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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWingnuts are gearing up for another government shutdown — this time over Planned Parenthood
Republicans know how bad a government shutdown over abortion would be, but Ted Cruz and Erick Erickson DGAFSIMON MALOY
The big news in conservative media land over the past couple of weeks has been a series of undercover sting videos released by a shady antiabortion rights activist group claiming to show that Planned Parenthood sells tissues procured from aborted fetuses. As is nearly always the case with videos such as these, theyre edited to make them look far worse than they actually are. Planned Parenthood maintains that any money it receives for procuring those tissues which have long been used in medical research is just reimbursement for the costs associated with the procedures. None of the videos that have been released actually show Planned Parenthood doing anything illegal, but they do show representatives of the organization speaking somewhat cavalierly about a grim topic. Many of the people promoting these videos are hoping that the emotional reaction they elicit will stoke a public and political backlash against the nations leading provider of reproductive health services.
Conservatives in the media and some hard-line Republicans in Congress believe theyve come up with a plan for dealing with Planned Parenthood: shut down the government again.
Shut down the government. Now, demands Erick Erickson. The budget and appropriations fights are forthcoming, he writes. If Barack Obama is willing to risk a government shutdown because he demands our tax dollars continue funding an organization that kills our children and sells their organs, we should have that fight. This line of reasoning appeals to legislators like Sen. Ted Cruz auteur of the last shutdown crisis who is agitating for Planned Parenthood funding to be stripped as part of the upcoming appropriations battle. I would support any and all legislative efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, Cruz says. He has sympathetic ears among some of the more conservative members of the House.
This plan isnt quite so appealing to the Republican leadership in Congress. Republicans went into the 2014 elections promising voters that theyd be effective stewards of power and competent agents of governance. They havent lived up to those promises yet (a partial shutdown was narrowly averted just two months into their reign) and picking a fight over government funding, even when its related to a controversial issue like abortion, promises to make them look even worse. They shut down the government over the Affordable Care Act which was quite unpopular at the time and they paid for it in the polls. So while the GOP leadership is certainly sympathetic to the complaints of the base over Planned Parenthood, theyre not willing to resort to extreme measures and risk serious political blowback.
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http://www.salon.com/2015/07/31/wingnuts_are_gearing_up_for_another_government_shutdown_this_time_over_planned_parenthood/
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Wingnuts are gearing up for another government shutdown — this time over Planned Parenthood (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jul 2015
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. Does anyone doubt this was coordinated with the "selling baby parts" bullshit?
underpants
(182,868 posts)2. Coordinated/ results of - their propaganda drives them now
They've lost all control of their party to the voices in the choir that they created.
CanonRay
(14,112 posts)8. You are exactly right, they are being driven by their own bullshit.
It's really quite amazing to see.
tanyev
(42,601 posts)3. And individual governors calls for investigations, and probably a prominent issue at the GOP debate.
Lawmakers Knew About Planned Parenthood Video Weeks Ago
When an undercover video of a Planned Parenthood executive casually discussing the harvesting of fetal tissue and organs went viral Tuesday, House Republicans took notice, with party leaders calling for investigations just one day later. Speaker John A. Boehner and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy issued terse statements, the Judiciary and Energy and Commerce committees announced hearings and Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., called for a Justice Department probe into whether the nations largest abortion provider broke the law in supplying the tissue to medical research firms.
Rep. Tim Murphy, a member of the House Pro-Life Caucus and chairman of the Energy and Commerce subcommittee looking into the video, said at a Wednesday news conference hed seen the clip weeks before. Asked afterward why he and others waited until this week to take action, Murphy struggled for an answer before abruptly ending the interview with CQ Roll Call, saying he should not be quoted and remarking, This interview didnt happen.
Another Pro-Life Caucus and Judiciary committee member, GOP Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona, said Wednesday he had also seen the video about a month ago.
http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/interview-didnt-happen/?dcz=
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Darb
(2,807 posts)6. It's what wasn't in the video.
Nice try though......not.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)7. Lol. The automated message for my alert on name removed.
He was PPRed shortly after my alert was sent.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)5. My God these people need to be out Government.
Vote them out. Bring back the sanity.