Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo discussed the fallout from former President Donald Trump’s statement on abortion, inviting Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) to talk about that and other issues. But when Murphy pushed a popular right-wing lie, Bartiromo let it slide.
Trump’s statement received backlash from people on nearly every level of the abortion rights spectrum, including those who are anti-abortion. After showing a recent Fox News poll that stated 65 percent of those polled believed abortion access should be available nationwide and 41 percent of those polled said it would be “extremely important” to their vote in November, Bartiromo asked Murphy how important he thought the issue would be:
Bartiromo: Is this going to be, do you think, a big issue in the 2024 election?
Murphy: Yeah, it’s going to be a big issue every time because you have folks on, really on both sides, really probably more Democrat that wants abortion literally when it’s coming, when the child is …