That while Donald Trump sits in a New York City Courtroom in a criminal trial…..
A range of Democrats have responded by reminding voters that Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade, paving the way for strict abortion bans in many states. Biden has chimed in, too, using remarks and ads to pin the fallout from the Supreme Court’s decision on Trump.
Democrats — who have seen the abortion issue mobilize voters in ways that have delivered victories in deeply Republican states such as Kentucky, Kansas and Ohio — are pushing to elevate the issue in other conservative-leaning states in hopes of putting Trump and his fellow Republicans on defense.
“We take Florida very seriously. The idea that Donald Trump has the state in the bag could not be further from the truth,” Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler told reporters Monday. “He owns not only the state of abortion rights across the country, but he owns the restriction that we’re seeing play out in Florida. So, yes, that means there’s an opportunity for us.”
Earlier this month, the Florida Supreme Court approved a state law that would restrict most abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy….
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