Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance revealed that former President Donald Trump would veto a national abortion ban if it were passed in his second term.
During an interview on “Meet The Press,” host Kristen Welker asked, “It’s being talked about on the campaign trail, abortion. Democrats made the case this week and beyond this week that Donald Trump, if elected, will impose a federal ban on abortion. Donald Trump says he won’t, but can you commit, senator, sitting right here with me today, that if you and Donald Trump are elected that, you will not impose a federal ban on abortion?”
Vance said, “I can absolutely commit that, Kristen. Donald Trump has been as clear about that as possible. It’s important to step back and say what has Donald Trump said on the abortion question and how is it different from what Kamala Harris and the Democrats have said. Donald Trump wants to end this culture war on this particular topic. If California wants to have a different abortion policy than Ohio, then California has to respect Ohio, and Ohio has to respect California.”
Welker said, “Senator Graham said I will keep saying that there should be a federal ban. If such a piece of legislation landed on Donald Trump’s desk, would he veto it?”
Vance said, “I will. He would be very clear; he will not support it.”
Welker said, “Will he veto it?”
Vance said, “Yeah, if you’re not supporting it,”
Welker pressed, “So he would veto a federal abortion ban?”
Vance said, “I think he would. He said explicitly that he would.”
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Kristen Welker: “Can you commit, Senator, sitting right here with me today, that if you and Donald Trump are elected, that you will not impose a federal ban on abortion?”
At another point in the interview, Vance tore into Welker for constantly attempting to defend Vice President Kamala Harris for her role in tackling the illegal immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Vance and Welker discussed the issue of millions of illegal aliens crossing the border since Harris was charged with addressing the “root causes of migration” as the “border czar” to mitigate the crisis.
“Well, we have to start with the foundational issue here, which is we have 25 million illegal aliens in this country right now because Kamala Harris has refused to do her job,” Vance began.
Welker pushed back, saying, “I have, very quickly, DHS says it’s much lower, it’s closer to eight million. Where do you get the 25 million from?”
“Well, I think the 25 million are the people that should’ve been deported that maybe weren’t deported, plus you add another 12 to 15 million that have come in since Kamala Harris. Look, whatever the number is —” Vance tried again.
“DHS disputes that number, for the record. They say it’s closer to eight to ten million, but please continue,” Welker repeated her objection.
“Fair, but I think there are reasons to think that DHS is underestimating. Whatever the number is, it’s way too high, right?” Vance said of the ongoing crisis. “It’s millions upon millions of illegal immigrants that have come in just since Kamala became border czar a few years ago. The first thing —”
“She was put in charge of the root causes of migration,” Welker interrupted.
“Well, the root cause of migration, I would say, Kristen, is that Kamala Harris refuses to do her job as Border Czar,” Vance shot back.
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JD Vance: Whatever the number is, it’s way too high. Millions upon millions of illegals have come in since Kamala became border czar.