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Bernie Sanders Ends Presidential Campaign, Pro-Abortion Joe Biden Will Become Democrat Nominee
Life News ^ | April 8, 2020 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 04/08/2020 8:45:46 AM PDT by Morgana

Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his presidential campaign, paving the way for pro-abortion former Vice President Joe Biden to become the Democrats nominee. many Democrats wondered why it took Sanders so long to formally end his campaign after he came in second to Biden in a number of Democrat primary contests prior to the coronavirus outbreak.

Democrats coalesced around Biden as opposed to Sanders because exit polls show them mostly being concerned about defeating President Donald Trump. Somehow Biden is seen as having the ability to defeat Trump even though he is 77 and has a reputation for gaffes, misstatements, flip-flopping and groping women.

Sanders announced his decision to drop out in a staff call Wednesday, the day after Wisconsin’s Democratic presidential primary, which Biden won.

Although Sanders is seen as the more leftist of the two and is a self-proclaimed Socialist, Biden is, in reality, not much different on abortion compared with Sanders.

Biden will have a hard time winning over the majority of Americans who are pro-life, as he recently said he would force Americans to fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business on day 1.

It’s no surprise that Biden would force Americans to fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business, since he has an extensive record supporting abortions up to birth.

When it comes to abortion and appointing federal judges who have the power to determine the direction of abortion legislation, Biden made it clear during a Democrat debate he would not compromise as president.

“It’s a woman’s right to do that. Period,” Biden said, “And if you call that a litmus test, it’s a litmus test.”

Biden went further. He said if the Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, he would push for a national law allowing abortions up to birth.

“If they ruled it to be unconstitutional, I will send to the United States Congress, and it will pass I believe, a bill that legislates Roe v. Wade adjusted by Casey,” Biden said.

Biden also touted his role in rejecting former President Ronald Reagan’s Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork when he was in the Senate, as Bork had said he favored overturning the landmark decision that has resulted in killing 61 million babies in abortions.

Biden once attempted to appear a a moderate on abortion but that has changed.

After Biden came out supporting overturning the Hyde Amendment and forcing Americans to fund abortions, pro-life Americans made it clear they opposed his position supporting taxpayer-funded abortions up to birth. Biden then flip-flopped and said he would not support efforts to overturn the Hyde Amendment, which protects Americans from funding most abortions.

But after an outcry from abortion advocates when he flip-flopped, Biden then flip-flopped again last June and now says he will support forcing Americans to fund abortions up to birth with our taxpayer dollars.

Biden said he supported forcing Americans to pay for abortions. “It can’t stay,” Biden said of the Hyde amendment during an exchange with an ACLU activist earlier this month. The video of the exchange was posted by the ACLU on Twitter on May 8th

Here’s the transcript of that exchange between Biden and an ACLU activist [emphasis added]:

ACLU Activist: I’m an ACLU Rights For All voter, and I have one quick question for you. And that is: Will you commit to abolishing the Hyde amendment, which hurts poor women and—

Biden: Yes…. Yes. And by the way, ACLU member, I have a near-perfect voting record my entire career.

ACLU: I heard you did. But I’m glad you just said you would commit to abolishing the Hyde Amendment.

Biden: Right now it has to be… It can’t stay.

Biden clearly answered “yes” and “it can’t stay” when asked if he’d “commit to abolishing the Hyde amendment.”

Naturally, pro-life organizations called Biden out for his support for taxpayer-funded abortion on demand and for changing his position repeatedly.

SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser told LifeNews: “Joe Biden’s support for taxpayer funding of abortion after decades of opposition is just the latest example of Democratic extremism on abortion. Long gone are the days of ‘safe, legal, and rare.’”

Polling data is clear that Americans oppose abortion funding.

A January poll conducted by Marist University finds an overwhelming majority of Americans support restrictions on abortion and would like Roe v. Wade reinterpreted to allow restrictions on abortions. It also found that three-quarters (75 percent) of Americans oppose taxpayer funding of abortion abroad, fewer than two in 10 (19 percent) support such funding. Opposition to this funding includes most Republicans (94 percent) and independents (80 percent) and a majority of Democrats (56 percent).

By a double-digit margin, a majority of all Americans oppose any taxpayer funding of abortion (54 percent to 39 percent).

Despite the data, Biden is still an ardent abortion supporter.

Biden has a strong pro-abortion voting record that goes back for many years, and he supported President Barack Obama’s leadership as the most pro-abortion president in U.S. history. What’s more, pro-abortion movement leaders say they “trust” Biden to protect abortion on demand. As the vice president, he supported the administration’s pro-abortion policies, including Obamacare, which forced religious employers to pay for drugs that may cause abortions.

From 2001 to 2008, Biden’s voting record on pro-life issues was close to zero, according to the National Right to Life Committee. In 2005, for example, he voted against the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits funding to overseas groups that promote and/or perform abortions. He also voted repeatedly to require that military service members’ abortions be covered by taxpayer dollars.

Kate Michelman, a former leader of NARAL, is not worried.

“Joe Biden continued his evolution on the issue under Obama. He got there,” she told the newspaper. “I can’t say for absolute, 100 percent, but I would trust him as president to protect and defend a women’s right to choose.”

To show how far Biden has come toward the pro-abortion view, he once likened an abortion to an operation — as if taking the life of a baby before birth is somehow beneficial in the same manner as a patient’s operation.

Biden said: “Maybe where Romney is most sketchy is on women’s rights. I got a daughter and lost a daughter. I’ve got four granddaughters and Barack has two daughters. And this is to our core. Our daughters and our granddaughters are entitled to every single solitary operation, every single solitary opportunity!”


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 2020; abortion; bernie; berniesanders; biden; joebiden; prolife; sanders
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To: BTerclinger

Happy Passover and Happy Easter!!!


61 posted on 04/08/2020 3:25:33 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Morgana

Two-Faced Sleepy Joe.

Trump will squish him like a bug.


62 posted on 04/08/2020 4:16:32 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Morgana

Beware! Communists NEVER END ANYTHING. They only change their tactics and cover stories.

He’s still in the game. Our job is to find out what game that is and what he is up to, and expose him/it.


64 posted on 04/08/2020 4:48:01 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Morgana

Depressing as hell. Biden is a demented pedo. Sorry, a corrupt demented pedo.


65 posted on 04/08/2020 4:54:01 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: DannyTN

media is lining up behind Joe- you will not hear about any more of his gaffes-we need to work hard for this one


66 posted on 04/08/2020 7:01:48 PM PDT by TECTopcat (e)
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To: TheConservativeTejano
I have said for years, if I were a Republican running for President, I wouldn't take part in those charades.

The only real value those debates have is as entertainment, and if you are anything except a Leftist, you are going to have them all, from stage crews to moderators working against you.

Many years ago, when Whittaker Chambers had accused Alger Hiss of being a Soviet spy, Hiss's legal team was trying to get Chambers to make that statement in a public forum outside the hearings, so they could sue him for libel.

I guess they Hiss's team knew that even though truth is the ultimate defense against libel, Chambers could not legally keep up with them dollar for dollar, and he would be ruined and discredited.

So they laid a trap for Chambers and invite him to appear on "Meet The Press" where they would ask him point blank about Hiss, they could go after him.

He went on "Meet The Press", and in a in a 1952 interview he described his treatment on that show as "fun for the boys but death for the frogs"

I view these debates the same way, just like all the other crap like the Press Club Dinner, etc.

67 posted on 04/08/2020 7:16:24 PM PDT by rlmorel (The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
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To: TECTopcat

Actually there is no more reason to go after Joe now.

None.

Save your fire, until after he wins the nomination.

:)

For real.


68 posted on 04/08/2020 7:22:21 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: Morgana
Is everyone really sure Joe's gonna be the nominee? Really? 100%? They've tried everything from collusion and impeachment to alien space bugs to oust Trump and face-planted every time, and Joe couldn't reasonably get elected if it was a UniParty vote between him and Jimmy Carter. Someone is going to submit a concensus candidate and I think it'll be a Cuomo, which is why the media is trying so hard to set up a confrontation between Trump and one of the two. And I think Herself is going to try to play spoiler unless she gets a spot on the ticket. Unless Trump drops dead and takes Race Bannon with him, Bite Me! is already an historical footnote.
69 posted on 04/08/2020 7:26:33 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Why should I walk into the great unknown, when I can sit here, and throw my bones?)
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To: BTerclinger

Running back for the Detroit Lions.


70 posted on 04/08/2020 8:13:44 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: cba123
Save your fire, until after he wins the nomination.

Save your fire until you see who the Dems actually run. Joe will be forced to drop out and they will put someone in his place. He's already playing the game, mispronouncing words, names.

And what is Bernie going to do with another waterfront house on Lake Champlain?

71 posted on 04/08/2020 8:22:30 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Mopp4
"Huh ??? It was reported on WISN 12 Milwaukee news this morning that we won't know the results of the election until 13 APR. This was part of the court order."

That's the official tally, the exit polls were so bad for him he knew it was over.

72 posted on 04/09/2020 7:09:01 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: rlmorel
I have said for years, if I were a Republican running for President, I wouldn't take part in those charades. The only real value those debates have is as entertainment, and if you are anything except a Leftist, you are going to have them all, from stage crews to moderators working against you. Many years ago, when Whittaker Chambers had accused Alger Hiss of being a Soviet spy, Hiss's legal team was trying to get Chambers to make that statement in a public forum outside the hearings, so they could sue him for libel. I guess they Hiss's team knew that even though truth is the ultimate defense against libel, Chambers could not legally keep up with them dollar for dollar, and he would be ruined and discredited. So they laid a trap for Chambers and invite him to appear on "Meet The Press" where they would ask him point blank about Hiss, they could go after him. He went on "Meet The Press", and in a in a 1952 interview he described his treatment on that show as "fun for the boys but death for the frogs" I view these debates the same way, just like all the other crap like the Press Club Dinner, etc.

Partner, the debates are useless since the moderators and the questions are sometimes given to the other party like Miss Hillary.

I think President Trump is correct in not going to these parties where they roast folks.

The MSM has an absolute hatred for President Trump and most of the MSM votes with the DemonRat party.

73 posted on 04/09/2020 9:31:46 AM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (God Bless Texas...<br>)
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To: ladyjane
Save your fire until you see who the Dems actually run. Joe will be forced to drop out and they will put someone in his place. He's already playing the game, mispronouncing words, names. And what is Bernie going to do with another waterfront house on Lake Champlain?

Partner, Bernie will have a plus 3 homes or more with the amount of money he will receive from some Rich DemonRat donor.

74 posted on 04/09/2020 9:34:08 AM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (God Bless Texas...<br>)
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To: newfreep
"To his credit, Bolshevik Bernie was honest about being a leftwing Socialist/Communist."

I give no credit to Sanders. He tried to hide his communist past by making up the name, "Democratic Socialist". He is a totalitarian within his ugly hateful soul of all things America. I'm extremely happy this was his last chance to fulfill his ignorant brain-washed millenial and Gen-Z wishes into an utopian abyss.

75 posted on 04/09/2020 11:38:03 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: A Navy Vet
Sanders has always called himself a "democratic" socialist...even though there is nothing democratic about socialism.

Most DNC/CPUSA members avoid that label...even though they know it's true.

Socialism = Communism


76 posted on 04/09/2020 11:49:00 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: newfreep

Sorry, he was a communist in his early days, no matter what he calls himself today. There is ample proof.


77 posted on 04/09/2020 12:11:59 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: A Navy Vet

Yes, Sanders has always been a communist/socialist.

As I posted before...

Socialism = Communism


78 posted on 04/09/2020 12:14:12 PM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: Morgana

Now give him a sex change operation so she can become the running mate. IS EVERYBODY HAPPY!


79 posted on 04/09/2020 2:44:35 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: cnsmom

Are there bats in this cave, or just Joe’s belfry?


80 posted on 04/09/2020 2:46:03 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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