Mike Pence calls Trump’s abortion policy a ‘slap in the face’ to ‘millions of Americans’: Former VP gives old boss stinging criticism and suggests Republicans want to ‘wash their hands’ of the battle for life [Video]

17:51 EDT 08 Apr 2024 , updated 20:10 EDT 08 Apr 2024

Former Vice President Mike Pence slammed his former boss’s announcement on Monday claiming abortion should be left to states, saying Donald Trump helped end Roe v Wade but Republicans no longer want to take responsibility for the issue.

‘President Trump’s retreat on the Right to Life is a slap in the face to the millions of pro-life Americans who voted for him in 2016 and 2020,’ Pence said in a post on X.

He went on “By nominating and standing by the confirmation of conservative justices, the Trump-Pence Administration helped send Roe v. Wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs and gave the pro-life movement the opportunity to compassionately support women and unborn children.’

Pence slammed GOP politicians saying they are ‘all too ready to wash their hands of the battle for life.’

The former vice president claimed Republicans ‘win on life’ when they ‘speak the …