Posted on 08/03/2015 6:01:23 PM PDT by markomalley
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said Monday that Congress should shut down the government if necessary to defund Planned Parenthood.
In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO agreed with a group of GOP senators, including fellow 2016 candidate Ted Cruz, that the abortion provider should lose its taxpayer funding.
"If it comes down to closing the government down or funding Planned Parenthood, what should the Republicans in the Congress do?" Hewitt asked the presidential hopeful.
"They should close the government down," Fiorina said flatly. "The point is this, however, we have a long way to go. And between now and then, beginning with this vote today, every single Republican out there, as well as I hope every media outlet, needs to ask the question that I have been asking for weeks: how does any Democrat justify the continued taxpayer funding of this organization?"
"And if you really think it's necessary, then why don't you support taxpayer funding for pregnancy centers right next door to every to every Planned Parenthood facility across this nation so that women really understand what their choices and their options are," Fiorina said.
"We have to hammer the Democrats on this because, honestly, their position, which most Americans do not understand — that's the shame of it," Fiorina continued. "Most Americans don't understand that the Democrats' position is it's not a life until it leaves the hospital. Most Americans don't agree with that position. We have to educate the American people about how extreme the Democrats are."
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul didn't go as far on CNN's "State of the Union." Paul told host Jake Tapper that while he supports legislation to defund the Planned Parenthood, he argued that the Congress shouldn't "start out" by threatening a shutdown.
With the first GOP debate set to take place Thursday, Fiorina is currently on the outside looking in. According to the latest RealClearPolitics polling average, Fiorina sits in 14th place and will likely take the stage an earlier candidate forum taking place at 5 p.m. Eastern, alongside Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
The main event featuring the top ten candidates in recent polling will start at 9 p.m. Eastern.
She’s right.
she was “pnenominal” at the c-span forum ... she’ll be the next VP ... book it, Dano ...
She’s not afraid. The type we desperately need.
When the government shuts down those on the fed payroll still gets paid.
How sweet is that?
She will be our new Vice President.
Worth the $500K Cruz’s Pac gave to her— right there.
Democrats are becoming more and more like the “Britannia” of 1776, with strict rule, large government larger taxes and less voice in government. Though Democrats call themselves liberals, they are quite the opposite of the Classical Liberals that freed us from tyranny. The Brits and the Tories made fun of the Tea Party and the deaths that happened there. Today those same types make fun of the current Tea Party. Democrats, reminding us every day why we have a constitution, and a bill of rights to protect us from Democrats
She’s strong on ISIS, and didn’t miss a second with every phrase tonight. I’m impressed!
She is great. I wish she would be in the debate tomorrow.
Good for you Carly. If the U.S. Government does not shutdown Planned Murderhood it is just as bad as the Nazi’s. It is hard to believe that this is even a struggle. PP should be gone by now and the perps under indictment for crimes against humanity. What is wrong with the country?
A-Lister Material.
The more I hear Carly, the more I like her.
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Yep.
While I agree with Ms Fiorina in principle, it’s not practical to shut down the corrupt federal government since so many low-information voters are now dependent on unconstitutional federal spending programs, “government” spending programs that the states should actually be running.
But note that if the feds still worked within their constitutionally limited powers as the Founding States had intended, then the main thing that a federal government shutdown would mean to most citizens where domestic policy is concerned is a hopefully brief loss of mail delivery services (1.8.7).
She did great tonight and I found it funny when Jebbie, at the end of the forum, he thanked the moderator for the DEBATE.
Here’s a question for you Jebbie...Who did you debate against?
Someone should pull the plug on HIM because he’s too stupid to live.
SENATOR CRUZ: We Should Not Rest Until We Have Done Everything in Our Power to Protect the Lives of Unborn Children Calls for continued effort to defund Planned Parenthood WASHINGTON, D.C.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tonight issued the following statement after S.1881, a bill to prohibit federal funding of Planned Parenthood, failed to reach the 60-vote threshold required for cloture: “Last week, the Senate had an opportunity to stop the unconscionable use of taxpayer funds to murder unborn children....
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3320305/posts
(screaming like the Ferguson arson-provocateur) SHUT THAT B|TCH DOWN!
She's right: Shut it down! The unborn children of America deserve no less than a complete de-funding of Planned Parenthood MurderYourChild.
Trump/Fiorina
Trump is wiping them all out in the polls!
Turn out the light the party’s over
She will be an awesome campaigner and Vice President because she could take over in a New York Minute. She annihilates hillary who got whacked tday by a Black Federal judge appointed by her “ husband” Real bad. Now she must testify truthfully or GO TO JAIL on her server and emails production. She is in a world of hurt. She and Humma Wiener!!
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