Trump gives two-minute speech to extreme anti-abortion group - without mentioning abortion

Donald Trump supplied a brief, two-minute, pre-recorded message for an event hosted by an extreme anti-abortion group — which denounces the procedure as “child sacrifice” — but managed to dodge the issue altogether.

Trump spoke virtually Monday at the “Life and Liberty Forum” held by the Danbury Institute, a group that has decried abortion as “the greatest atrocity facing our generation today” and has vowed not to rest “until it is eradicated entirely.”

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, however, did not mention “abortion” once.

Instead, his words echoed his campaign rally speeches. “You just can’t vote Democrat. They’re against religion. They’re against your religion in particular,” he said in remarks broadcast to a half-empty room at the Indiana roof ballroom in Indianapolis.

“We have to defend religious liberty, free speech, innocent life and the heritage and traditions that built America into the greatest nation in the history of the world.”

He added: “But now we are, as you know, a declining nation. I know that each of you is protecting those values everyday and I hope we’ll be defending them side-by-side for the next four years.”

A Trump campaign spokesperson attempted to clarify the former president’s abortion stance, telling Politico ahead of the event that Trump “supports the rights of states to determine the laws on this issue and supports the three exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother.”

Trump “is committed to addressing groups with diverse opinions on all of the issues, as evidenced by his recent speech at the Libertarian Convention, his meetings with the unions, and his efforts to campaign in diverse neighborhoods across the country,” the spokesperson also told the outlet.

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