{"id":2333955,"date":"2024-08-29T21:41:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T01:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-hit-vance-for-fundraiser-with-florida-lawmaker-who-helped-pass-abortion-law-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T21:45:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T01:45:18","slug":"democrats-hit-vance-for-fundraiser-with-florida-lawmaker-who-helped-pass-abortion-law-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-hit-vance-for-fundraiser-with-florida-lawmaker-who-helped-pass-abortion-law-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats hit Vance for fundraiser with Florida lawmaker who helped pass abortion law &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fdemocrats-hit-vance-for-fundraiser-with-florida-lawmaker-who-helped-pass-abortion-law-washington-examiner%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=2333955&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>The \u200bDemocratic\u2064 National Committee\u200d (DNC) is criticizing Republican vice presidential nominee \u2064J.D.\u200d Vance \u2064for raising\u200b funds alongside Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, who was instrumental \u200bin passing \u200ca \u2062law that restricts abortions\u2064 after 15 weeks in Florida. This criticism comes\u2062 amidst efforts by Vice\u200b President Kamala\u2063 Harris and other Democrats \u200dto\u200c spotlight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-perfect-ranking-from-planned-parenthood-5-what-to-find-out-about-biden-hhs-nominees-abortion-record\/\" title=\"\u2018A Perfect Ranking From Planned Parenthood\u2019: 5 WHAT TO FIND OUT ABOUT Biden HHS Nominee\u2019s Abortion Record\">reproductive healthcare<\/a> issues\u200b ahead of the upcoming\u2062 election. The DNC argues that Vance&#8217;s association with Simpson \u2062highlights \u200cthe &#8220;anti-choice extremism&#8221; of the Trump-Vance campaign. <\/p>\n<p>Simpson, \u200cwho previously\u2063 led\u2062 Florida&#8217;s Senate and was present \u2062at a high-cost fundraiser with Vance, has voiced\u200c support for restricting abortions, claiming that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientists-lab-creations-of-living-model-embryos-raise-ethics-questions\/\" title=\"Scientists\u2019 Lab Creations Of Living \u2018Model Embryos\u2019 Raise Ethics Questions\">life begins<\/a> at 15 weeks.\u2063 Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump\u200b is trying \u200dto distance\u2064 his campaign\u2064 from certain\u200d conservative agendas, such\u2064 as the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Project 2025 proposals \u2063aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-governor-vetoes-bill-limiting-transgender-surgeries-for-minors\/\" title=\"Arkansas Governor Vetoes Bill Limiting Transgender Surgeries for Minors\">restricting abortion access<\/a>. \u200dThe DNC intends to leverage these issues to counter GOP narratives surrounding reproductive rights as the election approaches.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats attack Vance for fundraising with Florida lawmaker who helped pass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-complains-about-abortion-law-nfl-star-steps-in-and-shuts-her-down-with-lesson-about-simple-biology\/\" title=\"AOC Complains About Abortion Law, NFL Star Steps In and Shuts Her Down with Lesson About \u2018Simple Biology\u2019\">abortion law<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1742018\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Committee<\/a> is criticizing Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) for fundraising with a Florida lawmaker who helped pass the state&rsquo;s abortion law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The attacks coincide with Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign and other Democrats attempting to undermine former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> on the issue of reproductive healthcare before the election as Trump himself announced Thursday he supports providing free access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ivf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>in vitro fertilization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump may be trying to hide his extreme Project 2025 agenda to outlaw abortion in Florida and across the country, but J.D. Vance is making the Trump-Vance ticket&rsquo;s anti-choice extremism clear,&rdquo; DNC spokeswoman Aida Ross told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Trump and Vance&rsquo;s dangerous anti-choice plans may be popular with their out-of-touch donors, but they&rsquo;ll be a clear loser with voters at the ballot box this November.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his campaign have repeatedly distanced themselves from conservative think tank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/heritage-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Heritage Foundation<\/a>&lsquo;s Project 2025 proposals.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida lawmaker is Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, who hosted a roundtable discussion fundraiser with Vance in Dade City on Thursday, tickets for which cost $50,000 per person, according to reports.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One more &mdash; Vance in Florida on Thursday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xug9Ns4olP\">pic.twitter.com\/xug9Ns4olP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teddyschleifer\/status\/1828148579182997774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Simpson was the president of Florida&rsquo;s Senate in 2022 before he became commissioner last year, when the chamber passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-men-are-getting-vasectomies-over-texas-heartbeat-law\/\" title=\"Pro-Abortion Men Are Getting Vasectomies Over Texas\u2019 \u2018Heartbeat\u2019 Law\">law restricting abortions<\/a> after 15 weeks of pregnancy for Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) to sign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s a great day,&rdquo; Simpson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/03\/03\/gop-led-legislature-back-florida-abortion-ban-send-gov-desantis\/9357521002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said at the time<\/a>. &ldquo;After 15 weeks, that is a child. And so the argument is, should you kill a baby after 15 weeks because it was [conceived] under certain circumstances?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Simpson, the Trump campaign, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Committee<\/a> did not respond to the <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Last week&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Convention<\/a> in Chicago underscored the party&rsquo;s desire to retain its strategies regarding abortion that it has adopted since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a> overturned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Roe v. Wade <\/em><\/a>in 2022, undercutting Republicans as &ldquo;extreme&rdquo; for being against the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>During a rally in Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday, Harris recycled a line from her convention address about Republican tactics to curtail abortions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve said it before, and I&rsquo;ll say it again: Simply put, they are out of their minds. Why don&rsquo;t they trust women? We trust women,&rdquo; she told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Almost at the same time during a rally in Potterville, Michigan, Trump told his audience that the &ldquo;government&rdquo; will pay &ldquo;or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for all costs associated with <span class=\"r-b88u0q\"><\/span>IVF<span class=\"r-b88u0q\" style=\"font-weight: 700;\"><\/span>  treatment&rdquo; under his second hypothetical administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want more babies to put it very nicely,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign has scrutinized Trump&rsquo;s promise, claiming the Republican platform passed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>his party&rsquo;s convention<\/a> last month in Milwaukee endorsed &ldquo;fetal personhood,&rdquo; which it says could jeopardize IVF.<\/p>\n<p>Florida&rsquo;s abortion law will be on the state&rsquo;s ballot in two months after activists gathered enough signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment, which would enshrine the process in its declaration of rights.<\/p>\n<p>Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser complained Thursday that Trump told NBC he planned &ldquo;to be voting that we need more than six weeks.&rdquo; In a statement, Dannenfelser wrote that Trump told her earlier in the evening he &ldquo;has not committed to how he will vote on Amendment 4.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump has consistently opposed abortions after five months of pregnancy,&rdquo; Dannenfelser added. &ldquo;Amendment 4 would allow abortion past this point. Voting for Amendment 4 completely undermines his position.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt countered, &ldquo;President Trump has not yet said how he will vote on the ballot initiative in Florida, he simply reiterated that he believes six weeks is too short.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump rankled anti-abortion stakeholders last week after<strong> <\/strong>he told CBS that he would not rely on the&nbsp;Comstock&nbsp;Act&nbsp;to prohibit the postage of&nbsp;abortion&nbsp;pills. Vance then told NBC that Trump would veto a federal ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1742018\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1742018\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To challenge former President Donald Trump on reproductive healthcare issues ahead of the election. Trump recently announced his support for free access to in vitro fertilization. DNC spokeswoman Aida Ross stated, \u201cWhile Donald Trump may be trying to conceal his extreme Project 2025 agenda aimed at banning abortion in Florida and nationwide, J.D. Vance is making it clear that the Trump-Vance ticket embodies anti-choice extremism.\u201d She added that their plans might resonate with disconnected donors but would ultimately alienate voters come November.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida lawmaker in question is Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, who hosted a fundraising roundtable with Vance in Dade City, where tickets were priced at $50,000 each. Simpson previously served as president of Florida\u2019s Senate and was instrumental in passing a law that restricts abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy under Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217;s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Simpson expressed satisfaction with the law at its passage, stating that after 15 weeks, &#8220;that is a child,&#8221; questioning whether it should be permissible to terminate a pregnancy under certain circumstances post-15 weeks. Neither Simpson nor representatives from Trump&#8217;s campaign or the Republican National Committee responded to requests for comments from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>The recent Democratic National Convention highlighted the party&#8217;s commitment to maintaining its abortion strategies following the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, portraying Republicans as extreme for opposing abortion rights. During a rally in Savannah, Georgia, Harris reiterated her stance against Republican efforts to limit abortions by saying they are &#8220;out of their minds&#8221; and questioned why they do not trust women.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously at another rally in Michigan, Trump claimed that under his potential second term as president, either &#8220;the government&#8221; or insurance companies would cover all costs related to IVF treatment because he wants more babies born. The Harris campaign has criticized this promise by pointing out that Trump&#8217;s party platform supports &#8220;fetal personhood,&#8221; which could threaten IVF practices.<\/p>\n<p>In two months&#8217; time, Florida voters will decide on an amendment regarding abortion rights after activists gathered enough signatures for it to appear on the ballot. Marjorie Dannenfelser from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America expressed concern over Trump&#8217;s comments about voting preferences related to Amendment 4 since it could allow abortions beyond five months\u2014contradicting his previous stance against such procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s campaign spokesperson clarified that while he has not disclosed how he will vote on this initiative yet; he believes six weeks is too short for an abortion ban. Recently troubling anti-abortion advocates further were Trump&#8217;s remarks indicating he wouldn&#8217;t use existing laws like the Comstock Act against mailing abortion pills; Vance also mentioned during an interview that Trump would veto any federal ban on abortions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2333956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JD-Vance-Erie-Pennsylvania.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3685,8135,15469],"class_list":["post-2333955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-fundraiser","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JD-Vance-Erie-Pennsylvania.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}