Former President Donald Trump is warning that Republican candidates may get clobbered in 2024 if they don’t learn how to properly talk about the abortion issue. Trump also reminded a crowd in Dubuque on Wednesday that he appointed three U-S Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v Wade.

Trump recently said on N-B-C’s Meet the Press that Florida’s six week abortion ban had been a terrible mistake. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who’s running against Trump, told Radio Iowa Trump can’t claim to be pro-life after making that statement. Trump talked about the abortion issue in general yesterday (Wednesday).

Trump was endorsed yesterday (Wednesday) by an eastern Iowa lawmaker who’s pushing for a ban on all abortions, but Trump cautioned against that.

Earlier Wednesday afternoon, Trump told a crowd in Maquoketa that he’s been enduring what he called “made up allegations” since he first ran for president and that’s why his supporters are dismissing the criminal indictments he now faces.

Trump made his comments after a man in the crowd on the Jackson County Fairgrounds asked this question.

Trump says he’s gratified by his standing in national polls that show he has the backing of about 60 percent of Republican voters.

Trump finished about three points behind 2016 Iowa Caucus winner Ted Cruz. A couple of days later, Trump accused Cruz of cheating and asked for a re-vote or that Cruz’s Iowa Caucus results be thrown out. Trump reminded audiences in Dubuque and Maquoketa that the 2024 Iowa Caucuses are on January 15th.

Trump said he expects to campaign in Iowa five or six more times before the Caucuses.