MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace Says The Stakes of the 2024 Election ‘Literally Are Life and Death for Every Woman in America’
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace argued the stakes of the 2024 election are “literally life and death for every woman in America.”
At the outset of the 5 p.m. hour of Monday’s Deadline: White House, Wallace played comments from former First Lady Michelle Obama in Michigan. The MSNBC host set up those remarks — which were aimed at men but focused on women’s reproductive health — by arguing that the very livelihood of every woman in America is on the line in the 2024 election.
“Former first lady Michelle Obama isn’t messing around anymore,” Wallace said. “Because with women’s reproductive health care and freedoms hanging in the balance next Tuesday, the stakes literally are life and death for every woman in America. It’s not hyperbole. It’s not an exaggeration. It’s what happens next week.”
Wallace then played the comments from Michelle Obama:
“To the men who love us, let me just try to paint a picture of what it will feel like if America, the wealthiest nation on earth, keeps revoking basic care from its women. And how it will affect every single woman in your life.
Your girlfriend could be the one in legal jeopardy if she needs a pill from out of state or overseas, or if she has to travel across state lines because the local clinic closed up. Your wife or mother could be the ones at higher risk of dying from undiagnosed cervical cancer because they have no access to regular gynecological care. Your daughter could be the one to terrified to call the doctor if she’s bleeding during an unexpected pregnancy.
This will not just affect women. It will affect you and your sons. The devastating consequences of teen pregnancy won’t just be borne by young girls, but also by the young men who are the fathers. They, too, will have their dreams of going to college. Their entire futures totally upended by an unwanted pregnancy.
If you and your partner are expecting a child, you will be right by her side at the checkups. Terrified if her blood pressure is too high or if there’s an issue with the placenta or if the ultrasound shows that the embryo with implanted in the wrong place and the doctors aren’t sure that they can intervene to keep the woman you love safe. I am asking you from the core of my being to take our lives seriously. Please.”
“An unbelievable plea,” Wallace said, coming out of the clip. “Asking every man in the country to think about us, the women they love, who in most cases are there if we have a miscarriage or something goes wrong, as she said. Michelle Obama asking every man in this country to think about what happens if all of our access to health care goes away next Tuesday. Hasn’t happened yet. That’s what’s on the line.”
Watch above, via MSNBC.
