Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will “protect” women whether they like it or not.
At a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Trump said his “people” told him he didn’t have to say he wanted to “protect the women of our country.” previously prepared on the campaign trail.
“I said, ‘OK, whether the women like it or not, I’m going to do it,'” Trump said. “I will protect them.”
Vice President Kamala Harris and her campaign quickly highlighted X’s comments.
“Donald Trump thinks you should make decisions about what you do with your body,” Harris said said a post. “Whether you like it or not.”
So did Harris campaign spokeswoman Sarafina Chitika he said X Trump “thinks he knows better than American women.”
Reached for comment, Trump campaign spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said: “Harris may be the first female vice president, but she has implemented dangerously liberal policies that leave women financially worse off and less safe than they were four years ago under President Trump. spent
“Women deserve a president who will protect our nation’s borders, keep violent criminals out of our neighborhoods and build an economy that helps our families thrive — and that’s what President Trump will do,” Leavitt said, pointing to the White House’s immigration record. and economics.
Harris focused much of her campaign on protecting and expanding reproductive rights after Roe v. Wade. He often says at rallies that he wants to sign a bill that restores the landmark Supreme Court case protections to law.
Trump’s campaign is trying to win over women voters in a race where polls are showing razor-thin margins in several battleground states.
Trump already faces criticism from Republicans for beingtoo masculine” and for underperforms among female voters in the last survey took a loan Roe v. For Wade’s end, he said he managed to “kill” him and praised the issue of abortion is referred to the states. Trump also said he would not sign a federal abortion ban.
NBC News survey This month showed a large gender gap in voter preferences for the candidates, with women supporting Harris by 14 percentage points and men supporting Trump by 16 points.
The same poll found that voters considered abortion a top motivating issue, with 22% saying it was important enough that they would vote on it alone.