Former President Donald Trump took to social media to solidify his position on a federal abortion ban during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate.
“Everyone knows I would not support a federal abortion ban, under any circumstances, and would, in fact, veto it, because it is up to the states to decide based on the will of their voters (the will of the people!),” Trump posted on X during the debate.
“Like Ronald Reagan before me, I fully support the three exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother,” Trump continued, and he thanked people for their “attention to this matter!”
During the vice presidential debate, Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D Vance (R-OH), said Trump would not support a national abortion ban.
“Now, of course, Donald Trump has been very clear that on the abortion policy specifically, that we have a big country, and it’s diverse. And California has a different viewpoint on this than Georgia. Georgia has a different viewpoint from Arizona,” Vance said during the vice presidential debate.
When asked about his stance on a national ban on abortion, Vance said he supported a national minimum.
“I never supported a national ban. I did, when I was running for Senate in 2022, talk about setting some minimum national standard,” Vance said.
However, Vance told the Very Fine People podcast he “certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally” during his Senate run in 2022.
During the presidential debate last month, Trump said he had not spoken to Vance on the subject of a national abortion ban.
“I didn’t discuss it with J.D., in all fairness,” Trump said during the debate. “And I don’t mind if he has a certain view, but I don’t think he was speaking for me.”
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Following the presidential debate, Vance said he learned his lesson on speaking on behalf of the former president.
“I’ve learned my lesson on speaking for the president before he and I have actually talked about an issue,” Vance told NBC News’s Meet the Press.