That statement is NOT gonna get her support from the anti-Abortion people in her party….
She correctly points to the reality that such a move would not work in Washington with the majority of the American public against such a move….
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Sunday that a Republican president could not institute a national abortion ban because lawmakers are so closely divided on the issue.
“For a national standard, I think we have to tell the American people the truth. In order to do a national standard, you’d have to have a majority of the House, 60 Senate votes, and a president. We haven’t had 60 pro-life senators in 100 years,” Haley told moderator Margeret Brennan on CBS’s “Face The Nation.”
“So the idea that a Republican president could ban all abortions is not being honest with the American people, any more than a Democrat president could ban these pro-life laws in the states,” Haley added. “So let’s be honest with the American people and say, ‘Let’s find national consensus.’ ”
When Brennan noted that Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who is laying the groundwork for a 2024 presidential campaign, said that he would sign a 20-week national abortion ban, Haley stressed that a ban would continue to divide lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
“I’m not gonna lie to the American people. Nothing’s gonna happen if we don’t get 60 votes in the Senate. We’re not even close to that on the Republican or the Democrat side….