Pelosi targets Trump, McConnell in statement slamming draft opinion overturning Roe
by Mychael Schnell - 05/03/22 3:36 PM ET
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday targeted former President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in a statement slamming the draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, writing that the top Republicans “have assaulted privacy, precedent and the Constitution.”
“This monstrous draft decision is a sweeping and severe restriction of Americans’ rights. With it, Trump, McConnell and Republicans in Congress have assaulted privacy, precedent and the Constitution,” Pelosi wrote in a statement on Tuesday.
The comments from the Speaker come less than 24 hours after Politico published a draft Supreme Court opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, that said the rulings in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey do not have grounds in the Constitution and should be overturned.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that while the document is “authentic,” it does not reflect the final decision from the bench.
Democrats, however, are sounding the alarm, denouncing the draft opinion and advocating for efforts to safeguard abortion rights on the federal level.
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