On Monday, former President Donald Trump sought to distance himself from an unpopular federal ban on abortion, even as he rightly took credit for the fact that more than a dozen states now have severe restrictions on reproductive freedom.
In a video posted on Truth Social, Trump boasted that he was responsible for Roe v. Wade being overturned, even as he appeared defensive about the 2022 Supreme Court decision, falsely asserting that the overturning of a 50-year precedent — enabled by justices he nominated — was “something that all legal scholars wanted and in fact demanded.” He also tossed red meat to his anti-choice supporters, bizarrely claiming that Democrats support "execution after birth."
