New Pro-Trump PAC Insanely Claims That RBG Was Also Anti-Abortion
The RBG PAC, which has spent $20 million on ad buys and been condemned by Justice Ginsburg's family, claims on its website that she actually agreed with Trump on abortion because "great minds think alike." I don't even know where to begin.
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I was fully prepared for some cynical nonsense in the final days leading up to the election, but nothing could have prepared me for Donald Trump’s last, infuriating push to distort his anti-abortion position for political gain. On October 16, the deadline for new super PACs to form before Election Day, a pro-Trump PAC called RBG PAC filed its FEC paperwork, and the group launched its first ads on Friday as part of a roughly $20 million ad buy, according to the New York Times. The core message of the PAC’s ads? That Trump—who’s bragged about overturning Roe v.Wade—and the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had the same position on abortion, which LOL. And, after watching the ads, I… honestly feel sick!
In one of the ads, a suburban white woman in a pastel sweater says she’s never voted for Trump before, but under his presidency, “Life was a lot better.” She continues, “I trust him on the economy and keeping us safe. … Freedom to choose is also important to me, and there’s been a lot of talk on where he stands. But he’s been clear: He does not support a federal abortion ban. Trump does support reasonable exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. His position is my position.”
The ad then cuts to audio of Trump declaring that he doesn’t support a “federal abortion ban.” Of course, ask him and JD Vance if they support a “national minimum standard” or “reasonable federal restrictions,” and they might sing a different tune. That, and it doesn’t matter if Congress sends Trump a national ban or not—his top advisers and Heritage Foundation friends drew up a step-by-step plan for him to wield the office of the presidency to ban abortion using the Comstock Act of 1973, famously called Project 2025.
President Trump has been clear: He does not support a federal abortion ban.