Kamala Harris slams Donald Trump for hypocrisy on abortion as US start voting

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20 September 2024 at 4:35 pm·1-min read

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a fiery critique of Donald Trump and the Republican Party on Friday, accusing them of hypocrisy on abortion as early voting began for the pivotal US election. Harris blamed Trump for an abortion ban in the disputed state of Georgia, calling them "immoral" and a direct cause of preventable deaths.

Kamala Harris on Friday attacked Republican rival Donald Trump and his party as "hypocrites" over abortion, as the first voters cast their ballots for November's knife-edge US election.

The Democrat unleashed one of the most forceful speeches of her campaign so far as she blamed Trump for an abortion ban in the battleground state of Georgia that she said had caused the deaths of two women.

"And these hypocrites want to start talking about how this is in the best interest of women and children," the vice president told a rally in Atlanta, Georgia to cheers from a mainly female audience.

"Well, where have you been? Where have you been when it comes to taking care of the women and children of America, where have you been? How dare they."

Since replacing President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket two months ago, Harris has repeatedly focused on what she calls "Trump abortion bans."

"This is a health care crisis, and Donald Trump is the architect."

(AFP)

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