Abortion foes criticize Scott Walker over campaign spokeswoman

Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel ^ | April 3, 2014 | Daniel Bice

[SoConPubbie]

Alleigh Marre has supported Planned Parenthood, abortion rights

Gov. Scott Walker is quickly learning there may be a political litmus test for top campaign staff.

Walker — a self-described "100% pro-life" politician — is drawing sharp criticism from some of his strongest anti-abortion allies after it was discovered this week that his newly hired campaign spokeswoman has expressed support for Planned Parenthood and abortion rights in the past.

"Obviously, naturally, that's a problem," said Matt Sande, legislative director for Pro-Life Wisconsin, which endorsed Walker in 2010 election and his recall contest. "I think he needs a new spokeswoman, immediately."

Walker's campaign brought on Alleigh Marre, 25, last month as the press secretary for his high-stakes re-election effort. Marre had previously worked for the National Republican Congressional Committee and former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, a Massachusetts Republican who is an abortion-rights advocate.

On her now-defunct blog, Marre wrote a piece in defense of Planned Parenthood after the GOP-backed U.S. House of Representatives voted to end funding for the organization.

"I'm a Republican, and I support Planned Parenthood, a woman's right to choose, access to STD testing, birth control, etc.," Marre wrote Sept. 21, 2011. "Did I mention I'm a Republican?"

Marre didn't answer questions Wednesday regarding the blog post, her current position on abortion or her disclosure of any of this information to Walker before he hired her last month.

Instead, Walker's campaign issued two statements that all but confirmed Marre's pro-choice position.

"America is a great country where people can have differing points of view on various issues," said Tom Evenson, Walker's campaign communications director.

Later, Evenson supplemented that statement with this: "Governor Walker welcomes people with differing opinions in his campaign and his administration. Throughout his career he has always been pro-life and

[SoConPubbie]

	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[BeadCounter]

Way to look for dirt on SW So Con Pubbie.

[BeadCounter]

At least Walker and Perry have actually shut down Planned Parenthood offices which is something a lot of politicians can't say.

[latina4dubya]

frankly, i would go for the best person for the job, depending on what the job is... if i needed a surgeon, i would want the best—no matter his political views... if i needed a lawyer, i would go for the best i could buy—i do not care to whom or what he donates... (or her/she)...

[BeadCounter]

They did get swayed by someone who is very pretty and youthful, they may have thought this would be the kind of personality that would be good. Hope they dump her.

NRCC, must be the same person, see the review:

[ZULU]

Walker always struck me as a one-act show. Just active on the economy - a big issue to be sure, but the way to improve the economy is to reduce government and strengthen Constitutional Freedoms and basic human rights.

[Darren McCarty]

Press Secretaries don’t set policy.

[Ramius]

Who cares what she thinks? Does part of the job involve abortions? Don’t think so.

[SoFloFreeper]

She has to walk the walk to be with Walker. He is the boss.

If she doesn’t represent HIS VIEWS then she ought to be fired.

I guarantee you, my boss and I do not agree on everything. But I do my job well, and we don’t have a problem.

[Salvation]

BTTT!

[Jack Hydrazine]

"I'm a GOP-E, and I support Planned Parenthood abortuary big business, a woman's right to choose to kill her child, access to STD testing, birth control, etc. at taxpayer expense" Marre wrote Sept. 21, 2011. "Did I mention I'm a GOP-E and I'll do everything in my power to influence Scott Walker to become more feticidal?"