Trump says ‘suburban women’ could punish him for the overturning of Roe v Wade, hurting his 2024 re-election chances, according to Rolling Stone
- Trump has reportedly been telling allies that suburban women don’t like hearing about abortion as they are typically more pro-choice than most Republicans
- In 2016, Trump promised to select judges for the Supreme Court who would ‘automatically’ overturn Roe v Wade
Former President Donald Trump is telling his close allies that the potential overturning of Roe v Wade could cost him politically, hurting his chances of winning re-election should he run again in 2024, according to Rolling Stone.
Citing sources familiar with the matter, Rolling Stone reported that Trump has been telling allies that the issue of abortion could turn “suburban women” against him.
“Suburban women have been a recurring concern for [former] President Trump, including during the 2020 campaign, when his smarter advisers were sounding the alarm to him about how he was losing suburbs,” a source said, per Rolling Stone.
“He is … worried women in the suburbs could punish him for this one day, [too],” the source continued.
Since a draft opinion to overturn Roe v Wade was leaked, Trump has been uncharacteristically quiet about it. He has not referenced it on Truth Social and has only once alluded to it once during a rally, Rolling Stone reported. Two sources told the media outlet that the silence is “intentional and calculated.”
Trump has reportedly been telling allies that suburban women don’t like hearing about the issue as they are typically more pro-choice than the mainstream of the Republican Party, according to Rolling Stone.
He has told several associates that his enemies could “use it against him” in 2024 if he went too hard now on pushing for the overturning of Roe v Wade, the media outlet said.