Former Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson died Friday, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Davidson, 97, paved the way for women in a male-dominated political world.
There's no word on what caused Davidson's death, but she was advanced in age. Her close friend Betty Montgomery, a political powerhouse in her own right as a former attorney general and auditor of Ohio, confirmed Davidson's death.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine shared a heartfelt tribute on the state's website on Friday. "Fran and I are saddened to learn of the death of our dear friend Jo Ann Davidson," the Republican governor wrote.
"Jo Ann dedicated her life to public service and the people of Ohio, a model public servant who was full of wit, intelligence, class, and skill. She was a trailblazer in the truest sense, beginning her career on Reynoldsburg’s city council in the 1960s and making history in 1995 as Ohio’s first female speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives," DeWine added.
As House speaker, Davidson was the first woman to hold one of the top three power positions in the state—Senate president, House speaker, or governor. Only one other woman, Nancy Hollister, shared such an honor after she served as governor for just 11 days.
Davidson began her political career in 1965. Her first candidacy for Reynoldsburg City Council was unsuccessful, but Davidson vowed to take her campaigning more seriously in subsequent races. She did exactly that and broke her ankle hammering in yard signs in 1990.
She was a successful lobbyist for the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and would eventually serve on the city council as township clerk. In 1980, she was elected to the Ohio House along with a Republican majority that later swept the state.
By 1994, Davidson would be elected House speaker and remained in the position for six years. During her term, Davidson was fiscally conservative but advocated for abortion rights.
Still, she was a prominent figure in the Republican Party at the local, state, and national levels. Davidson became Republican National Committee co-chair in 2005 and would persuade the party to host its 2016 convention in Cleveland.
While Davidson's achievements are impressive on their own, she also paved the way for other women to follow suit. In 2000, she founded the Jo Ann Davidson Ohio Leadership Institute for that purpose, and it now boasts more than 400 alumnae.
One was 2010 graduate Lydia Mihalik, who now serves in the DeWine administration after serving as mayor of Findlay. "She is the epitome of the professional," Mihalik said of Davidson during an interview in 2022.
"This is not to be taken in a negative way, but she is the example of a very effective professional politician and a public servant." Mihalik respected Davidson so much that her third child carries Jo Ann as her middle name.
Current Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-OH) also praised Davidson's achievements and willingness to help others. "As a true trailblazer, Speaker Davidson's legacy is one of strength, grace, and servant leadership. She fostered a culture of mentorship that changed the lives of many for the better," Stephens said.
Davidson is survived by her daughter, Jenifer Enslen, and three grandchildren, as many of her loved ones have already passed on. However, her memory and legacy will live on in her achievements and in the mentoring she provided to others.
Newly released audio from the 911 calls on the day former President Donald Trump was shot at a Butler, Pennsylvania, rally revealed panic among attendees, CNN reported. One man was shot to death, while another two were wounded in the assassination attempt on Trump.
Trump narrowly missed a kill shot to the head when a gunman opened fire at the Butler Farm Show venue where he was speaking on July 13. Trump was hit in the ear, but others struck by the gunman's bullet weren't so lucky.
On Thursday, Jim Acosta spoke to John Miller, the network's chief law enforcement reporter, about the emergency calls made following the shooting. "Seeing for the first time, or really hearing, is a visceral sense of panic and fear," Miller explained.
"You hear the caller, but you hear the screaming and yelling in the background and the challenge faced by the 911 operators who were being deluged with calls," Miller added. He said the operators did their jobs well, but the scene was harrowing for all those involved.
The callers sounded panicked as several people phoned in the shooting, with some reporting injuries. NBC News reported that the calls were released Wednesday following a lawsuit with the network and others after the town initially refused.
The first call came in at 6:12 p.m. from a female caller. "Gunshots at the Trump rally. Gunshots--" the woman told the dispatcher.
"Yep. The police are on the way there," the dispatcher interrupted. The woman shot back, "Better get over here quick!"
Another male caller reported that he was in "the green section" with an injured party but that they were being evacuated from the venue. "They just tried to kill President Trump. You may want to make note of that," the caller said.
The calls revealed the scene that rallygoers that day experienced thanks to many failures that led to an unthinkable incident. Suspected gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, somehow made it to a roof with a direct sightline of 200 yards to Trump during the outdoor event.
He was able to do so while carrying a rifle despite law enforcement presence, including the Secret Service. The agency's director, Kimberly Cheatle, resigned from her post 10 days after the shooting amid outcry over the blatant failures that nearly cost the then-presumptive GOP presidential nominee his life.
Besides the release of the 911 tapes, little else has been given to the public about the event. Questions remain, including whether Trump will be able to trust the Secret Service to protect him going forward after two more close calls with would-be assassins.
Unfortunately, the incident left rallygoer Corey Comperatore, 50, dead from a gunshot wound. David Dutch, 57, and Jim Copenhaver, 74, were also wounded but survived their injuries.
The people in Butler were there to see their favorite political candidate speak. Instead, they were treated to a frightening scene of carnage that could have ended Trump's life if it weren't for the way he miraculously turned his head away at the perfect moment.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court over Wisconsin's refusal to remove his name from the presidential ballot, The Hill reported. Kennedy dropped out of the race and endorsed former President Donald Trump, and some worry that including his name on the ballot could siphon votes from the GOP candidate.
Kennedy has been through the wringer during this presidential election season. After Democrats stonewalled him and his presidential bid, Kennedy switched parties before joining forces with Trump. The GOP candidate and his supporters rejoiced that they were joining forces.
This came after Kennedy ran as an independent candidate due to difficulty getting his name on some of the state's ballots. However, since dropping out, Kennedy has experienced the opposite problem, as some states insist on keeping his name in place.
The latest fight happened after the Wisconsin Elections Commission ruled that Kennedy would remain on the ballot since independent candidates must withdraw sooner than major party candidates to remove their names. Kennedy took this issue to the high court Wednesday in an emergency request docket, claiming it violates his equal protection rights.
Kennedy previously petitioned the Supreme Court and lost on this issue regarding New York's refusal to allow him on the state ballot. Now, Kennedy hopes for a favorable decision in his new request for Wisconsin to remove him.
The legal filing not only cited equal protection but also compelled speech. "In Wisconsin, he wants everyone who will listen to him to vote for Trump," the application said.
"That is core political speech and it’s protected under the First Amendment. To ensure that message is conveyed clearly and without confusion, he asked that his name not appear on the Wisconsin ballot," the filing went on.
"He wanted to be clear: his endorsement was for Trump," it added. With the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump a statistical toss-up, the presence of a third-party candidate could make all the difference.
Unfortunately, even if Kennedy's request is granted, there are significant practical concerns. On Tuesday, over 97,000 people cast ballots in Wisconsin as in-person absentee voting began. Given that fact, it's unclear what the remedy from the Supreme Court would be, if any.
The legal battles are just a portion of what Kennedy has endured since he switched sides to support Trump. He anticipated as much when he made his announcement on August 23, Fox News reported.
"I've made the heart-wrenching decision to suspend my campaign and to support President Trump. This decision is agonizing for me because of the difficulties it causes me, and my children and my friends," Kennedy said at an event in Phoenix, Arizona.
Kennedy's decision came after the Democratic Party "waged continual legal warfare against both President Trump and myself" as they "ran a sham primary." Unfortunately, his family has rejected him for it. USA Today reported that his sister Kerry Kennedy began stumping for Democrats, claiming there was "an endless number of Kennedys who are wanting to and willing to help out with this."
"Donald Trump is anathema to everything our family stands for. I distance myself and reject everything that Bobby is doing and saying because I think that it's a rejection of our family's values and everything that I've spent my life working for," Kerry Kennedy said.
The battle over the ballots continues as Election Day is less than two weeks away. Democrats are so desperate to do anything to help Harris win that they'll even leave a man on the ballot who has no interest in being there.
While acting as attorney general, Vice President Kamala Harris refused to investigate election tampering and interference scheme that included the input of a suspected Chinese spy, Breitbart reported in an exclusive. Some of those same actors donated to Harris, who only went after Republicans for such infractions.
Harris has tried to use her experience as the California attorney general to her advantage in the 2024 election. She claims to have helped prevent Russian interference during the 2016 election in the name of ensuring "free and fair and open elections."
Unfortunately, the reality is shaping up to be much different than her version. Harris allegedly turned a blind eye to what the author, investigative journalist Price Sukhia, called "damning evidence of voter fraud and election engineering by a suspected Chinese spy and other actors who happened to be close political allies of Harris when she was California’s attorney general."
Meanwhile, Harris came down hard on a conservative non-profit for campaign finance irregularities. She also doggedly pursued a 2016 GOP county sheriff over allegations of voter intimidation in 2016.
The scheme involving election interference by a possible Chinese spy took shape in January 2011 but was largely ignored, thanks partly to Harris. It began when Ed Lee was appointed interim mayor in 2010 and initially did not want to run for election.
However, Lee was persuaded to campaign for the job with the help of Harris' allies, including her former lover Willie Brown, who was a prosecutor backed by the deep pockets of George Soros. The campaign, dubbed "Run, Ed, Run," was a collaboration between several shady backers and organizations.
One of those backers included Bai Lan, a suspected Chinese spy who went under the name Rose Pak in San Francisco. With the help of her organization, Progress for All, Lee raised money and got elected in 2011. Notably, the victory party would be held at the home of a communist Chinese diplomat.
These favors went both ways as Brown awarded millions of dollars worth of city contracts to large donors to the group. Despite this information, Lee's opponents were ignored when they presented the damning information.
Then-District Attorney George Gascón was in charge of prosecuting the case after being appointed to replace Harris, who was elected attorney general of California by then. Despite his misgivings, Gascón recused himself from the case only to find that Harris sent it back to him to kill the case.
While Gascón surely had his hands dirty, Harris' part in this scheme is even worse. Between 2009 and 2011, as Harris served as San Francisco prosecutor before being elected state attorney general in 2010, she accepted $33,000 from associates of Pak and Progress for All.
One of those donations came from a San Francisco real estate mogul who once gave $12,000 directly into Pak's personal checking account. Perhaps that was enough to buy off the California prosecutors, who never pursued campaign finance charges.
Harris and Gascón would also ignore a video that showed ballot drop box tampering by one of Lee's associates. The person, who also happened to be closely tied to Pak, would also engage in ballot harvesting among the elderly in Chinatown.
These schemers were allowed to act with impunity because of Harris. Still, the worst revelation came in 2016 when Pak was revealed to be the executive director of China Overseas Exchange Associate, an intelligence group for the CCP that's a front group for the United Front Work Department in China.
Harris and her corrupt cronies have gotten away with so much while going after Republicans. Now, she has a chance of becoming the president who will have to deal with America's adversaries, all while she may have been receiving money and support from China.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz fearmongered about former President Donald Trump on ABC's The View Monday, ABC News reported. Walz was attempting to salvage Vice President Kamala Harris' floundering presidential campaign with his rhetoric about how dangerous Trump is.
Walz sat down with the leftist ladies to dish about the campaign to the fawning hosts. Predictably, Walz returned to the well of "orange man bad" for the low-information audience and confessed that he did not appreciate a joke Trump recently made about Arnold Palmer.
"It's very clear that, as you said, Donald Trump is spiraling down, unhinged. What worries me about these comments, some of these are just so strange that they're hard to imagine, are the dangerous ones in the middle of that -- the 'enemy from within' and some of that," Walz claimed.
Leftists have been painting Trump as a crazy extremist for almost a decade now. Walz is returning to this narrative because Democrats have nothing else but a terrible candidate and even worse running mate in the Harris-Walz ticket.
In fact, Walz's appearance on the daytime talk show was meant to give the campaign another chance to answer a question that Harris flubbed. When the vice president was previously asked about what she'd do differently than President Joe Biden, she gave the worst answer the vice president to an unpopular president could give.
"There is not a thing that comes to mind," Harris said during her interview. Walz tried a little harder this time by sharing Harris' proposal to beef up Medicare and childcare handouts. He siad the Biden administration was too busy "tackling the issues that they need to" to do it already.
"Those are pretty big differences, and I don't think that's -- that's a pejorative towards it. There were other issues that were being dealt with. And she's her own leader," Walz claimed.
"She's got her own path, a new way forward. They came out of a pandemic that Donald Trump had left, a mess for an economy with supply chains that were broken," he said to excuse Biden and Harris' abysmal administration.
Walz also touched on the perennial theme of Trump as a Hitlarian leader even after there were two attempts on the former president's life and a four-year track record in the White House. Nevertheless, Walz said that Trump uses the "talk of dictators" and warned about his extremism.
"And I just tell Americans if, if you're tired of that chaos. And I know that Donald Trump's handlers are saying he's exhausted. So are we Americans are exhausted with the stuff that he does -- the chaos," Walz claimed.
"I think this one is, don't risk it with this. This is dangerous talk. This is the talk of dictators," Walz continued.
"And I think Kamala Harris clearly understands that the separation and the, you know, the separation of powers, is the genius of this country. And the military -- military is responsible to the Constitution and the American people, and not the president," Walz added later.
Democrats have been trying the same playbook on Trump for as long as he's been involved in national politics. This kind of talk about Trump may have energized some voters in the past, but it's tired, worn out, irrelevant, and dangerous -- just like Harris and Walz.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was confident on Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Republicans will win the presidency, the House, and the Senate in the 2024 just two weeks away.
Johnson said, “The headline that I read about the rally in Pennsylvania yesterday was the big question, and it’s the one that Kamala Harris has not been able or willing to answer, and that is, are you better off now than you were under the Trump administration four years ago. No one can answer that question with a yes.”
He added, “I mean, no one, and that’s why Kamala Harris herself avoids the question."
Johnson told Jake Tapper that he has visited over 230 cities in 40 states and is "absolutely convinced there's an energy out there right now."
"I’m convinced that we’re going to win the White House, the Senate and the House," he said.
His visits now are to swing states, blue states, and toss-up House districts, intended to bolster support in the toughest areas, he said.
He described what he wants to see happen in the House if he can retain a very narrow GOP majority, or in the best case scenario, build on it.
“We’re going to have a very aggressive agenda to get the economy going again, to help everyone," he promised.
"Look everywhere I go, Jake — everybody has the same concerns," he explained. "They’re fed up, and they’re fired up about the cost of living that’s an affordable now, rising crime rates everywhere and, the weakness on the world stage, and the wide open border. They know that Kamala Harris is responsible for those things, and they know that President Trump is offering alternatives.”
Trump does seem to have the momentum in the race, with about a one-point advantage in battleground states according to the Real Clear Politics polling average.
If the polling average on the site is accurate, Trump would get 312 electoral votes to Harris's 226.
Harris is giving word salad interviews, and voters are giving CBS a black eye for trying to rescue her from them while Trump is being a beloved man of the people at McDonald's.
She's being ignored in hurricane-ravaged Florida while Trump is speaking words of comfort to those still suffering.
Maybe if she actually seemed like she had a real and genuine bone in her body, she'd have a better chance.
The crucial nature of Pennsylvania to the prospect of both Democrat and Republican presidential campaigns has been a constant theme in the 2024 race, and a series of recent developments have given the left cause for real concern.
As Breitbart reports, mail-in ballot return numbers in the Keystone State have revealed an 11-point swing in favor of Republicans thus far, a trend sure to have sparked frustration in the Kamala Harris camp.
News of the Republican surge came from Cliff Maloney, currently leading up the efforts of a GOP-supporting group called Pennsylvania Chase, who spoke to Breitbart News Saturday this weekend.
Maloney's group has spent significant time in Pennsylvania pursuing ballots from low-propensity voters who might otherwise fail to cast ballots, urging them to request and return mail-in paperwork.
At present, Maloney said, Republicans in the state had boosted their mail-in return numbers by 90,000 over the 2020 tally, something he declared to be evidence that the group's effort “is working.”
The margin he discussed represents an “11-point swing for Republicans,” a statistic sure to strike fear in the hearts of the Harris campaign.
Maloney elaborated, “The PA Chase is working. How do I know that? Not only from anecdotal conversations and direct feedback at the door but let's look at the numbers. If we compare 2020 at this time, compared to today for 2024, here are the specifics: Democrats are at 514,000 returns, Republicans are at 215,000 returns,” and he added that, compared to 2020, this is a massive boost for the GOP.
It is not just Republican ballot chase efforts that have sparked alarm among Harris supporters, as the Washington Free Beacon reports.
Democratic Party leaders and local liberals on the ground have expressed concerns that Harris has not engaged sufficiently with Latinos in the state, noting that their waning interest in her campaign could doom her hopes there for November.
Victor Martinez, who owns a Spanish radio station and supports the VP, opined that her campaign “needs to continue and do better at getting to the [Latino] community, getting them out to vote. Trump has created a macho persona, a personality that is very attractive to the Latino man, and I can say this because I am a Latino man.”
According to a report in Politico, numerous leaders within the Latino community in Pennsylvania have expressed concerns to the campaign about her declining support and lack of appropriate outreach in the state.
One leader noted, “I think that a lot of people in the Latino community, they're feeling that we're living check to check, and they're struggling. When we see how much support goes elsewhere, you hear people say, 'What about us?'”
Writing for the New York Post, Guy Ciarrocchi recently opined that in addition to her inattention to Pennsylvania's Latino voters, Harris has made a number of other key errors that could help hand the state to Trump next month.
From resting on Joe Biden's laurels in terms of entrenched support in Pennsylvania to bypassing the state's popular governor, Josh Shapiro, when selecting her running mate, Harris may have sown the seeds for a state-level defeat that could scuttle her chances of winning the entire election, and that is an outcome folks like Maloney would clearly relish.
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that he thinks his youngest son, Barron, hasn't "had a girlfriend yet," the New York Post reported. Barron, 18, is a freshman at New York University and has been increasingly active in his father's presidential campaign.
Trump was asked about Barron's romantic life by entrepreneur and podcaster Patrick Bet-David. The former president and GOP presidential candidate assured Bet-David that Barron is "good with the ladies in school" but that he isn't in a relationship.
"I don’t think he’s had a girlfriend yet," Trump said, which shocked Bet-David. "He’s a good looking guy," Trump went on.
"He’s very, very smart. He’s a good student .. goes to a great school and does really well. And he’s a very nice guy," Trump said. "He doesn’t mind being alone, but he’s somebody that gets along with people," the proud father added.
Barron has been kept out of the limelight by his father and mother, former first lady Melania Trump. However, Barron has begun taking an active role in his father's 2024 presidential campaign even if he's not at the forefront.
Shortly after his 18th birthday, Barron appeared with his father at a rally in Florida. He didn't speak, but Trump pointed his son out in the crowd, and the young man received uproarious applause.
Newsweek reported that Barron has begun advising his father on which podcast to appear on. Trump said that going on "Bussin' With the Boys" and "Adin Ross" was because of Barron, who has helped him "a little bit" with appealing to younger voters.
"He tells me about all the 'hot' guys, people I've never heard of. [He says] 'Dad, that guy is hot,'" Trump told Maria Bartiromo on Fox News last week.
Trump is used to having his children work alongside him in business and in his political endeavors. However, Barron has been particularly helpful in courting younger voters through innovative channels.
Trump has been using podcasts to make his case to voters, which a novel tactic for the 78-year-old. He's outpaced his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, in appearances in this format, which brings the message home to the coveted demographic.
Recently, there has been talk that Trump could appear on "The Joe Rogan Experience" to speak to the popular host and his massive audience. Rogan is far and away the most popular host on Spotify, with 14.5 million followers, according to Bloomberg.
The Harris campaign is reportedly taking a page from his playbook and has reached out to Rogan's team. She desperately needs help attracting male voters, and Rogan's audience skews heavily toward men. However, a long-form interview with Rogan would likely be the final nail in her campaign's coffin.
Barron seems to be on a trajectory of success, just like the rest of his family, with the added advantage of a youthful perspective when it's needed most. If he eventually follows in his father's political footsteps, Barron may soon become a force to be reckoned with.
Promising indicators in a bellwether area of Pennsylvania could signal victory for former President Donald Trump, Fox News reported. One key area has a "waitlist" for the Republican candidate's campaign signs only weeks from Election Day.
The Keystone State has become an important battleground for presidential candidates hoping to clinch its 19 electoral votes. However, All eyes are on the east central region of Pennsylvania, which includes the commonwealth's third-largest city of Allentown, and what it may predict.
The region has become a rich mixture of just about geographic areas, from bustling cities to rural farmland and everything in between. Its lower taxes and housing prices attract nearby New Jersey and New York City commuters into its growing suburbs.
Because of this diversity, the region has become a microcosm of how national politics will play out in a given election. That's why what's happening in counties like Northampton and Lehigh is encouraging for Trump and running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio.
Pollsters have the difficult task of figuring out which candidate will actually get voters to the polls based on reported answers alone. It's widely believed that whoever has the most enthusiasm going into Election Day will be the winner.
The metric is normally difficult to quantify, but GOP State Sen. Jarrett Coleman is picking up on key indicators in the last weeks of the presidential race."We are seeing some of the highest levels of excitement and motivation from folks in the Lehigh Valley," Coleman said.
"I am hopeful for turnout to exceed 2020 levels," he added. Republicans did not show up in sufficient numbers in Lehigh and Northampton counties the last time Trump was on the ballot when he lost the state.
Coleman believes this year is shaping up to be different. "Although Lehigh County contains a ‘blue’ urban core, life for everyone, regardless of political party, has gotten harder under the current administration," Coleman said.
"This is prompting even some who have traditionally voted Democrat to cast ballots for GOP candidates. The economy, border and community safety remain top concerns for those in the Lehigh Valley," he added.
Just outside of Allentown, Republicans in the smaller cities of Bethlehem and Easton and the suburbs of Nazareth and Wind Gap are campaigning hard for Trump and Vance. They have a strong on-the-ground game, according to Northampton County Republican Committee board member Andrew Azan III.
"Our local party is very involved. We are able to communicate with our voters. We are able to text them, call them, and they are receptive to our requests to … help out in going door to door and making phone calls for us," Azan told Fox News. He said the effort is going so well that there's currently a "waitlist" for Trump-Vance yard signs.
"That’s a positive sign," Azan said. Meanwhile, Tim Carroll, board member of the Lehigh Valley Tea Party, said that the area's increasing diversity has only added to the excitement as the conservative movement is"more unified than I’ve ever seen."
According to Lehigh Valley Live, Northampton County is a "bellwether county in a bellwether state." These indicators could point to Trump winning not only Pennsylvania but also the presidency.
With a little more than two weeks to go in the campaign, all eyes are on the Lehigh Valley in the final push. Anything can happen between now and then, but the people of Pennsylvania seem to be leaning toward Trump, and the rest of the nation could very well follow.
Former first lady Melania Trump's memoir has risen to the top of the New York Times Bestseller list this week, Breitbart reported. The book, titled Melania, has caused controversy for conservatives and liberals alike as her husband, former President Donald Trump, is in the final days of his White House bid.
Melania Trump clinched the honor on Wednesday with just three weeks to go in her husband's campaign. While this is surely a good sign for Donald Trump's electoral prospects, it was an honor earned solely by Melania.
The former first lady gushed about her experience creating this bestseller. "Writing my memoir has been an amazing journey filled with emotional highs and lows," Melania Trump said.
"Each story shaped me into who I am today," she added. Melania Trump plans to release a special collectors' edition that includes never-before-seen photos.
Just one day before the New York Times announced Melania Trump's rise to the top spot, the paper published a scathing opinion piece about the memoir titled Two Opinion Columnists on Melania Trump’s Memoir. The pair of in-house opinion writers picked apart the former first lady's work.
Pamela Paul was the first to rip into Melania Trump. "I actually got a sense of who she is as a person, and I think that is an extremely superficial, politically disengaged human being, the last kind of person who you would think of as a political wife," Paul seethed.
The columnist went on to compare Melania Trump to a character from White Lotus to make a point about Melania Trump's supposed superficiality. "She is just really interested in nice cars and nice clothing," Paul said.
"You hear more about what she wore to every political event than you do about the event itself," she added. That's when fellow columnist Carlos Lozada chimed in, "I’m struck by how small her world is."
Paul then concluded that the book confirms their negative views about the former first lady and dashed hopes that Melania Trump was secretly a liberal. "I think that it obliterates those theories, and it shows Melania to be exactly what you expected her to be, which is a fashion model who is only nominally engaged with politics or with the world of her husband, Donald Trump."
Even as Melania Trump has clearly found her audience based on book sales, many conservatives were put off by an important passage in the book. Despite her husband's success in overturning Roe v. Wade abortion rights, Melania Trump insists that she is pro-abortion.
Earlier this month, Fox News reported that a preview of her book revealed the former first lady's decidedly liberal views on abortion. "It is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children, based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government," Melania Trump wrote.
"Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body? A woman’s fundamental right of individual liberty, to her own life, grants her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes," she went on.
"Restricting a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body. I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life," Melania Trump insisted.
Regardless of what her critics have to say, Melania Trump has succeeded in producing a memoir compelling enough to be a bestseller. Better still, solid book sales could indicate excitement for another Trump presidency come November.