Vice President Kamala Harris recently tore into the former President Donald Trump for boasting about ending abortion rights protections enshrined in Roe v. Wade, exclaiming “How dare he?!”
It has been noted that Trump appointed three of the nine Supreme Court justices — Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett — more than any other president — and more than enough to swing the 6-3 decision that overturned Roe. Trump is not shy about proudly reminding people of this.
During a speech in Big Bend, Wisconsin this week to kick off a nationwide “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” Tour, a fired-up VP Harris went off on Trump for his role in weakening abortion rights as the pro-abortion rights crowd roared with approval:
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Today, an untold number of women are silently suffering — women who are being subjected to profound judgment; women who are being made to feel as though they did something wrong, as though they should be embarrassed, being made to feel as though they are alone.
And to those women, I say: We see you, and we are listening, and we see your incredible strength. And we are here with you. (Applause.)
And so, as we face this crisis, as we are clear-eyed about the harm, let us also understand who is responsible, shall we? The former President —
AUDIENCE: Booo —
THE VICE PRESIDENT: — hand-picked three Supreme Court Justices because he intended for them to overturn Roe. He intended for them to take your freedoms. And it is a decision he brags about.
A couple of weeks ago, he said that, for years, quote, “They were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated.” But he said, quote, “I did it. And I’m proud to have done it.”
AUDIENCE: Booo —
AUDIENCE MEMBER: (Inaudible.)
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Proud? Proud?
Proud that women across our nation are suffering? Proud that women have been robbed of a fundamental freedom? Proud that doctors could be thrown in prison for caring for their patients? That young women today have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers?
How dare he. (Applause.)
And the extremists are not done. This afternoon, in the Wisconsin Legislature, extremists will hold a hearing on a new bill that would ban abortion in this state with no exception for rape and incest.
And in the United States Congress, extremists are trying to pass a national abortion ban to outlaw abortion in every single state.
But what they need to know is that if Congress passes a national abortion ban, President Joe Biden will veto it. (Applause.) Yes, he will.
