Earlier this week, former President Donald Trump discussed how he was confronted with the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling on in-vitro fertilization (IVF), which posed issued to IVF clinics throughout the state and was used by Democrats to attack Republicans.
The Republican presidential nominee told a Fox News Channel town hall that U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) was the first to alert him to the ruling. However, during those remarks, Trump referred to Britt as a "fantastically attractive person," drawing scorn from some media outlets.
"So I got a call from Katie Britt, a young, just a fantastically attractive person from Alabama," he said. "She's a senator. And she called me up, like, emergency, emergency, because an Alabama judge had ruled that the IVF clinics were illegal and they have to be closed down. A judge ruled. And she said: 'Friends of mine came up to me and they were -- oh, they were so angry.' I didn't even know they were going. She -- they were -- it's fertilization. I didn't know they were even involved in it. Nobody talks about it. They don't talk about it. But now that they can't do it, she said: 'I was attacked in a certain way. I was attacked.' And I said: 'Explain IVF very quickly.'"
"And within about two minutes, I understood it. I said, no, no, we're totally in favor of IVF. I came out with a statement within an hour, a really powerful statement, with some experts, really powerful. And we went totally in favor, the Republican Party, the whole party. Alabama legislature a day later overturned, meaning approved it, overturned the judge, essentially, approved it. And we really are the party for IVF. We want fertilization. And it's all the way. And the Democrats tried to attack us on it. And we're out there on IVF even more than them. So we're totally in favor of it."
However, during an interview that aired on Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5, Britt dismissed any offense from the remarks and noted that the comments forced some media outlets to acknowledge the former president's stated position on IVF.
"Well, first off, you should know that Wesley is really upset because Donald Trump has consistently called him, you know, 'beautiful,'" she joked. "He calls Wesley, he says, where's your big, beautiful husband? Where is he? Loves Wesley Britt, says he is the biggest man he's ever met. And he says, now wait, where's the headline on that? You know, wait a second, wait a second. I need a little credence here. You know, Donald Trump's called me beautiful, and I don't see any headlines across the country on that one. So Wesley has had a good bit of fun with that."
"But you make my point for me," Britt continued. "He's been talking about this since March. He has been saying that we had a phone call about this. He's talked about — he has called me smart. He has called me, you know, all kinds of things in a way that have been, you know, an elevation of both the conversation and where we're going and all these things. And then the media thinks that they have something, and then they finally start covering it."
"And it ends up being that the joke is on them, because finally, for the first time, whether it is People Magazine or The New York Times, people are able to read that Donald Trump fully supports IVF. He has done that since the very beginning — that Republicans, all 49 Republicans in the United States Senate signed a letter saying, we strongly support continued nationwide access to IVF," she added. "And because of the genius of all of that, people across the country are now getting to know the truth. And unfortunately, the media has been trying to hide that from them and distort the reality that is. And I'm glad that people know since the very beginning, from proud to firmly stand with access to IVF, and President Donald Trump has as well."
Jeff Poor is the editor in chief of 1819 News and host of "The Jeff Poor Show," heard Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon on Mobile's FM Talk 106.5. To connect or comment, email jeff.poor@1819News.com or follow him on Twitter @jeff_poor.
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Earlier this week, former President Donald Trump discussed how he was confronted with the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling on in-vitro fertilization (IVF), which posed issued to IVF clinics throughout the state and was used by Democrats to attack Republicans.
The Republican presidential nominee told a Fox News Channel town hall that U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) was the first to alert him to the ruling. However, during those remarks, Trump referred to Britt as a "fantastically attractive person," drawing scorn from some media outlets.
"So I got a call from Katie Britt, a young, just a fantastically attractive person from Alabama," he said. "She's a senator. And she called me up, like, emergency, emergency, because an Alabama judge had ruled that the IVF clinics were illegal and they have to be closed down. A judge ruled. And she said: 'Friends of mine came up to me and they were -- oh, they were so angry.' I didn't even know they were going. She -- they were -- it's fertilization. I didn't know they were even involved in it. Nobody talks about it. They don't talk about it. But now that they can't do it, she said: 'I was attacked in a certain way. I was attacked.' And I said: 'Explain IVF very quickly.'"
"And within about two minutes, I understood it. I said, no, no, we're totally in favor of IVF. I came out with a statement within an hour, a really powerful statement, with some experts, really powerful. And we went totally in favor, the Republican Party, the whole party. Alabama legislature a day later overturned, meaning approved it, overturned the judge, essentially, approved it. And we really are the party for IVF. We want fertilization. And it's all the way. And the Democrats tried to attack us on it. And we're out there on IVF even more than them. So we're totally in favor of it."
However, during an interview that aired on Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5, Britt dismissed any offense from the remarks and noted that the comments forced some media outlets to acknowledge the former president's stated position on IVF.
"Well, first off, you should know that Wesley is really upset because Donald Trump has consistently called him, you know, 'beautiful,'" she joked. "He calls Wesley, he says, where's your big, beautiful husband? Where is he? Loves Wesley Britt, says he is the biggest man he's ever met. And he says, now wait, where's the headline on that? You know, wait a second, wait a second. I need a little credence here. You know, Donald Trump's called me beautiful, and I don't see any headlines across the country on that one. So Wesley has had a good bit of fun with that."
"But you make my point for me," Britt continued. "He's been talking about this since March. He has been saying that we had a phone call about this. He's talked about — he has called me smart. He has called me, you know, all kinds of things in a way that have been, you know, an elevation of both the conversation and where we're going and all these things. And then the media thinks that they have something, and then they finally start covering it."
"And it ends up being that the joke is on them, because finally, for the first time, whether it is People Magazine or The New York Times, people are able to read that Donald Trump fully supports IVF. He has done that since the very beginning — that Republicans, all 49 Republicans in the United States Senate signed a letter saying, we strongly support continued nationwide access to IVF," she added. "And because of the genius of all of that, people across the country are now getting to know the truth. And unfortunately, the media has been trying to hide that from them and distort the reality that is. And I'm glad that people know since the very beginning, from proud to firmly stand with access to IVF, and President Donald Trump has as well."
Jeff Poor is the editor in chief of 1819 News and host of "The Jeff Poor Show," heard Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon on Mobile's FM Talk 106.5. To connect or comment, email jeff.poor@1819News.com or follow him on Twitter @jeff_poor.
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