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Melania Trump publicly endorsed abortion rights, directly contradicting the anti-abortion posture Donald Trump has spent the campaign trying to sell to the GOP base. The timing mattered: it landed as Republicans were still trying to quiet the backlash from years of Roe-driven politics, and it handed Democrats a fresh way to argue that Trump’s abortion message is all over the map.
Why it matters: Abortion contradiction
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Melania Trump publicly endorsed abortion rights, directly contradicting the anti-abortion posture Donald Trump has spent the campaign trying to sell to the GOP base. The timing mattered: it landed as Republicans were still trying to quiet the backlash from years of Roe-driven politics, and it handed Democrats a fresh way to argue that Trump’s abortion message is all over the map.
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