Trump faces abortion attacks on anniversary of Roe v. Wade ruling as he and Biden prepare for debate: Live updates

Joe Biden released an ad on Monday announcing that if Donald Trump returns to the White House, he will “seek to abolish free choice across the country.”

“I am not voting for a pastor. I am voting for someone who will lead the country,” said conservative Christians Bel Trew at the Road to Majority conference in Washington DC.

In an all-caps post on his social media platform Truth Social late last night, the Republican declared his “love” for the Ten Commandments and called for them to be displayed in schools and “many other places.”

Trump’s post came after Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed a law last week requiring the biblical code of conduct to be posted in all public classrooms in his state, a law that is being challenged in court.

In elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and state universities, posters must be displayed that are at least 28 x 35 centimeters in size. The commandments must be “the center of the poster” and printed “in large, legible font,” the law states.

Louisiana is the only state in the country with such a regulation, but Trump has indicated that he would like to see this rule changed.

Republicans want you to vote early or vote by mail.

He also believes that postal voting is irreparably corrupt and should be banned.

Here is Alex Woodward on a pretty classic example of Trump’s doublethink.

After Melania Trump missed key events related to her husband’s presidential bid earlier this year – from the kickoff of the 2024 election in Iowa to Trump’s victory party on Super Tuesday – reporters asked the former first lady if she planned to campaign.

Your answer? “Stay tuned.”

But since making that remark in March after she and Trump voted in the Florida primary, Melania Trump has largely avoided public appearances.

The few exceptions included a few fundraisers in April and her son’s high school graduation.

It was striking that the former First Lady did not accompany the likely Republican presidential candidate on a single day of his month-long hush money trial in New York.

She was not present at the sentencing hearing last month or at his remarks at Trump Tower the following day.

She also did not appear at a party organized by Trump’s fan club on June 14 for his 78th birthday, nor at any of his campaign events in recent months.

The Republican campaign team is thus retracting a promise made by the former president to automatically issue a green card to all foreign students studying in the United States upon graduation.

Speaking of The All-In Podcast On Thursday, Trump said: “What I want to do and what I will do is that when you graduate from college, I believe you should automatically get a green card as part of your diploma to be able to stay in this country.”

Trump also clarified that this move would not only apply to graduates of four-year universities.

“This also applies to junior colleges. Anyone who graduates from college stays there for two or four years. If you get your degree there or get a doctorate, you should be able to stay in this country.”

After the idea met with immediate resistance, the campaign is now emphasizing a rigorous vetting process as part of its plan.

Here is Oliver O’Connell‘s report.

Televangelist Paula White-Cain claimed that Trump asked her for God’s opinion on his candidacy for the presidency.

White-Cain, who previously served as Trump’s spiritual adviser and chaired the Evangelical Advisory Council during his presidency in 2016, made the remarks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference at the Washington Hilton. She told the audience that her first conversation with the former president occurred long before he had even begun thinking about politics.

Martha McHardy has further details.

The 30-second commercial, titled “Criminal Actions,” features testimony from Kaitlyn Joshua, a Louisiana woman who says she was turned away from two emergency rooms when she suffered a miscarriage at 11 weeks’ pregnancy.

Joshua describes her ordeal as “a direct result of Donald Trump’s overturning of Roe v. Wade” and attacks the Republican presidential candidate as a convicted felon, adding that he “believes he should not be held accountable for his own criminal actions, but he will allow women and doctors to be punished.”

You can see it for yourself below.

Here, the Republican says the quiet part out loud in Philly on Saturday, cynically supporting independent candidate Cornell West and Green Party candidate Jill Stein for taking votes away from Joe Biden.