Trump can't escape the firestorm over abortion rights — just like Joe Biden hoped

Former President Donald Trump can't escape the issue of abortion rights.

Trump likely hoped that he could settle the issue with an over 4-minute-long video in which he said the future of abortion rights should be settled at the state level. Just days later, the Arizona state Supreme Court issued a ruling that provided a stark reminder that relegating the issue to the state level isn't a political panacea.

On Wednesday, the former president told reporters that the Arizona court had gone too far in ruling that an 1864, pre-Civil War near-total ban on abortions could be enforced.