Trump renews criticism of Northam on abortion, but gets state wrong

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "They even have -- and you can look at the governor of West Virginia -- the previous governor of West Virginia, not the current governor, who's doing an excellent job -- but the governor before, he said the baby will be born and we will decide what to do with the baby, in other words, we'll execute the baby.""And that's why I did that, because that predominates," Trump said, "because they're radical, the Democrats are radical in that.
42% : Abortion that late is exceedingly rare, and abortion after birth does not exist.
41% : "They have abortion in the ninth month," Trump said during the debate Tuesday night.
37% : "Trump, then president, told The Daily Caller at the time that the Virginia controversy "is going to lift up the whole pro-life movement like maybe it's never been lifted up before.
29% : During the debate Trump also accused Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, of saying "abortion in the ninth month is absolutely fine" and that "execution after birth" is "OK, and that's not OK with me."Linsey Davis, one of ABC's two debate moderators, followed Trump's comments by saying: "There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it's born.
28% : "Trump did get Virginia right on a subsequent reference to the controversy, saying: "The governor of Virginia said we put the baby aside and then we determine what we want to do with the baby.
26% : Trump had initially said that six weeks was not enough time, then said that he would vote against the ballot initiative.
24% : "Trump also again falsely claimed that legal scholars across the political spectrum "every Democrat, every Republican, liberal, conservative" wanted Roe v. Wade overturned, and the abortion issue sent back to the states.
8% : Trump started by botching the state that Northam led -- later correcting himself -- then made what fact checkers called distortions about infanticide.

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