CNN political commentator Margaret Hoover argued President Trump would lose the battleground state of Arizona because of a recent controversial abortion ruling in the state. The Arizona Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday reverting the state back to a 160-year-old, pre-statehood law that outlaws abortions in nearly all circumstances and criminalizes abortions.
Trump issued a statement on abortion rights on Monday, one day before the Arizona Supreme Court ruling. In a video posted to his social media platform, Trump argued that abortion rights should be a state issue decided by the 'will of the people.' 'The states will determine by vote, or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land – in this case, the law of the state,' Trump said. 'Many states will be different.
Fox News' Jamie Joseph, Paul Steinhauser and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.