Critics shocked by Trump’s ‘pretty cruel’ town hall joke about abortion-related death

Former President Donald Trump faced backlash Wednesday for what critics called his “quite cruel” comment following a comment about a Black woman who died from complications under Georgia’s restrictive abortion law.

At the start of Republican candidate Trump’s all-female town hall with Fox News’ Harris Faulkner in Georgia, Faulkner noted that the family of Amber Nicole Thurman — a 28-year-old mother who, according to a ProPublica investigation, died in a preventable incident in 2022 under the state’s tough abortion law — was holding a conference call for the press as a prelude to the Trump event.

“Oh, that’s good,” Trump said sarcastically, before adding, “You’ll get better ratings, I promise.”

Faulkner smiled and the audience joined in, laughing.

Watch the moment here:

Liberal Fox News commentator Jessica Tarlov called the comment “very cruel.” Trump could have taken “the moment to say, ‘I’m sorry the young lady lost her life,’” Tarlov said during Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Five.”

Democratic candidate Kamala Harris warned of more deaths like Thurman’s if Trump wins back the White House. Trump has repeatedly boasted that he appointed the U.S. Supreme Court justices who ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade. Trump’s joke to Faulkner was met with anger on social media:

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