CNN senior political analyst Nia-Malika Henderson seems to be under the impression that if you repeat a falsehood enough times, it will suddenly become true. On Wednesday’s episode of Inside Politics, Henderson claimed that Donald Trump and Republicans are struggling on abortion because pro-life laws are killing women.
Host Dana Bash recapped a recent town hall with Fox News and invited Henderson to “talk about that kind of big picture before we get to the nitty-gritty of IVF and abortion.”
Henderson declared, “If you're Donald Trump, you really hope that the campaign turns on these issues where he is strong with voters: immigration and crime, and in many ways, those are culture war issues,” because “he is very, very weak on abortion.”
She further observed, “You see this playing up and down the ballot with not only Donald Trump, but Republican candidates all across the country who are really having to sort of try to reframe their approach in the language around abortion.”
Henderson also claimed, “I think some of the most effective moments in the debate, some of the most effective moments that Kamala Harris has had on the campaign trail, have really been dissecting what their Republican approach has actually meant for actual women on the ground and some of these states, you saw Colin Allred, who we’ll talk about later, talk about this in the debate against Ted Cruz.”
What Henderson meant by “actual women” is a story that the liberal media has repeated several times in recent weeks, “So, Donald Trump doesn't have a real answer for the reality that some women are facing, including some women who have died in Georgia, Amber Thurman, who died because of these abortion restrictions. He is fond of saying, 'Listen, it's back in the states of that's what everybody wanted. That's not what everybody wanted.'”
Amber Thurman died because of medical malpractice by her doctors. There was nothing in Georgia’s pro-life law or pro-life ethics that prohibited her from getting the care she needed. The media also routinely likes to claim that Donald Trump is a lying liar who lies all the time, but as the narrative around Georgia’s pro-life law illustrates, for the media, some lies are better than others.
Here is a transcript for the October 16 show:
CNN Inside Politics with Dana Bash
10/16/2024
12:05 PM ET
DANA BASH: Let's talk about that kind of big picture before we get to the nitty-gritty of IVF and abortion.
NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON: Yeah, listen, I mean, if you're Donald Trump, you really hope that the campaign turns on these issues where he is strong with voters: immigration and crime, and in many ways, those are culture war issues.
They are motivating issues, quite frankly, in a way that the economy is not. He is very, very weak on abortion and you see this playing up and down the ballot with not only Donald Trump, but Republican candidates all across the country who are really having to sort of try to reframe their approach in the language around abortion.
And you saw, I think some of the most effective moments in the debate, some of the most effective moments that Kamala Harris has had on the campaign trail, have really been dissecting what their Republican approach has actually meant for actual women on the ground and some of these states, you saw Colin Allred, who we’ll talk about later, talk about this in the debate against Ted Cruz. So, Donald Trump doesn't have a real answer for the reality that some women are facing, including some women who have died in Georgia--
BASH: Yeah.
HENDERSON: -- Amber Thurman, who died because of these abortion restrictions. He is fond of saying, “listen, it's back in the states of that's what everybody wanted. That's not what everybody wanted.”
