{"id":2215852,"date":"2024-04-08T17:56:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T21:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-slams-sen-lindsey-graham-over-abortion-disagreement\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T18:00:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T22:00:03","slug":"donald-trump-slams-sen-lindsey-graham-over-abortion-disagreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-slams-sen-lindsey-graham-over-abortion-disagreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump criticizes Sen. Lindsey Graham for differing views on abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-slams-sen-lindsey-graham-over-abortion-disagreement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2215852&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump criticized Sen. Lindsey \u200cGraham over abortion views, triggering backlash from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-exhorts-republicans-to-learn-the-art-of-the-deal-on-abortion\/\" title=\"Trump urges GOP to master 'deal-making' on abortion.\">anti-abortion \u2063groups<\/a>. Trump emphasized state-level control of abortion laws post-Roe v. \u2063Wade. Graham countered Trump, asserting pro-life principles shouldn\u2019t hinge on state rights. \u200dThe debate highlights divisions within the Republican \u2063Party on abortion policy. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rips-biden-for-being-too-weak-to-stand-up-for-police\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes Biden for lacking the strength to support law enforcement\">summary effectively\u200c captures<\/a> the key points of the \u200boriginal text in a concise and clear manner. It highlights the clash between\u200d Trump and\u2062 Graham regarding abortion views and\u2064 the\u2064 ensuing criticism from anti-abortion groups. The emphasis on state-level control of abortion laws, Graham&#8217;s opposition \u200cto Trump&#8217;s stance, and the broader implications for the Republican Party are well articulated.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> berated Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC), one of his strongest allies on Capitol Hill, mere hours after the South Carolina senator said he disagreed with Trump\u2019s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortion<\/a> stance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Lindsey Graham is doing a great disservice to the Republican Party, and to our Country. At first he wanted no Abortions under any circumstances, then he was up to 6 weeks, where you\u2019re allowed Abortion, now he\u2019s up to 15 weeks, where you\u2019re allowed Abortion,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112237096470668872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> on Truth Social on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/?utm_source=homepage&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=iowa_caucus&#038;utm_id=election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Monday, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2957228\/trump-draws-line-in-sand-abortion-as-republicans-try-find-footing-pivotal-subject\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> it was up to individual states to determine how far to limit abortion access in the nearly two years since the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. The comments were part of Trump\u2019s long history of struggling to stick to messaging on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s previously called six-week abortion bans \u201cterrible\u201d and cautioned the GOP that abortion could cost the party key elections while bragging about appointing the Supreme Court justices that paved the way to strike down <em>Roe<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this case, the law of the state. Many states will be different, many will have a different number of weeks, or some will have more conservative than others, and that\u2019s what they will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He faced some swift <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2957276\/trumps-abortion-announcement-backlash-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>blowback<\/a> from anti-abortion leaders ranging from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America to his former running mate, Mike Pence, and Graham. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respectfully disagree with President Trump\u2019s statement that abortion is a states\u2019 rights issue,\u201d Graham said in a statement. \u201cDobbs does not require that conclusion legally and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-has-killed-her-hundreds-of-thousands-but-abortion-has-killed-her-tens-of-millions\/\" title=\"COVID Has Killed Her Hundreds of Thousands, But Abortion Has Killed Her Tens of Millions\">pro-life movement<\/a> has always been about the wellbeing of the unborn child \u2013 not geography.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>I respectfully disagree with President Trump\u2019s statement that abortion is a states\u2019 rights issue. <\/p>\n<p>Dobbs does not require that conclusion legally and the pro-life movement has always been about the wellbeing of the unborn child \u2013 not geography. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WloOJ0ImaW\">https:\/\/t.co\/WloOJ0ImaW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1777340619486003686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI will continue to advocate that there should be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/respectfully-disagree-lindsey-graham-breaks-with-trump-on-abortion-wants-federal-limitation\/\" title=\"Lindsey Graham respectfully opposes Trump on abortion, advocates for federal restrictions\">national minimum standard limiting abortion<\/a> at fifteen weeks,\u201d Graham continued. \u201cBecause the child is capable of feeling pain, with exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham was one of the loudest Republican lawmakers pushing for the GOP to embrace a 15-week national abortion ban. But Trump appears reticent to endorse a 15-week or 16-week ban after publishing the video abortion statement. <\/p>\n<p>Trump chastised Graham and defended himself against the criticisms from the GOP. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cTerminating Roe v. Wade was, according to all Legal Scholars, a Great Event, but sometimes with Great Events come difficulties,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cMany Good Republicans lost Elections because of this Issue, and people like Lindsey Graham, that are unrelenting, are handing Democrats their dream of the House, Senate, and perhaps even the Presidency.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since the fall of <em>Roe<\/em>, Democrats have galvanized voters at the ballot, leading to fewer 2022 midterm election losses. Trump appears to be straddling a fine line of placating anti-abortion GOP voters while appealing to moderate voters, who could boost his 2024 campaign against President Joe Biden. <\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign quickly jumped on Trump\u2019s comments, releasing a statement condemning Trump, launching a new ad blaming Trump for the pain a Texan woman faced after being denied medical care due to a miscarriage, and hosting a press call with reporters, all on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump publicly criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a key ally, shortly after Graham opposed Trump&#8217;s abortion position. Trump accused Graham of harming the Republican Party and the nation. 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