Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his six-week abortion ban and remarked that his effort “isn’t the best way to vary hearts and minds” on the subject. (You may watch her remarks beneath)
CBS “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan on Sunday requested Mace whether or not a Republican candidate who helps a six-week abortion ban can pull off a profitable presidential marketing campaign.
“People who find themselves in Republican districts need to make this calculus, you say you’re in a purple one, so you need to compromise,” Brennan added.
“Signing a six-week ban that places girls who’re victims of rape, and women who’re victims of incest in a tough spot isn’t the best way to vary hearts and minds,” Mace replied.
“It’s not compassionate. The necessities he has for rape victims are an excessive amount of, not one thing that I help. It’s a non-starter.”
DeSantis’ abortion ban – signed into regulation final month – bars abortion after six weeks, a time the place most individuals aren’t conscious that they’re pregnant.
The regulation has but to enter impact because it awaits a state Supreme Court docket ruling on Florida’s 15-week ban on abortion, a ban that was closely criticized by two girls within the state final month throughout an MSNBC look.
The South Carolina Republican’s remarks seem to mirror a majority of Individuals who’re against six-week abortion bans, together with a majority of Republicans, a latest NPR, PBS “NewsHour” and Marist ballot discovered.
Mace has not too long ago cautioned her social gathering on its abortion messaging, as nicely.
She referred to as on Republicans to “discover some center floor” on the difficulty of abortion throughout an look on ABC Information final week.
“As Republicans, we have to learn the room on this difficulty as a result of the overwhelming majority of oldsters are usually not within the extremes,” she mentioned.
