{"id":2336812,"date":"2024-09-04T17:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T21:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-downplays-abortion-impact-on-presidential-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T17:40:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T21:40:47","slug":"ramaswamy-downplays-abortion-impact-on-presidential-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-downplays-abortion-impact-on-presidential-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaswamy downplays abortion impact on presidential race &#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\">20<\/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%2Framaswamy-downplays-abortion-impact-on-presidential-race-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=2336812&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>In a recent statement,\u200b Vivek Ramaswamy, a \u2062former Republican presidential candidate, downplayed the significance of abortion in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-jailed-over-islamist-killing-of-french-catholic-priest-during-mass\/\" title=\"Four Jailed Over Islamist Killing of French Catholic Priest During Mass\">ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">presidential race<\/a><\/a>, declaring it &#8220;not a presidential issue anymore.&#8221; In an interview\u200d with CNN, \u2063he emphasized that following the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in the *Dobbs* case, which overturned \u2063*Roe v. Wade*,\u200d abortion should now be viewed as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ill-get-out-of-jail-as-soon-as-i-can-pro-abortion-activist-in-police-custody-after-spending-over-24-hours-on-top-of-bridge\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019ll Get Out Of Jail As Soon As I Can\u2019: Pro-Abortion Activist In Police Custody After Spending Over 24 Hours On Top Of Bridge\">state-level issue<\/a> rather than a national one.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy, who continues to support Donald Trump, acknowledged Trump&#8217;s handling of the abortion issue and asserted that most\u2062 Republicans agree with the notion\u2064 that \u200bthe matter should be left to the states. He criticized Democrats \u200dfor attempting to make \u2062abortion a central topic in the election discourse, suggesting that they are driving attention toward a topic that he believes has shifted in \u200cits relevance to federal politics. This perspective highlights a broader Republican strategy to localize\u2062 contentious issues,\u2063 aligning with the party&#8217;s focus on states&#8217; rights following \u2064the\u200d *Dobbs* decision.  <\/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\">Ramaswamy downplays abortion impact on presidential race: &lsquo;Not a presidential issue anymore&rsquo;<\/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_1746029\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a> downplayed the role of abortion in the presidential election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ramaswamy, a supporter of Donald Trump even during his own presidential run, has been campaigning for the former president since dropping out. In an interview with CNN, he defended the Republican presidential nominee&rsquo;s treatment of abortion, arguing that the issue rests with the states.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Republican presidential candidate and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy talks to the media at a demonstration near the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;And where I give&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;a lot of credit, this was my position during the presidential campaign as well, is that this is an issue for the states in a post-<em>Dobbs<\/em> world,&rdquo; Ramaswamy said. &ldquo;I think <em>Roe <\/em>was correctly overturned. I think most Republicans agree on that.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is now an issue for the states,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;And I know that Democrats want to make this a core issue. But the reality is it&rsquo;s not a presidential issue anymore. It belongs to the states.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy also hit Vice President Kamala Harris over her claims about Trump&rsquo;s position on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris&nbsp;has wrongly characterized and wrongfully stated &mdash; I think in this case I&rsquo;d call it an outright lie&nbsp;&mdash; saying Donald Trump would sign a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-upset-over-roe-among-the-least-likely-to-vote-in-midterms\/\" title=\"Democrats Upset Over Roe Among the Least Likely to Vote in Midterms\">federal abortion ban<\/a> when he&rsquo;s been clear that he&rsquo;s against a federal position on this issue, and I think voters deserve that kind of clarity,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have looked to remove abortion, an issue on which Democrats poll significantly better, from the national spotlight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new University of Maryland survey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3142743\/voters-swing-states-want-federal-abortion-law-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"found\">found<\/a> that a majority of voters in swing states want a federal ruling regarding abortion, rather than leaving it with the states.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 70% of voters in Arizona, 71% in Michigan, 69% in Pennsylvania, and 73% in Wisconsin favor a federal law regarding abortion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1746029\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1746029\"}});<\/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>Vivek Ramaswamy, a former Republican presidential candidate, has minimized the significance of abortion in the upcoming presidential election, stating that it is &#8220;not a presidential issue anymore.&#8221; Ramaswamy, who has continued to support Donald Trump after exiting the race himself, expressed his views during a CNN interview. He argued that abortion should be managed at the state level following the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization. &#8220;I believe Roe was rightly overturned and most Republicans share this view,&#8221; he said. He criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for misrepresenting Trump&#8217;s stance on federal abortion legislation, asserting that Trump has consistently opposed a federal ban on abortion and voters deserve accurate information on this matter. Meanwhile, Republicans are attempting to shift focus away from abortion\u2014an area where Democrats generally perform better in polls\u2014as recent data from the University of Maryland indicates that many voters in key swing states prefer a federal ruling on abortion rather than leaving it to individual states<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2336813,"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\/09\/Vivek-Ramaswamy.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4310,36345,32378,18538,32076],"class_list":["post-2336812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion","tag-political-impact","tag-presidential-race","tag-ramaswamy","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Vivek-Ramaswamy.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336812","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}