Chris Hayes said on the Thursday episode of “All In” that he found Donald Trump's actions somewhat surprising.
Specifically, Hayes noted that contrary to his expectations, Trump is “not smart enough to lie about” his backing for a nationwide abortion ban.
Hayes arrived at this statement by highlighting that Republicans “plan to prohibit it wherever possible. This means if Donald Trump and the Republicans clinch victory in the House and Senate, there will be a national abortion ban.”
“I assure you,” the MSNBC host affirmed.
Referring to the widespread support for abortion rights in America that has continuously worked against Republicans since the Conservative majority on the Supreme Court was established, Hayes mentioned that he “believed Donald Trump had enough political intuition to claim that he was not advocating for a national ban, and would leave it to the states. Then, if he emerged victorious, he would still endorse a national ban.”
“It now seems like he’s not clever enough to deceive about it,” Hayes continued. “Because he essentially publicly supported a 15-week ban in two recent interviews, including on the radio this week.”
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Hayes then aired a clip of Trump endorsing such a ban — which experts have repeatedly explained would effectively function as a complete ban.
Following the clip, Hayes explained how the Biden administration responded by releasing a statement from Amanda Zurowski, the woman from Texas who miscarried at just 18 weeks into her pregnancy. Texas has a 15-week ban like the one Trump supports, and Zurowski was denied medical care after the fetus she was carrying died. She was forced to wait until she became septic, nearly dying herself, before doctors in Texas would intervene.
In her statement, Zurowski also criticized the way major media outlets have reported on Trump’s clear and unambiguous support for a nationwide abortion ban as if it is uncertain. “Trump isn’t ‘signaling’, he isn’t ‘suggesting’, he isn’t ‘leaning toward’ anything, he is actively planning to ban abortion nationwide if he’s elected, inflicting the same cruelty and chaos I’ve experienced on the entire country.”
