‘He Was in His Face’: Trump Confronts Top Democrat on Late-Term Abortion
President Trump’s opposition to late-term abortion resulted in a tense scene in the White House last week when he confronted a Democratic senator who is a professing Christian.
Democratic Sen. Chris Coons (Del.) and other religious politicians and leaders were attending a dinner in the White House’s Blue Room the night before the National Prayer Breakfast when the encounter occurred, Politico reported. Coons describes himself as a “practicing Christian and a devout Presbyterian.” He was co-chair of the breakfast and joined a Republican senator in praying for Trump the next day.
Three sources told Politico the scene was tense when Trump approached Coons in the Blue Room to discuss the Democrats’ support of a New York law and a Virginia bill that allow abortion up to the moment of birth.
“He was in his face about it,” one source told Politico. The same person described Trump as “worked up.”...