Trump Says Being From New York Drives His Views on Gay Marriage, Partial-Birth Abortion
HOUSTON, Texas — In an interview with Tim Russert, Donald Trump asserts that New York "views" and "attitudes" are different than other places in the country, such as Iowa.
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Trump on Meet the Press:
"I live in New York City. There is a tremendous movement on to have and allow gay marriage."
"Hey, I lived in New York City and Manhattan all my life so my views are a little bit different than if I lived in Iowa, perhaps, but [gays openly serving in the military] is not something that would disturb me."
"I'm very pro choice. And again it may be a little bit of a New York background because there is some different having attitude in different parts of the country and you know I was raised in New York, grew up and work and everything else in New York City."
But you would not ban partial-birth abortion?
"No."
Ted Cruz, Cruz Campaign Press Release - Donald Trump's New York Values: In His Own Words Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/315052