Harris Faulkner, took questions from an all-women audience at a town hall in Cumming, Georgia, on TuesdayEPA
Trump compared his stance on abortion to that of former President Ronald ReaganEPA
On Tuesday, Trump was joined by Fox News Channel anchor Harris Faulkner at a town hall as he took questions from an all-female audience about issues besetting the nation, including abortion, immigration, and childcare.
The prerecorded town hall, which was held in Cumming, Georgia, about 40 miles north of Atlanta, premiered on Wednesday’s edition of The Faulkner Focus.
Trump, 78, compared his stance on abortion with that of Ronald Reagan but spoke loftily about the 40th president’s policies on family childcare.
The Republican presidential nominee said the issue of abortion has divided the country for over half a century but believes there are exceptions for why a woman could seek to terminate her pregnancy.
“For 52 years, the issue has torn our country apart,” Trump said when asked by a town hall attendee about why the US government is involved in women’s basic rights.
“Every legal scholar, the greats ones, every lawyer, but the Democrats, the Republicans, the liberals, and conservatives, they wanted it brought out of the federal government and brought back to the states for a vote of the people.
“And, like Ronald Reagan, I believe in the exceptions for rape, incest, life of the mother – I strongly believe, you know, you have to follow your heart.”
Trump continued, “Some people don’t. It’s a very small percentage, but you have to follow your heart.
“But you have the exceptions. But with what we were able to do is through really the courage of six Supreme Court justices, we were able to do this after years and years of turmoil.”
When a single mother of two asked Trump what realistic changes he would make to help struggling families with childcare if elected to a second term, the former president brought up the child tax law he signed in 2017.
“I have you the largest tax cuts in the history of our country,” he said before taking a dig at former President Reagan, “Okay, larger than the Reagan cuts. Larger.
“I understand exactly what you’re saying. We’re going to readjust things so that it’s fair to everybody, because it’s really not fair to everybody.
“But we have a lot, and we’re going to we’re going up higher, but we’re also going to readjust because you have to make some readjustments.
“It’s unfair to some people, and we’re not going to have that.”
‘STRONGLY PRO-LIFE’
Trump has repeatedly aligned his views on abortion to that of his former Republican presidential counterpart.
In May 2019, Trump voiced his stance as “strongly Pro-life” but again argued that abortion should be accessible under certain circumstances.
“As most people know, and for those who would like to know, I am strongly Pro-Life, with the three exceptions – Rape, Incest and protecting the Life of the mother – the same position taken by Ronald Reagan,” Trump wrote on X at the time.
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