Melania Trump made an extraordinary declaration in an eagerly awaited memoir to be published a month from election day: she is a passionate supporter of a woman’s right to control her own body – including the right to abortion.

“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, amid a campaign in which Donald Trump’s threats to women’s reproductive rights have played a central role.

“Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body? A woman’s fundamental right of individual liberty, to her own life, grants her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes.

“Restricting a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body. I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life.”

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Oh Donald, they’re playing your wedding song…

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And yet, she married a rapist. Probably knowingly.

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Who cares about morals when you have money

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Who gives a fuck what the former 3rd lady attempts to say?

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I do when it totally goes against her own husband’s campaign.

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Nah the campaign has released this prior to the book release because they think it makes trump look more balanced on women’s rights.

Remember, they’re not trying to win your vote, but “low information” swing voters who will decide who to vote for based on whatever meme they happen to remember.

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I don’t see how this makes Donald Trump look more balanced on women’s right’s. Not when it’s already well-known that there’s a rift between him and her.

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I agree… the fact that you have people arguing about it instead of talking about Trump wanting to literally shit on democracy is a good thing for him. He believes in all publicity being good.

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Well . . . Jeez I hate to be the one to tell her this but

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I honestly don’t understand anything about that woman. Like, it seems like she’d stare you right in the eye while eating your children, but then compliment you on your wonderful family and beautiful house on the way out.

Pick a lane!

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Let’s not look too deeply.

Someone’s contacted her saying they’ll give her a few million if she let’s them write some bullshit memoirs.

No one has cared about the insignificant experiences of this vapid bimbo since she progressed from lamb to mutton, so the book needs some controversial opinions or it just won’t sell.

I suspect that someone thinks this will make Trump seem more balanced on women’s rights which is why they’ve leaked this prior to the book release.

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Any publicity is good publicity… Trump is very aware of that adage.

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That and a way to launder money into their campaign, easy to buy lots of copies of a worthless book

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Pick a lane!

Why? I don’t think she ever wanted to be in the spotlight and having to pick a lane; she is pretty close for Donny hitting the bucket and her finally getting a slice of the grift pie.

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I don’t think she ever wanted to be in the spotlight

Marrying trump seems like an odd choice then. Sure, he wasn’t president at the time, but he was a big public figure.

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