Reflecting on the election results from Wednesday when Ohio voters added abortion rights to the state constitution, "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough claimed it will cast a a dark cloud over Donald Trump's third presidential run.
Noting the number of conservative-controlled states where voters have also affirmed a woman's right to make personal healthcare decisions for themselves without government interference, the MSNBC host called it "Donald Trump's worst nightmare."
In particular, he noted Trump's repeated boasts about "terminating" the right to an abortion after placing three conservative justices on the Supreme Court — all of whom voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.
"I think Joe Biden touched on that's going to really give us insight on what we're going to see the next year," the MSNBC host told his panel, "and certainly going to be Donald Trump's worst nightmare. One is abortion. Donald Trump: I killed abortion. I killed Roe v. Wade. I'm the one that made sure Roe v. Wade ended."
"He's been saying it nonstop, and this lie that somehow now he's trying to tack to the middle, only in front of certain audiences. He's still saying it out there, and it's on tape so much," he continued. "I think -- I think it's going to be like a fighter in the middle of the ring and I think they're going to keep going to the body with it and keep pounding people talking about the fact that Donald Trump's proud of the fact that he's the guy responsible for 10-year-old girls having to flee the state of Ohio after they were raped by an illegal immigrant."
"That's happened across America, and women have been facing horrific health care choices, bleeding out with doctors going, 'We can't do anything,'" he added.
"Why can't they do anything? Why can't they take care of women who are bleeding out, who need help?" he asked rhetorically. "Because of Donald Trump — and Donald Trump's admitted it."
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