When a 'Pro-Life' Republican Defends His State's Abortion Rights

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59% : Trump is set to host Speaker Mike Johnson at Mar-a-Lago for a joint press conference, where the two will promote a bill to stop non-citizens from voting, according to a Thursday report from USA Today.
50% : Most respondents said they believe Trump would do a better job handling the economy, immigration, and international conflicts, while a majority said they believe Biden would better preserve democracy in America.
50% : The district, which had voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, seemed bound to elect Kent in the general election.
49% : For a Michigan lawmaker, that means opposing any legislation in the Senate that would undermine abortion rights as codified in the state constitution through a referendum -- Proposal 3 -- approved by a majority of voters in the 2022 midterm elections.
46% : The call listed a lack of voter ID requirements, mass mail-in voting, and deceased people on voter rolls as examples.
45% : Trump leads Biden 48 percent to 46 percent among North Carolina registered voters in a head-to-head matchup in a Wednesday Quinnipiac University poll.
41% : Trump has requested moving up the first debates between himself and Biden and even adding more to the calendar.
40% : (Both Kent and Gluesenkamp Perez have lived in Portland, a progressive bastion across the border in Oregon, and while Gluesenkamp Perez supported Sanders in 2016, Kent has said he boosted Sanders in the 2020 Democratic primary in Oregon because he considered the socialist senator to be a better opponent for Trump.)
39% : The candidate's comments to The Dispatch mirror comments he made in 2023 in support of states' rights and legal access to abortion in Michigan and come as Donald Trump, the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, appeared this week to stake out a similar position to that of Rogers.
35% : She has positioned herself as a more electable alternative focused on public safety and reining in government spending, criticizing Gluesenkamp Perez, who is relatively moderate but is still a Democrat.
34% : During the 2022 primary, Kent went directly after the six-term incumbent Herrera Beutler, who was one of the 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach Donald Trump for his involvement in the events that led to January 6.Not surprisingly, Trump endorsed Kent, helping him eke out a second-place finish in the district's blanket primary over Herrera Beutler.
30% : While Trump has spent funds from his Save America political action committee on legal fees, it is unlikely that his campaign is using money from the Republican National Committee for that purpose.
23% : Kent's defeat was emblematic of the failure of Republican House candidates across the country who were closely tied with Trump and "Stop the Steal.
14% : Trump has repeatedly challenged Biden to debate him even though he skipped all of the debates in the Republican presidential primary.

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