We regret to inform you all that the Regime Media is at it again. ABC News, in its capacity as the most consistently pro-Biden of the network evening newscasts, excised the most damaging part of a quote from the president on the recently-affirmed 1864 Arizona statute banning abortion in all instances except to save the life of the mother.
Watch as correspondent Rachel Scott closes out her report, with all the subtlety of a tank, from in front of a Planned Parenthood in Phoenix, Arizona:
RACHEL SCOTT: Today, the Biden campaign saying Donald Trump set out to overturn abortion rights in America, and he did. Insisting Trump “owns the suffering and chaos happening right now.” And when asked his message to the people of Arizona, a key campaign battleground, tonight, President Biden was blunt — “Elect me.”
WHIT JOHNSON: Rachel Scott with us now from Phoenix. And Rachel, as you noted there, Republican lawmakers tonight blocking Democrats’ efforts to repeal that 160-year-old abortion ban. So bottom line here, where do things stand right now in Arizona?
SCOTT: Whit, Arizona is in a state of limbo. The Supreme Court here in Arizona put that ruling on hold for 14 days. Democrats and Republicans were racing to try to repeal that law before it went into effect. Well, tonight, Republicans blocking those efforts. The Democratic governor Katie Hobbs calling their actions unconscionable, saying that the Republican majority had a chance to do the right thing, and tonight they failed. Whit.
JOHNSON: Rachel, thank you.
Except that this wasn’t ACTUALLY what Biden said- bluntly or otherwise. Leave it to the throne-sniffingest newscast to leave out the most damaging part of an absolutely brutal gaffe wherein Biden tells the world, in front of the Prime Minister of Japan, that he is in the 20th Century.
Joe Biden: ‘Elect Me, I’m in the 20th Century’ pic.twitter.com/g5CSyqcMM8
— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) April 10, 2024
This is another one of those instances where Biden was in the clear but decides to take that one last question. And it bit him again. Once you see the actual quote in its full context, you can tell that it is not “blunt” at all- and to suggest otherwise is to traffic in regime propaganda.
Both CBS and NBC accurately reflected the gaffe in their reporting about the Arizona territorial law. Their reports, like this one, served the general purpose of advancing pro-abortion narrative and falsely framing former President Donald Trump’s criticism of the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling as a flip-flop on abortion and inconsistent with the belief that abortion should be left to the states.
Only ABC made the choice to try to hide an easily findable gaffe within an A-block story on a deeply divisive topic. Why, you ask? In order to protect Biden. As usual.
Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned interview as aired on ABC World News Tonight on Wednesday, April 10th, 2024:
WHIT JOHNSON: Tonight, growing backlash after Arizona’s Supreme Court upheld a law from 1864 that criminalizes all abortions, except to save the mother’s life. Republican lawmakers in the state blocking Democratic efforts to repeal it. The issue sure to be a flash point in the race for the White House. Donald Trump, who just this week said states should decide their own abortion policy, now saying Arizona went too far. ABC’s Rachel Scott is in Phoenix tonight.
PROTESTERS: Shame on you! Shame on you!
RACHEL SCOTT: Tonight, outrage in Arizona. Republican lawmakers in the state capitol blocking Democrats’ efforts to roll back a 160-year-old law banning abortion with only one exception, to save the life of the mother.
PROTESTERS: Save women’s lives!
SCOTT: It comes 24 hours after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld the law, written before Arizona was even a state, and before women had the right to vote. Donald Trump, who just this week said states should decide their own abortion policy, today saying Arizona went too far.
Reporter: Did Arizona go too far?
DONALD TRUMP: Yeah, they did, and that will be straightened out. And, as you know, it’s all about states’ rights. That will be straightened out.
SCOTT: It comes as Trump tries to recast his own position on abortion, sensing it’s become a losing issue for Republicans. He now says he’s proud of appointing three of the six Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe versus Wade, but that abortion policy should be up to the states.
TRUMP: It was an incredible thing, an incredible achievement. We did that. And now, the states have it, and the states are putting out what they want. It’s the will of the people.
SCOTT: Just weeks ago, Trump was floating the idea of a national ban on abortion, but today, he said he would not sign one.
REPORTER: President Trump, would you sign a national abortion ban if congress sent it to your desk?
TRUMP: No.
SCOTT: Over the years, Trump’s position on abortion has swung back and forth –
TRUMP: I am very pro-choice. I’m pro-life.
TRUMP: Trump once said there should be some sort of punishment for women who get abortions, a position he quickly walked back. Today, he refused to say whether he believes doctors should face punishment for performing abortions, as they do right now in Arizona and other states.
REPORTER: Do you think a doctor should be punished for performing abortions?
TRUMP: I’ll let that be to the states. Everything we’re doing now is states.
SCOTT: Today, the Biden campaign saying Donald Trump set out to overturn abortion rights in America, and he did. insisting Trump “owns the suffering and chaos happening right now.” And when asked his message to the people of Arizona, a key campaign battleground, tonight, President Biden was blunt — “Elect me.”
JOHNSON: Rachel Scott with us now from Phoenix. And Rachel, as you noted there, Republican lawmakers tonight blocking Democrats’ efforts to repeal that 160-year-old abortion ban. So bottom line here, where do things stand right now in Arizona?
SCOTT: Whit, Arizona is in a state of limbo. The Supreme Court here in Arizona put that ruling on hold for 14 days. Democrats and Republicans were racing to try to repeal that law before it went into effect. Well, tonight, Republicans blocking those efforts. The Democratic governor Katie Hobbs calling their actions unconscionable, saying that the Republican majority had a chance to do the right thing, and tonight they failed. Whit.
JOHNSON: Rachel, thank you.