Headline Roundup January 23, 2020
Trump to Attend, Speak At March For Life in Presidential First
March For Life,Donald Trump,Washington DC,Reproductive Rights,Mike Pence,Pro-Life,Pro-Choice,Anti-Abortion,Abortion
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The Hill
President Trump on Friday will become the first president to attend in-person the March for Life.
Trump quote-tweeted a video of last year's pro-life event, adding "See you on Friday...Big Crowd!"
The president addressed the gathering in 2018 via video stream, and Vice President Pence attended in 2019.
MarketWatch
President Trump revealed this week he would become the first president to speak in person at the anti-abortion March for Life rally, as a new poll registered record-high dissatisfaction with U.S. abortion laws.
The March for Life says its mission is to “promote the beauty and dignity of every human life by working to end abortion.” Trump previously spoke at the rally remotely, while Vice President Mike Pence in 2017 became the first U.S. vice president to attend.
“See you on Friday...Big Crowd!” Trump said on Twitter TWTR, -0.68% Wednesday,...
(CNN) - President Donald Trump will attend Friday's March for Life, an annual anti-abortion event in Washington, he announced on Twitter.
"See you on Friday...Big Crowd!" Trump tweeted Wednesday, sharing a video from last year's march.
Trump will be the first president to attend the march, according to Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life. Trump was also the first president to speak at the march via video feed when he addressed participants in the 2018 march.
