Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed the Democratic Party in America is becoming "godless" due to its focus on abortion rights during the recent US election.
Speaking on GBN America, the ex-Conservative MP criticised the Democrats' stance on abortion, stating: "The idea that the first thing you want to do when you get into government is to make it easier to destroy babies seems to me to be absolutely tragic."
He added: "It is interesting that the atheists and the agnostics are going in that direction so that the Democrats are becoming a godless party."
The comments follow a US election where abortion rights emerged as a significant campaign issue.
Exit polls revealed that abortion ranked as the third most important issue for voters, with just 14 per cent citing it as their top concern.
The economy and democracy took precedence in voters' minds, according to Edison Research data.
Jacob Rees-Mogg said the Democrats are becoming 'Godless'
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While 65 per cent of voters supported legal abortion in all or most cases, this did not translate into electoral success for the Democrats.
Kamala Harris was seen as more trustworthy than Donald Trump on abortion issues, exit polls showed.
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However, some voters demonstrated they could support both abortion rights and Trump simultaneously, with 23 per cent of those voting for abortion protections in Arizona also backing the Republican candidate.
Democrats invested heavily in abortion messaging, spending $500 million on nationwide TV, streaming and social media campaigns.
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The massive expenditure aimed to highlight what Democrats saw as the threat Trump posed to abortion rights.
Despite Harris campaigning extensively on protecting reproductive freedoms, she captured a smaller share of women voters compared to Biden's 2020 performance.
Trump actually improved his share of women voters by three percentage points compared to 2020.
"It's very clear Donald Trump attempted to muddle his message on abortion and did not suffer the same branding issue on that issue that maybe other Republicans have in the past," Democratic strategist Joel Payne told the Mail.
Kamala Harris GettyThe disconnect between abortion views and voting patterns was particularly evident in several states.
In Missouri and Montana, voters chose to protect abortion rights while simultaneously backing Trump and other Republican candidates.
Even in Florida, where Trump won by a significant margin of 56 per cent, an abortion protection amendment garnered 57 per cent support, though falling short of the required 60 per cent threshold.
Arizona perhaps best illustrated this split, with Trump projected to win the state while voters passed an amendment enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution with over 60 per cent support.
"Voters don't trust and don't like Republicans on abortion period," noted Payne. "Also, voters have proven they will still vote for Republicans despite that."
