Kamala Harris to blame Trump for abortion bans during Arizona visit

Vice President Kamala Harris is walking to Tucson Friday to formed erstwhile President Donald Trump arsenic nan designer of nan restrictive abortion bans emerging nationwide successful nan aftermath of nan U.S. Supreme Court's determination striking down nan national correct to an abortion.

Harris is making her 2nd travel to nan battleground authorities of Arizona this year, days aft nan authorities Supreme Court upheld an 1864 rule that bans astir each abortions. 

"Donald Trump is nan designer of this wellness attraction crisis," Harris is expected to say, according to an excerpt of her prepared remarks. "And that's not a truth he hides. In fact, he brags astir it." And a 2nd Trump word "would beryllium moreover worse," Harris will warn.

"If Donald Trump gets nan chance, he will motion a nationalist abortion ban," she is to say. "How do we know? Look astatine his record."

Trump has not endorsed a nationalist prohibition and earlier this week said nan mobility should beryllium left to nan states. "Whatever they determine must beryllium nan rule of nan land," he said.

Friday's arena is simply a run rally, which allows Harris to openly onslaught Trump and Republicans much than she has during different battleground authorities visits wherever she has appeared arsenic portion of her charismatic White House duties. 

Since Tuesday's ruling, Arizona has been astatine nan forefront of nationalist abortion politics, and Republicans and Democrats alike are keenly alert that nan rumor could beryllium a determining facet successful who wins Arizona this fall, and pinch it, nan presidency. 

Arizona is apt to person a law amendment connected abortion authorities connected nan ballot successful November. Every ballot measurement connected this rumor since Roe was struck down has been successful, moreover successful heavy Republican states. 

After nan Arizona ruling, Trump told reporters nan authorities Supreme Court ruling went excessively far. "Yeah, they did, and I deliberation it'll beryllium straightened out."

Arizona besides has a pivotal Senate title this autumn to capable nan spot that will beryllium near unfastened by independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's retirement. Republican hopeful Kari Lake now says she supports repealing nan state's 1864 abortion ban, though 2 years agone she supported it. On Thursday, she released a video saying nan authorities precocious court's ruling "is retired of statement pinch wherever group of this authorities are."

Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, who is besides moving for Sinema's seat, has accused Lake of lying and taking a much mean stance for nan liking of nan November elections.  

In 2020, President Biden won Arizona by a very constrictive margin, receiving conscionable 10,457 much votes than Trump. The Biden squad has since placed a dense accent on  abortion rights. In March, Harris besides visited Phoenix arsenic portion of her "fight for Reproductive Freedoms" tour. 

On Friday, Harris will beryllium accompanied by Gallego and different authorities officials and abortion authorities advocates. 

Caitlin Huey-Burns contributed to this report.

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