Roe v. Wade: Trump takes credit for Supreme Court abortion ruling
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Published Fri, Jun 24 2022 2:23 PM EDT 
- Former President Donald Trump, who nominated three of the Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, gave himself credit for the outcome.
- Trump said the decision in the abortion case and others recently announced by the court "were only made possible because I delivered everything as promised."
- The Republican nominated Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett to the top court in the United States.
President Donald Trump speaks during the 47th annual "March for Life" in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2020. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump called Friday's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "the biggest WIN for LIFE in a generation" — and gave himself credit for the outcome in the controversial decision to undo federal abortion rights.
Trump nominated three of the five conservative Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
That trio provided the margin of victory in the decision, which revoked the constitutional right to abortion that had existed for nearly a half-century. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion in the case, which Justice Clarence Thomas also joined in support.
Trump, in a statement, said Friday's ruling and other recent court decisions "were only made possible because I delivered everything as promised, including nominating and getting three highly respected and strong Constitutionalists confirmed to the United States Supreme Court."
"It was my great honor to do so!" Trump said.
Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court just about a week before the 2020 presidential election that Trump eventually lost.
Her nomination by Trump was rushed through the Senate process after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as Republicans feared they would not have the votes in that chamber to confirm her after the election.
Kavanaugh's nomination in 2018 ran into serious trouble after a woman claimed that he and a high school classmate of his drunkenly sexually assaulted her in the 1980s. Kavanaugh denied her allegations, and he was narrowly confirmed by the Senate.
Gorsuch's nomination by Trump in 2017 came after then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a year earlier refused to hold confirmation hearings on then-President Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court after the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. Obama had nominated Merrick Garland, who currently is serving as U.S. attorney general.
Trump, in his statement, said he "did not cave to the Radical Left Democrats, their partners in the Fake News Media, or the RINOs [Republicans in Name Only] who are likewise the true, but silent, enemy of the people."
"These major Victories prove that even though the Radical Left is doing everything in their power to destroy our Country, your Rights are being protected, the Country is being defended, and there is still hope and time to Save America! I will never stop fighting for the Great People of our Nation!" Trump said.
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Donald Trump a force to be reckoned with. Wow! What a man. Right?
Nope.
Bill maher made an interesting observation. He said trump could be president in 2024 if he could get past the 2020 election. This kept him from talking about 2020, at least for a day.
Just what I need more Trump in my future.
Trump is not the first to do this, Adolph Hitler beat him to it !!!!
Trump is not the first to do this, Adolph Hitler beat him to it
Congrats on winning the today's Godwin trophy and before noon too.
Seeing that Godwin disavowed much of what has 'become' termed as his 'law', you win second place.
Thanks Hallux. Waykwabu observed that Trump nominated three of the Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and then took credit for the Dobbs vs Jackson decision and then compared that to Hitler. I sure that Mike Godwin would see Waykwabu's analysis of Trump's bragging as a legitimate historical comparison to Hitler.
In as much as he, Godwin, would see the ubiquitous comparisons of liberal/democrat leaders to the likes of Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot? I have known you well back into the NV days, what happened that you drag out Godwin's Fallacy?
A silly posted comparison.
That was an interesting site with a larger, more diverse crowd than here. I was happy to see you, al Jizzerror, occasionally Cobalt Blue and a few other NVs here.
Pray tell, where did Adolf do this? (his name is correctly spelt Adolf)
Trump won't spend 5 minutes in jail - the SCOTUS that he owns will see to that.
No one spends just 5 minutes in jail.
Why should an innocent person go to jail?