Noting that Thurman’s family held a press call hosted by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ campaign before the Fox News event, host Harris Faulkner, with snark in her voice, said to Trump : “Amber Thurman’s family have come out on a press call, and they’re doing what’s called a prebuttal to our town hall right now.”
“Oh, that’s nice,” Trump said, dismissively, as the crowd chuckled.
Then he said : “We’ll get better ratings, I promise.” And Faulkner and the crowd erupted in laughter.
Trump delivers one of the most vile moments of his campaign
I’ve seen plenty of vile things happen during political campaigns, but this was several steps beyond twisted.
Who weighs the words of a grieving family or the weight of their grief on a ratings scale? Who laughs at a family speaking out about the death of their loved one?
Thurman died in 2022 . Georgia’s abortion ban had forced her to travel to North Carolina for reproductive health services because she was just past Georgia’s six-week ban on abortions.
Thurman was given abortion pills, but developed a rare complication after she had returned to Georgia.
According to a ProPublica report : “She showed up at Piedmont Henry Hospital in need of a routine procedure to clear (fetal tissue) from her uterus, called a dilation and curettage, or D&C. But just that summer, her state had made performing the procedure a felony , with few exceptions. Any doctor who violated the new Georgia law could be prosecuted and face up to a decade in prison. Thurman waited in pain in a hospital bed ... as doctors monitored her infection spreading, her blood pressure sinking and her organs beginning to fail. It took 20 hours for doctors to finally operate. By then, it was too late.”
Donald Trump easily laughs at a tragedy – remember that
There’s nothing funny about any of that. It’s a tragedy. But Trump, Faulkner and many in the all-female crowd at the town hall got a good chuckle out of Trump’s dismissive attitude and his “we’ll get better ratings” joke.
I hope voters are paying attention to these random acts of casual cruelty coming from Trump and the people around him. They’re the kind of things that rob us of our humanity.
They’re the kind of things voters should reject, thunderously.
The abortion ban didnt kill anyone, not treating sepsis at its inception did
UniqueLshay77
4m ago
What he does best! He was even given a purple heart from a disabled veteran and still made a mockery of him! Like VP Kamala said he would rather run on problems than fixing them!💯🤬
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