'I got it done': Trump brags about ending Roe v. Wade — and says GOP must 'win elections'
Donald Trump Saturday once again claimed credit for terminating Roe v. Wade while pushing away his party's strict anti-abortion stances and reminding fellow Republicans that the GOP must "win elections."
Trump, who appointed the Supreme Court justices who ultimately eliminated the women's health law once deemed the law of the land, took to his social media network, Truth Social, over the weekend to ride a fine line on abortion. The issue is thought by many analysts to be a weakness for the former president.
"With the long sought termination (52 years!), by everyone, including Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives, Liberals, and virtually all legal scholars and experts, and with the help of six very wise and brave Supreme Court Justices, I was successful in terminating Roe v. Wade - Something which few thought was possible to do!" Trump claimed, without providing evidence of the universal favorability of the action that made abortions nearly impossible to obtain for some.
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Trump continued, claiming that "everyone wanted it to go back to the States, and a VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, and not be in the Federal Government, where it never belonged."
"I GOT IT DONE, and now people are voting all over the USA," the ex-president said. "Some of the votes are more Liberal than would have been thought, but the Vote is the Vote!"
Trump went on to say, "Like Ronald Reagan before me, and 90% of the Republican Party, I BELIEVE IN EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE, INCEST, AND THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER - On that you must follow your heart! But remember, however, Republicans have to WIN ELECTIONS, AND LEAD OUR COUNTRY BACK TO GREATNESS!"
He added, "Russia is today talking WAR with the USA, we are closer than ever before, and only I can solve this dangerous situation!"