Trump says he will 'never advocate' for contraception restrictions after earlier saying he's 'looking at' them

[RandySF]

Donald Trump insisted in a social media post Tuesday that he has “never, and will never advocate imposing restrictions on birth control or other contraceptives,” after an interview released hours earlier included Trump saying he’s “looking at” restrictions on contraception.

The post came after Trump said in an interview with a local TV station in Pittsburgh that he plans to share a policy on contraception “very shortly,” without providing details.

“We’re looking at that, and I’m going to have a policy on that very shortly and I think it’s something that you’ll find interesting,” Trump told KDKA political analyst Jon Delano when asked if he supported any restrictions on a person’s right to contraception.

KDKA declined to tell POLITICO when the interview was recorded, but the Biden campaign released video of the exchange on Tuesday.



https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/21/trump-contraception-abortion-00159118

[Irish_Dem]

1. He will do or say what his benefactors tell him to do.

[Traildogbob]

2. Up to the states.

His go to.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Unless he sees money or votes in the opposite.

[Traildogbob]

4. His only commitment.

Power and money. Most certainly his go to.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes and he will do anything to get them.

[getagrip_already]

6. He will have his plan out in a week or two.....

Just wait, he will have a plan out!

[DemocraticPatriot]

12. Actually, he DID say that again,

when he said they were 'looking at' birth control...

His word is entirely worthless, so it doesn't matter what policies he claims to support.
If he gets into power, he'll do whatever his most powerful backers want,
and to hell with the rest of us!

[Biophilic]

7. And why are we even trying to pretend to believe trump?

[TSExile]

8. Didn't I just say he always talks out of both sides of his big fat yap?

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At least on this subject? I do believe that he wants to punish women who have had or even considered having abortions, because we all know how much he hates women.

[Freethinker65]

9. Trump will say whatever his current audience wants to hear.

So, it will be up to States for Conservative rally goers with mentions of Governors and AGs from Red States as knowing what's best. For National audiences Trump will hedge and say he feels some access to contraception should be allowed though possibly with restrictions and that he will have the best people study the subject.

Trump doesn't personally give a fuck. Trump just needs donor money and votes. The wealthiest will always have safe options.

[Johonny]

10. Trump says everything. He has no moral conviction

He will tell you whatever you want to hear. He's a conartist.

[Journeyman]

11. Sounds reasonable. When did he ever lie to us? . . .

[Scrivener7]

13. He said he won't. That means he will.

[Metaphorical]

14. Trump is a conman, not a true believer

I suspect he doesn't care one way or another about any of this. He will say what he can to get religious right money.

[dalton99a]

15. The traitor will do whatever it takes to regain power and to stay in power

[tavernier]

16. He won't give a shite one way or the other

once he is elected. Not about him.

[keep_left]

17. Well, if that's true, it means that Trump's in hot water...

...with his radtrad Catholic followers, the same constituency that he's been sucking up to for the last few years. They're already pissed off about Trump's course reversal on banning IVF after the disastrous court ruling in Alabama. For the radtrads (and increasingly, the far-right evangelicals), it's all culture war, all of the time.

[Hekate]

18. Pfft. You and I know he will if it serves him in any way.

[republianmushroom]

19. As the wind blows, so goes trump.