United States President Joe Biden and his vice president Kamala Harris will defend the right to abortion as a pillar of the Democratic campaign against Donald Trump, the overwhelming favorite to be named the Republican Party’s presidential candidate in November.
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With that, Harris traveled on Monday (22) to the state of Wisconsin to begin a national tour on the issue, coinciding with the 51st anniversary of a court ruling (Roe v. Wade), which guaranteed the right of American women to abort.
And now on Tuesday (23), Biden and Kamala, along with first lady Jill Biden and the vice president’s husband, Doug Emhoff, will make their first joint campaign appearance of 2024, at an abortion rights rally. in Virginia, where Democrats recently won state legislative control.
As a result, Democrats believe in this issue, especially because Trump assumes that the repeal of the right to abortion at the federal level was possible thanks to him.
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“You are proud. Proud that the women of our nation are suffering? Proud that women’s fundamental freedom has been stolen?” Kamala said in Wisconsin.
It is worth remembering that polls have shown that Biden is tied with Trump, while the Democrat’s campaign faces voters’ concerns about his age, the economy and his role in the war between Israel and Hamas.
Thus, Democrats hope that a threat of new abortion restrictions will drive voters to the polls in November.