In an interview on “Meet the Press,” Trump said he would “sit down with both sides” to work out how to limit abortion access: “Both sides are going to like me.”
DeSantis is campaigning especially heavily in Iowa, the first-in-the-nation GOP caucus state, where Republicans also passed a six-week ban. DeSantis also knocked Trump for his
of Florida’s six-week ban. DeSantis is seeking to appeal to the conservative evangelical voters especially influential in Iowa and highlighted his abortion policies there this weekend.Still, the Florida governor declined to endorse the national 15-week abortion ban some rivals have backed, underscoring how politically fraught the issue remains for Republicans.
The party’s divisions on abortion were on full display at the dinner, a 2024 cattle call event that Trump skipped. Former Arkansas governor, who signed a near-total abortion ban in his state, ridiculed the suggestion from a candidate “not here tonight” that “I’m going to make both sides happy on this issue.”
“You wouldn’t be talking about Donald Trump, would you?” asked the moderator, Faith and Freedom Coalition chairman Ralph Reed.
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