December 12, 2024

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Harris to start reproductive rights bus tour from Trump backyard

Harris to start reproductive rights bus tour from Trump backyard

Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign said Friday it will launch a national bus tour highlighting reproductive rights and freedoms from Donald Trump’s Palm Beach County backyard.

The bus will depart Tuesday, Sept. 3, with U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, Harris-Walz campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, CNN commentator Ana Navarro and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston. Also aboard will be Anya Cook, a Coral Springs resident who spoke at the Democratic National Convention about nearly losing her life as a result of Florida’s ban.

“At this stop and in cities across the country, reproductive rights storytellers, key surrogates, and elected and local officials are going to underscore the ongoing threat Donald Trump poses to reproductive freedom across the country, including threatening access to IVF,” the campaign said in a statement.

Trump indicates he will vote yes on Florida’s Amendment 4, or maybe not

The announcement came a day after Trump and his campaign struggled to explain the Republican White House nominee’s position on a constitutional amendment that proponents say will secure abortion rights in his Florida home state.

The amendment on the Nov. 5 ballot seeks to overturn legislation banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy that was passed by the GOP-dominated Florida Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis into law.

Anya Cook of Coral Springs, seen here with her husband, spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 22, 2024. She will join a bus tour for the Kamala Harris campaign starting next week from Palm Beach County.

On Thursday evening, Trump was asked by NBC News reporter Dasha Burns how he would vote on the measure known as Amendment 4.

“I think the six weeks is too short. It has to be more time, and I’ve told them that I want more weeks,” Trump answered.

Burns then followed up the question saying “so you’ll vote in favor of the amendment,” to which Trump replied: “I am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks.”

Democratic Party volunteers Linda Craparo, left, of Delray Beach, and friend Rose Marie Spadanuta cheer speakers addressing Kamala Harris volunteers Sunday July 28, 2024, in Delray Beach.

Trump’s comments put him at odds with DeSantis, the Legislature’s GOP supermajorities and the conservative justices on the Florida Supreme Court that approved the six-week ban in April.

Almost three hours later, Trump’s campaign attempted to clarify their candidate’s comments.

“President Trump has not yet said how he will vote on the ballot initiative in Florida, he simply reiterated that he believes six weeks is too short,” Karoline Leavitt, Trump campaign national press secretary, said in a statement.

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