ABC Presidential Debate co-moderator Linsey Davis raised eyebrows on Tuesday when she fact-checked former President Trump on abortion.
Trump was requested about his stance on abortion, as ABC’s Davis identified that the previous president has boasted about killing Roe v. Wade and has referred to as himself “the most pro-life President in American history” however has since declared he can be nice for ladies’s reproductive rights. Trump additionally not too long ago mentioned Florida’s six-week abortion ban “is too short,” however mentioned he would vote in opposition to a poll initiative that may overturn the six-week ban on abortions within the state.
“The reason why I’m doing that vote is because… they have abortion in the ninth month. They even have, and you can look at the governor of West Virginia [Viriginia], the previous governor… not the current governor, whose doing an excellent job, but the governor before, he said, ‘The baby will be born, and we will decide what to do with the baby,’ in other words we’ll execute the baby. And that’s why I did that,” Trump mentioned.
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“They’re radical. The Democrats are radical,” Trump continued.
As soon as Trump was completed, Davis then sharply reduce in to appropriate the report.
“There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born,” Davis mentioned.
Trump was presumably referring to former Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who famously made headlines with feedback on third-trimester abortions if extreme deformities happen or a fetus is deemed non-viable.
“If a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen. The infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother,” Northam mentioned throughout a radio interview.
Davis’ fact-check shocked many on social media.
Fox Information host and Trurmp’s former press secretary Kayleight McEnany mentioned ABC ought to be “ashamed” of themselves and that the moderators had been solely ready to fact-check Trump.
McEnany added, “Kamala just invoked the Charlottesville ‘both sides’ hoax that has been fact checked as false by left-wing Snopes and the “massacre” hoax. Why is Trump having to debunk this and not the moderators?? The ABC moderators only fact check Trump.”
“Linsey Davis completely interjects herself into the debate to help Kamala. No surprise at all there. But I thought Trump nailed his abortion answer. This is Kamala’s only issue,” OutKick founder Clay Travis wrote.
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Former President Trump mentioned Democrats are “radical” on abortion. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)
Conservative pundit Stephen L. Miller repeatedly responded, “Why didn’t Lindsey Davis fact check this?,” when folks shared falsehoods advised by Harris.
Many others had ideas on the second:
Later within the debate, co-moderator David Muir additionally fact-checked Trump after the previous president instructed unlawful immigrants are consuming canine and different pets.
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Fox Information Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.
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