Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) said during an interview over the weekend that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would veto a federal abortion ban if it came across his desk.
Vance made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” when asked about the issue of abortion, which Democrats have turned into one of their top issues heading into the November elections.
Host Kristen Welker asked: “Can you commit, Senator, sitting right here with me today, that if you and Donald Trump are elected that you will not impose a federal ban on abortion?”
“I can absolutely commit that, Kristen,” Vance said. “And Donald Trump has been as clear about that as possible. I think it’s important to step back and say, ‘What has Donald Trump actually said on the abortion question, and how is it different from what Kamala Harris and the Democrats have said?’ Donald Trump wants to end this culture war over this particular topic.”
“Donald Trump’s view is that we want the individual states, and their individual cultures, and their unique political sensibilities to make these decisions because we don’t want to have a nonstop federal conflict over this issue,” he added. “The federal government ought to be focused on getting food prices down, getting housing prices down. Issues, of course, where Kamala Harris has been a total disaster. So I think Donald Trump is right. We want the federal government to focus on these big economic and immigration questions. Let the states figure out their own abortion policies.”
When asked if he would veto a federal abortion ban, Vance said: “I think he would. He’s said that explicitly that he would.”
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