Vice President Kamala Harris blasts Trump saying he is to blame for Arizona ... trends now
A furious Vice President Kamala Harris blasted Donald Trump saying he is to blame during a visit to Arizona on Friday after the state's Supreme Court ruled a 1864 law banning nearly all abortion could be enforced.
'Donald Trump did this,' Harris said. She called him the 'architect of this health care crisis' and slammed the ex-president for saying he's 'proudly the person responsible' for overturning Roe.
The vice president has been a leading figure in the Biden administration advocating for abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
'As much harm as he has already caused, a second Trump term would be even worse. Donald Trump's friends in the United States Congress are trying to pass a national ban, and understand, a national ban would outlaw abortion in every state,' Harris warned.
Harris claimed a second Trump term would mean 'more bans, more suffering, and less freedom.'
'Just like he did in Arizona, he basically wants to take America back to the 1800s. But we are not going to let that happen,' Harris said. 'This is 2024, not the 1800s, and we're not going back.'
Vice President Harris speaking in Tucson on Friday after the state's Supreme Court upheld a 1864 abortion ban
Harris called the Arizona Supreme Court's abortion decision 'one of the biggest aftershocks yet' after Roe was overturned
The vice president's visit to Tucson came shortly after the state's Supreme Court lifted a stay on the 160-year-old law banning abortion, meaning it could go into effect in 14 days.
'They have turned back the clock to the 1800s to take a woman's most fundamental right, the right to make decisions about her own body,' Harris said.
'This decision by the Arizona state Supreme Court now means women here, the women here live under one of the most extreme abortion bans in our nation,' she added.
Harris called the ruling one of the 'biggest aftershocks yet' after Roe was overturned.
Women waiting for Vice President Harris to speak in Tucson, Arizona on Friday
Trump posted on social media Friday that the Arizona Supreme Court 'went to far on their Abortion Ruling.'
He wrote 'now the Governor and the Arizona Legislature must use HEART, COMMON SENSE, and ACT IMMEDIATELY, to remedy what has happened. Remember, it is now up to the States and the Good Will of those that represent THE PEOPLE.
He also called for exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother. The Civil War-era law only has an exception to save the life of the mother.
Arizona's Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs has called for the legislature to immediately repeal the ban.
But on Wednesday, Republicans in both chambers of the state legislature blocked Democrats' attempts to advance bills to roll back the 1864 law.
Both chambers of Arizona's state legislature are controlled by Republicans.
It came just hours after Trump said it would be 'straightened out' and suggested it would happen
