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2024 GOP candidates forced to grapple with a 6-week abortion ban to win Iowa

www.nbcnews.com 2024 GOP candidates forced to grapple with a 6-week abortion ban to win Iowa

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has championed the state's six-week abortion ban, and it's put the issue squarely in front of Republicans hoping to win over voters there.

2024 GOP candidates forced to grapple with a 6-week abortion ban to win Iowa

At least one candidate, however, seems poised to benefit from Reynolds’ approach: Donald Trump.

The former president has criticized six-week state abortion bans as being “too harsh,” skipped the Family Leadership Summit and trashed the popular Reynolds for remaining neutral in the caucuses (a long-held tradition by the state’s governor). It's not clear whether he will sit down with her at the state fair.

This fucking county - Trump is now the lesser evil in the GOP lol wtf

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