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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Trump doubles down on false claims states are murdering babies after they are born - The Independent

Infanticide is illegal in every US state and territory and yet Trump continues to spread lie

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Andrew Feinberg

White House Correspondent

Speaking in Arizona on Thursday afternoon, Donald Trump yet again doubled or tripled down on false claims that mothers are murdering babies after they are born in some states.

The former president made the remark even after being humiliatingly fact-checked during Tuesday’s presidential debate about the very topic in front of an audience of more than 67 million people.

He told the rally of his supporters in Tucson: “Kamala Harris said no state allows abortion in the ninth month, which is a complete and total lie — they do, they do. And even after birth in some cases.”

Trump continued, in reference to a policy proposal laid out in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 manifesto: “She claimed I want to monitor women’s pregnancies, I don’t want to do that. It’s a total lie. I don’t want to do that. Women, I won’t be following you around to the hospital.”

At the ABC News debate, he...



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