Despite his running mate JD Vance saying that Donald Trump would veto a national abortion ban, the former president said tonight he did not discuss it with him.
“Well, I didn’t discuss it with JD, in all fairness. JD — and I don’t mind if he has a certain view, but I think he wasn’t speaking for me,” Trump said. “Look, we don’t have to discuss it, because she’d never be able to get it, just like she couldn’t get student loans.”
On the debate stage, Trump said he is “not a fan” of an abortion ban, but would not explicitly say if he would veto one — rather that it would never get through Congress.
Last month, Vance told “Meet the Press” that Trump would veto a national abortion ban if it hit his desk as president.
“I think it’d be very clear he would not support it,” Vance said. “I mean, if you’re not supporting it, as the President of the United States, you fundamentally have to veto it.”
Pressed again, Vance said, “I think he would, he said that explicitly that he would.”
In April, Trump said he would not sign a federal abortion ban if it passed Congress, but he didn’t explicitly say he would veto one.
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