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appalachiablue

(41,131 posts)
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:09 AM Jan 2020

Trump To Attend Anti-Abortion March For Life In A Presidential First

Source: CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump will attend Friday's March for Life, an annual anti-abortion event in Washington, he announced on Twitter. "See you on Friday...Big Crowd!" Trump tweeted Wednesday, sharing a video from last year's march.

Trump will be the first president to attend the march, according to Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life. Trump was also the first president to speak at the march via video feed when he addressed participants in the 2018 march.

The administration has consistently worked to regulate or restrict abortion access since Trump assumed office. His expected attendance at the march comes on the heels of his return from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and as the Senate impeachment trial into his conduct regarding Ukraine is underway.

Mancini said in a statement Wednesday that March for Life is "deeply honored" to welcome Trump to the group's 47th annual march. "He will be the first president in history to attend and we are so excited for him to experience in person how passionate our marchers are about life and protecting the unborn," she said. A press release for the march says Trump will speak at the event...

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/politics/trump-march-for-life/index.html

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Trump To Attend Anti-Abortion March For Life In A Presidential First (Original Post) appalachiablue Jan 2020 OP
one doubts he cares about abortion or any right wing issue really, just attention and publicity nt msongs Jan 2020 #1
Trump again proves he's against women sakabatou Jan 2020 #2
I have no doubt he is trying to find a pro-slavery march to attend as well. nt DURHAM D Jan 2020 #3
I bet! Newest Reality Jan 2020 #9
Key words being "big crowd" dflprincess Jan 2020 #4
Someone is getting nervous about losing support. BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #5
Yeah not fooled Jan 2020 #12
This. JudyM Jan 2020 #29
How many abortions MFM008 Jan 2020 #6
Hmmm, I'm gonna go ahead and guess that it was more than one. Marie Marie Jan 2020 #7
and hypocrites. Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2020 #14
+1 Botany Jan 2020 #24
He wanted to abort Tiffany. -Howard Stern show. dewsgirl Jan 2020 #27
There is little question. . . Collimator Jan 2020 #35
He desperately needs the votes of these backward religious hypocrites. SunSeeker Jan 2020 #8
the fascist bastard who likes keeping kids in cages Skittles Jan 2020 #10
+1 Mersky Jan 2020 #20
Let him do it. He'll lose that many more votes kysrsoze Jan 2020 #11
How many abortions would you guess he's paid for? n/t Mister Ed Jan 2020 #13
Now's the time for these women to come forward LiberalLovinLug Jan 2020 #33
Anti abortion is used for fundraising and a fake passion to impress others how wonderful they are. katmondoo Jan 2020 #15
Hypocrites. sprinkleeninow Jan 2020 #16
Smells like desperation to me. herding cats Jan 2020 #17
Good. Scruffy1 Jan 2020 #18
I bet that smirking kid will be back and Trump will have him on stage dustyscamp Jan 2020 #19
If only there was a receipt from a clinic in his name. JohnnyRingo Jan 2020 #21
And a personal first for him also. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #22
Most, if not all, of these so-called "pro-lifers" are enthusiastic death penalty supporters Jake Stern Jan 2020 #23
March? With those wobbly knees? bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #25
....🤞🤞🤞 dewsgirl Jan 2020 #28
Protect the unborn with pollution and poverty bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #26
Plus they oppose... Wuddles440 Jan 2020 #31
Would you push her down the stairs if it happened dalton99a Jan 2020 #30
Translation? bluestarone Jan 2020 #32
"Deeply Honored"????? Linda Ed Jan 2020 #34
I really doubt he will march Ohiogal Jan 2020 #36
Later he went to an assembly of cannibals Wolf Frankula Jan 2020 #37

BigmanPigman

(51,585 posts)
5. Someone is getting nervous about losing support.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:13 AM
Jan 2020

I wonder how many little tRumpers he fathered and were aborted. I wonder how many abortions his kids and wife have had. I wish his own mother had one.

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
35. There is little question. . .
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 04:16 PM
Jan 2020

. . . that Trump is of the mind set that would pay to be rid of an inconvenient pregnancy at the drop of a hat. I have not heard of any proof of such choice, but it is entirely in keeping with his personality--and that of any number of public figures who rail against abortion rights.

When I was active in Youth For Christ, two fellow young Christians had abortions. One young man, who was considered a role model and a natural leader in our group, took his girlfriend to have two.

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
8. He desperately needs the votes of these backward religious hypocrites.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:20 AM
Jan 2020

And they need him to end legal abortion. A match made in Hell.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,173 posts)
33. Now's the time for these women to come forward
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 02:39 PM
Jan 2020

It would be difficult. But that would sure put a downer on that event if a few of them spoke up now.

sprinkleeninow

(20,237 posts)
16. Hypocrites.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:53 AM
Jan 2020

"...how passionate our marchers are about life and protecting the unborn," she said."

That don't compute/match.

Caged children ain't life evidently.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
17. Smells like desperation to me.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 01:37 AM
Jan 2020

Pander, oh Orange One. You're going to have to spend a lot of time begging this cycle.

Meanwhile, you're alienating even more women (and energizing them to vote) in the process.

Scruffy1

(3,256 posts)
18. Good.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 01:49 AM
Jan 2020

These assholes will forever be branded with the red T. They are really just of bunch of racists hiding behind "pro life" when it became unacceptable to wear a white sheet. They are small in number and crazy and get way too much attention from our media and politicians.

JohnnyRingo

(18,628 posts)
21. If only there was a receipt from a clinic in his name.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 03:06 AM
Jan 2020

We know he'd stick the woman with the bill anyway.
All part of getting stiffed by Donald Trump.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
23. Most, if not all, of these so-called "pro-lifers" are enthusiastic death penalty supporters
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 03:41 AM
Jan 2020

So-called "pro-life" politicians will do anything for the unborn but if you're facing the needle and are seeking DNA testing to exonerate yourself they'll fight tooth and nail to stop it.

Then with a straight face they'll claim to "err on the side of life".

I have yet to meet a single so-called "pro-lifer" who also opposed the death penalty.

Wuddles440

(1,121 posts)
31. Plus they oppose...
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 11:59 AM
Jan 2020

supporting public programs for pre and postnatal care, childcare for working parents, worker safety, living wages, education, universal healthcare, food security for at risk populations, gun safety, and on and on. It's just about achieving their individual political and economic objectives. They really don't give a shit about the actual welfare of children other than either own and maybe not even then.

Linda Ed

(493 posts)
34. "Deeply Honored"?????
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 03:06 PM
Jan 2020

To have a pussy grabber and rapist to the annual march??

Fat. Pig. Dog. Slob. Disgusting animal. These are just SOME of the names that Donald Trump has called women.

Donald Trump admits to paying for abortion

The Dallas Morning News said it obtained text messages between the president and the woman, who wrote on May 3 of that year: “Donny, you’ve been parading your pro-life stance all over the place but you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child when you thought it would be bad for you.”
The president allegedly wrote back, “While I don’t think it’s mine, I really don’t. I can’t prove it, but I bet you’ve had a lot of sex. Anyway, I’ll send you a thou to get rid of it.”
In 2012, Donald Trump, not yet president, was married to Melania Trump and their son, Barron, was six.
https://friedmanoftheplains.com/donald-trump-admits-to-paying-for-abortion-1c4ae9832770

61 things Donald Trump has said about women
https://theweek.com/articles/655770/61-things-donald-trump-said-about-women

Ohiogal

(31,986 posts)
36. I really doubt he will march
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 06:30 PM
Jan 2020

more than the 20 feet from the door of the WH to his waiting golf cart

He is such a disgrace

Wolf Frankula

(3,600 posts)
37. Later he went to an assembly of cannibals
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 03:23 AM
Jan 2020

and promised them all the missionaries they could eat. tRump is a fraud who will promise anyone anything if it will get him what he wants.

Wolf

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