Vice President Harris’s campaign bashed former President Trump Saturday for having an “online meltdown” after he posted the night before about reproductive rights issues.
The former president claimed in a post on Truth Social that women will not think about abortion if he’s elected, arguing that they are currently worse off than they would be if he wins in November.
“WOMEN ARE POORER THAN THEY WERE FOUR YEARS AGO, ARE LESS HEALTHY THAN THEY WERE FOUR YEARS AGO… AND ARE LESS OPTIMISTIC AND CONFIDENT IN THE FUTURE THAN THEY WERE FOUR YEARS AGO!” Trump wrote Friday.
He argued that if he’s elected, those feelings will be fixed and “YOU WILL NO LONGER BE THINKING ABOUT ABORTION, BECAUSE IT IS NOW WHERE IT ALWAYS HAD TO BE, WITH THE STATES.”
The Harris campaign responded, saying he “snapped,” after the vice president’s recent comments around the issue.
“After Vice President Harris spent the week speaking about the consequences of Trump Abortion Bans and the stakes of this election for women’s lives, Donald Trump snapped — taking to his phone late at night to rant and rave about women,” Harris campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said in a statement. “After ripping away our reproductive freedom, now he’s trying to tell us how to think.”
She added, “Trump thinks he can control women — he’s wrong. He’s terrified that women across the country will vote like our lives and freedoms depend on it, because they do. Women aren’t stupid.”
Trump’s statement Friday night came hours after Harris gave an abortion-focused speech in Georgia, during which she spoke about the pain experienced by women in states with abortion bans and placed the blame for their suffering squarely on Republicans and her GOP rival.
“His online meltdown came just hours after Vice President Harris gave a powerful speech in Georgia about the consequences of extreme Trump Abortion Bans, including women who lost their lives,” the Harris campaign said Saturday. “Clearly, Trump saw and is worried about the power of women in this election.”
She invoked the name of Amber Nicole Thurman, a 28-year-old Georgia woman who died of an infection after a rare complication from taking medication abortion. According to a recent ProPublica report, Thurman waited 20 hours in a suburban Atlanta hospital after seeking medical care for an incomplete abortion before doctors tried to give her the treatment she needed.
Trump meanwhile is in North Carolina for a campaign event Saturday evening. Harris’s campaign also bashed him for his support of North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R), following a bombshell CNN report around the gubernatorial candidate.
Robinson will not be in attendance at the Trump rally.
“In just a few hours, Donald Trump will campaign in North Carolina, where his campaign is standing by Mark Robinson after bombshell reporting uncovered Robinson calling himself a ‘Nazi,’” said the campaign, which quickly posted stories linking the two Republicans after the report was unveiled.
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.