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Zorro

(16,171 posts) Thu Oct 17, 2024, 01:05 AM 22 hrs ago

An abortion ban killed her. Trump used Fox town hall to mock her grieving family.

The death of Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old mother, has been linked directly to Georgia’s draconian abortion ban, a ban that exists because Donald Trump proudly oversaw the end of Roe. v. Wade during his presidency.

At a Fox News town hall focused on women’s issues – taped Tuesday in Atlanta and broadcast Wednesday – Trump, the network host and the town hall attendees treated Thurman’s death and her family’s grief like a laugh line.

Noting that Thurman’s family held a press call hosted by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ campaign before the Fox News event, host Harris Faulkner, with snark in her voice, said to Trump: “Amber Thurman’s family have come out on a press call, and they’re doing what’s called a prebuttal to our town hall right now.”

“Oh, that’s nice,” Trump said, dismissively, as the crowd chuckled.

Then he said: “We’ll get better ratings, I promise.” And Faulkner and the crowd erupted in laughter.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/10/16/trump-town-hall-fox-amber-thurman-abortion-ban/75702067007/

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An abortion ban killed her. Trump used Fox town hall to mock her grieving family. (Original Post) Zorro 22 hrs ago OP

Every time you think they've hit rock bottom, they dig down even farther. Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #1

"And the crowd erupted in laughter" rhiannon55 22 hrs ago #2

Sociopaths. madaboutharry 21 hrs ago #3

What pigs! NNadir 12 hrs ago #4

Hey that is an insult! IbogaProject 10 hrs ago #7

Point well taken. N/t NNadir 10 hrs ago #8

Trump didn't oversee "the end of Roe. v. Wade during his presidency." intheflow 11 hrs ago #5

He & his cult members are odious human beings. Island Blue 11 hrs ago #6

He's OK with women dying. So are his followers. Solly Mack 9 hrs ago #9

Who are these people huckle-yuckle-chuckling about poor Amber? Right here: C0RI0LANUS 8 hrs ago #10

Despicable ailsagirl 8 hrs ago #11

Desecrating Arlington Cemetery, bragging about getting better ratings than a grieving family of a woman Timeflyer 7 hrs ago #12

Who's surprised by this? MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #13

Absolutely nobody with two arcing brain cells! niyad 7 hrs ago #15

May all involved receive everything they deserve. niyad 7 hrs ago #14

Niyad wrote it best, but here's my two cents (I'll plagiarize): C0RI0LANUS 7 hrs ago #16

America is so ill, otherwise Harris should be winning by a mile. Passages 5 hrs ago #17

Ocelot II

(119,697 posts)

1. Every time you think they've hit rock bottom, they dig down even farther.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 01:18 AM

22 hrs ago

rhiannon55

(2,708 posts)

2. "And the crowd erupted in laughter"

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 01:23 AM

22 hrs ago

Who ARE these people? They and their monstrous clown leader have no empathy, no human decency. I can’t imagine being so callous.

madaboutharry

(41,141 posts)

3. Sociopaths.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 01:28 AM

21 hrs ago

Every last one of them.

NNadir

(34,310 posts)

4. What pigs!

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 10:53 AM

12 hrs ago

IbogaProject

(3,424 posts)

7. Hey that is an insult!

Reply to NNadir (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 12:59 PM

10 hrs ago

Pigs are much better than those scum.

NNadir

(34,310 posts)

8. Point well taken. N/t

Reply to IbogaProject (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 01:19 PM

10 hrs ago

intheflow

(28,820 posts)

5. Trump didn't oversee "the end of Roe. v. Wade during his presidency."

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 11:37 AM

11 hrs ago

He set the stage with his puppet SCOTUS, but it was overturned under the Biden administration. God, I hate bad writing.

Island Blue

(6,128 posts)

6. He & his cult members are odious human beings.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 12:01 PM

11 hrs ago

Solly Mack

(92,176 posts)

9. He's OK with women dying. So are his followers.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 02:21 PM

9 hrs ago

C0RI0LANUS

(1,099 posts)

10. Who are these people huckle-yuckle-chuckling about poor Amber? Right here:

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 02:31 PM

8 hrs ago

ailsagirl

(23,585 posts)

11. Despicable

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:26 PM

8 hrs ago

Timeflyer

(2,563 posts)

12. Desecrating Arlington Cemetery, bragging about getting better ratings than a grieving family of a woman

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:30 PM

7 hrs ago

who died because he destroyed Roe, separating children from their families at the border---and his cult approves. There truly is no end, no bottom, no "too far" to their evil.