The former first lady spoke on Sunday about abortion and what she would say to women voters amid this year’s election.
Former first lady Melania Trump issued a new plea to women voters on Sunday amid her husband former President Donald Trump’s polling woes among that demographic.
As the 2024 presidential election draws closer, polls have shown a close race between Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, as the race could be decided by small numbers of voters in crucial swing states.
As abortion and other reproductive rights remain a top issue amid the election, women voters have become a key group for the two candidates as Harris has made defending abortion rights central to her campaign and said that reproductive rights nationwide may be threatened by a second Trump presidency.
In a Sunday interview with Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures host Maria Bartiromo asked Melania what she would say to women in this election cycle.
The former first lady said that while she understands that some may see her husband as « tough », he « wants to make their life better. »
« They need to know that he is passionate about this country, passionate about women and men as well. He wants to make their life better, safe, prosperous. He’s warm. He loves people and I understand that maybe sometimes they see him tough and some tweets maybe they would not like it and they didn’t like it », Melania said. « He only wants good for this country. »
Newsweek has reached out to Trump and Harris’ campaign via email for comment.
Melania’s remarks come after she revealed a staunch defense of a woman’s right to an abortion in her upcoming memoir.
« It is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children, based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government », the Republican nominee’s wife writes in her book, titled Melania, The Guardian reported on Wednesday.
