{"id":2354084,"date":"2024-10-12T15:10:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T19:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-gop-lost-the-trust-of-voters-on-abortion-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T15:13:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T19:13:37","slug":"vance-says-gop-lost-the-trust-of-voters-on-abortion-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-gop-lost-the-trust-of-voters-on-abortion-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance says GOP \u2018lost the trust\u2019 of voters on abortion &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fvance-says-gop-lost-the-trust-of-voters-on-abortion-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=2354084&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 \u200dinterview, Senator J.D. Vance articulated \u200dconcerns that the \u2064Republican Party has &#8220;lost the trust&#8221;\u200d of voters regarding abortion access. \u200cHe cited defeats at the state level,\u200c particularly in light of a recent Ohio referendum that \u200caffirmed access to abortion, suggesting that even some pro-life voters expressed a desire for increased abortion options. Vance acknowledged his\u200d previous stance\u2062 favoring a national ban on abortion but indicated that his views\u200c have evolved, now supporting a 15-week ban with exceptions. \u200cHe emphasized the need for\u2062 the GOP to become\u2064 a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-gop-finally-putting-its-money-where-its-mouth-is-with-pro-family-policy\/\" title=\"Is The GOP Finally Putting Its Money Where Its Mouth Is With Pro-Family Policy?\">pro-family party<\/a>&#8221; to regain voter\u200d support, particularly \u2063among women, while advocating for\u200d states to determine their own abortion policies following the Supreme Court&#8217;s overturning \u2064of *Roe \u200bv. Wade*. Vance also addressed past remarks about &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vances-past-backing-of-ivf-contradicts-jennifer-anistons-social-media-criticism-reports-the-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"JD Vance&#039;s past backing of IVF contradicts Jennifer Aniston&#039;s social media criticism, reports the Washington Examiner\">childless cat ladies<\/a>,&#8221; expressing regret for how those comments were interpreted and emphasizing a broader concern\u200d about \u2063societal attitudes towards children.  <\/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\">Vance says GOP &lsquo;lost the trust&rsquo; of voters on abortion<\/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_1778550\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In a new interview,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vance<\/a>&nbsp;claimed that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GOP<\/a>&nbsp;defeats at the state level to limit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortion access<\/a>&nbsp;indicated they &ldquo;lost the trust&rdquo; of the public.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Vance was asked by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/12\/magazine\/jd-vance-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;to respond to comments he made in 2022 that he&rsquo;d &ldquo;like abortion to be illegal nationally.&rdquo; He didn&rsquo;t deny making the comments, though, saying he didn&rsquo;t have &ldquo;the podcast in front of me,&rdquo; but said his views have evolved since then.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When the Supreme Court threw this back primarily to the states, what all Republicans should have learned is when you see people voting, sometimes even people who describe themselves as pro-life, voting for increased access to abortion, the conclusion that we should take from that is we&rsquo;ve lost the trust of the American people,&rdquo; said Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Vance pointed to Ohio&rsquo;s abortion referendum during last year&rsquo;s election when voters approved a constitutional amendment&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ohio-abortion-amendment-election-2023-fe3e06747b616507d8ca21ea26485270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ensuring access to abortion<\/a>&nbsp;as an example.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the proper thing to take from that is we have lost the trust of the American people,&rdquo; said the Ohio senator. &ldquo;When we went out there and campaigned for our position, they instinctively mistrusted us, and we need to get trust back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Vance also reiterated his claims from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">vice presidential debate<\/a> against Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Tim-Walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) that the GOP needs to be the &ldquo;pro-family party&rdquo; as it seeks to win over women voters and convince them to &ldquo;choose life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that we want to be pro-family in the fullest sense of the word. We want to promote more people choosing life,&rdquo; he said when asked about where the Republican ticket stands on abortion. &ldquo;But I think that there has to be a balance here. A balance between states that are making their own abortion policies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance claimed that he had never supported a national abortion ban but would support a 15-week ban. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I did, to be clear, in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate<\/a> campaign, is I endorsed the Lindsey Graham bill that had exceptions, and that would have, after a threshold, I think it was 15 weeks with reasonable exceptions, that&rsquo;s a reasonable place to kind of draw the line,&rdquo; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Repeatedly, Vance stated that he and Trump support leaving abortion access to individual states after the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, a stance that is likely to upset conservative activists who support 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>.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic ticket led by Vice President Kamala Harris has made abortion a key campaign issue that has helped gain the party a lead among women voters, in particular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gen-z\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gen Z<\/a> women.<\/p>\n<p>Vance was also asked about his infamous &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-childless-cat-ladies-comment-taken-out-of-context-and-blown-up-by-democrats-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Vance says \u2018childless cat ladies\u2019 comment taken out of context and blown up by Democrats - Washington Examiner\">childless cat ladies&#038;rdquo<\/a>; comments and how childless women fit into his view of society. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They were dumb comments. I think most people probably have said something dumb, have said something that they wish they had put differently,&rdquo; he first responded. &ldquo;I said it a couple of times in a couple of interviews, and look, I certainly wish that I had said it differently.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance claimed his original remarks were not meant for people who are unable to conceive but as a statement on how the nation &ldquo;has become almost pathologically anti-child.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The senator relayed an anecdotal story about witnessing a black mother who patiently dealt with her c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hildren<\/a>&lsquo;s antics while riding the train to the annoyance of fellow passengers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And that was a moment that stuck with me, and of course I&rsquo;ve had similar experiences riding with my own kids on various modes of public transportation, and again it just sort of hit me like, OK, this is really, really bad,&rdquo; said Vance. &ldquo;I do think that there&rsquo;s this pathological frustration with children that just is a new thing in American society. I think it&rsquo;s very dark.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Vance stated it was &ldquo;deranged&rdquo; and &ldquo;a bizarre way of thinking about the future&rdquo; and that some have said it isn&rsquo;t wise to have children due to fears over the consequences of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, when I&rsquo;ve used this word sociopathic? Like, that, I think, is a very deranged idea: The idea that you shouldn&rsquo;t have a family because of concerns over climate change,&rdquo; said Vance. &ldquo;Doesn&rsquo;t mean you can&rsquo;t worry about climate change, but in the focus on childless cat ladies, we missed the substance of what I said.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Vance declined to criticize Harris, who is a stepmother to her husband&rsquo;s two children, for not having biological children. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everything that I know about Kamala Harris, that I&rsquo;ve learned about Kamala Harris, is that she&rsquo;s got a stepfamily, she&rsquo;s got an extended family, she&rsquo;s a very good stepmother to her stepchildren,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I would never accuse Kamala Harris along these lines.&rdquo; <\/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_1778550\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1778550\"}});<\/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>Vance claims GOP has &#8220;lost the trust&#8221; of voters on abortion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2354085,"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\/10\/Vance-debate-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4310,6203,6521,15469,32076],"class_list":["post-2354084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion","tag-gop","tag-trust","tag-vance","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Vance-debate-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354084","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}