On Thursday, Donald Trump raised eyebrows after being asked about Florida’s Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion rights, including late-term abortion, into the state’s constitution. On Friday, he cleared up any confusion about where he stands.
The controversy started when Trump said the following to NBC News reporter Dasha Burns.
“I think the six week is too short, there has to be more time,” former President Trump says how he’ll vote on an abortion rights amendment in Florida. pic.twitter.com/rQAdPtW9i0
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) August 29, 2024
While Trump didn’t specifically say he was going to vote for Amendment 4 in that exchange, he did say that he was going to “vote for more weeks.” Given Amendment 4 represented the only possibility on the ballot to do that, that set off alarm bells on the right.
Whatever effect the backlash had or didn’t have, Trump clarified his…
