Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) known as on “old white men” to take heed to girls on abortion Thursday after Kamala Harris visited a Planned Parenthood clinic in his state, a cease believed to be a primary to such a facility by a U.S. president or vice chairman.
Walz, who signed payments that enshrined the appropriate to abortion into state legislation final yr, joined Harris on her historic go to as she declared a “very serious health crisis” dealing with the nation in remarks that highlighted Democrats making reproductive rights a key subject forward of the 2024 election.
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, in an interview with Walz, famous that Joe Biden doesn’t use the phrase “abortion” typically and his views on abortion have “evolved” earlier than asking if the president ought to “lean more into that” language earlier than November.
“I think old white men need to learn how to talk about this a little more. And I think the biggest thing is: listen to women. Listen to what they’re saying,” stated Walz, who famous that Harris used phrases “some people don’t want to hear” like “uterus” throughout her go to.
“We’ve seen that when we listen to them, they’re speaking loudly on the issue and they’re speaking at the ballot box.”
Walz later added that the distinction “couldn’t be greater” when evaluating Biden to former President Donald Trump on the problem.
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″[Trump] brags about a whole lot of issues that aren’t true: he didn’t create jobs, he’s not a scratch golfer, he’s not in tremendous fine condition however he did rip Roe out, he did appoint judges who’re taking that away and he’ll do it once more,” Walz stated.
He continued, “So I think it’s good to hear the language, I think the president’s out there making it clear and the contrast is he said he will sign into law, codifying Roe into law, Donald Trump says he would make the ban nationwide. You couldn’t be clearer.”