Thread by me.
The ACORN scandal shows that if Congress wants to act, it can.
Within weeks of Fox airing videos of a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute being advised by ACORN “community organizers” on how to evade taxes and set up a prostitution ring, our stalwart Washington legislators voted to cut off federal funds to the organization.
But similar publicized abuses at Planned Parenthood — workers agreeing to cover up rape or earmarking funds to abort black babies — all captured on video and audio — produced no similar action in Washington to cut off funds.
Why?
Of course, the scope of taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood is many times greater — a few hundred million dollars per year versus a few million.
But that’s no explanation.
Congress acts when voters demand it. And, sadly, the decibel level of outrage about abortion, let alone federal funds supporting abortion enablers, is not great enough. . .