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Trump: Shut Down the Government Over Planned Parenthood
Twitter: @TheHill ^ | 8/4/2015 | The Hill

Posted on 08/04/2015 7:05:00 AM PDT by LS

Donald Trump says that he supports shutting down the government to defund Planned Parenthood in the wake of a series of controversial undercover videos of organization officials.

The Republican presidential contender was asked on The Hugh Hewitt show Monday night if he supported the move. "Well I can tell you this: I would," Trump replied.

Planned Parenthood has been under attack from Republicans over videos that show officials discussing the sale of fetal tissue for medical research. The pro-abortion rights group argues the videos have been heavily edited and are misleading, and that it only accepts compensation to cover expenses.

A procedural vote on the issue was filibustered by Democrats in the Senate on Monday.

Republicans were badly hurt in 2013 by the government shutdown, which was triggered by an effort to defund ObamaCare.

Republicans were badly hurt in 2013 by the government shutdown, which was triggered by an effort to defund ObamaCare.

Trump said he also supported the move to defund ObamaCare in 2013.

"I was also in support if the Republicans stuck together you could have done it with ObamaCare also, but the Republicans decided not to stick together and they left a few people out there like Ted Cruz," he said. "You know, they left a lot of the people that really went in and wanted to do the job and you know what? If they had stuck together they would have won that battle."

"I think you have to in this case also, yes," he added.

Trump's statement is sure to put more pressure on Republicans to back defunding of Planned Parenthood, especially as his remarks come days before the first GOP debate.

Trump has led a series of polls measuring the support of GOP presidential candidates.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; defundpp; election; fetalbabyparts; plannedparenthood; trump; trumpcomment
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To: LS

So we continue to fund murdering the unborn and selling their tiny parts to “save some woman’s life????” Makes me sick to be an American these days, just want to puke!!!


61 posted on 08/04/2015 7:42:46 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (It is about THE CROSS. It has always been and always will be about the CROSS!!!)
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To: RetiredArmy

With Obamacare, there’s no reason the hypothetical woman would have to go to PP to save her life.


62 posted on 08/04/2015 7:43:43 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Yes, then the R’s won the next election! The next election many more R’s were added, after the government shutdown that everyone said will really hurt the R party. Stupidos.


63 posted on 08/04/2015 7:44:49 AM PDT by thirst4truth (America, What difference does it make?)
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To: HarleyLady27

http://www.breitbart.com/

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina advised Congressional Republicans to “close the government down” rather than fund Planned Parenthood in an interview set to broadcast on Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.”

Fiorina was asked, “If it comes down to closing the government down, or funding Planned Parenthood, what should the Republicans in the Congress do?” She answered, “They should close the government down.”

Fiorina also stated, “I certainly hope that the Democrats in Congress and in the Senate will be asked the question, over and over and over again. I will certainly continue to ask the question of Hillary Clinton and anyone else. So will you. I hope every Republican does. I hope every media outlet does. Explain to me, explain, more importantly, to the American people, how you can continue to support a policy that it isn’t a life until it leaves the hospital, and how can you continue to support taxpayer funding for this organization? We have to hammer away at that. Ask them the question.” And “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 their position? 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 single Planned Parenthood facility across this nation, so that women really understand what their choices and their options are? We have to hammer the Democrats on this, because honestly, their position, which most Americans do not understand, that’s the shame of it. 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 Democrats are.”

Regarding Planned Parenthood’s defense that the videos released by the Center for Medical Progress were edited, she responded, “Yeah, yeah, well, I didn’t hear anybody getting upset at an edited video about Mitt Romney at a fundraiser. Look, whether they’re edited or not, and by the way, the people who have made these videos have also put the unedited videos out there for everybody to see, so if you want to watch the whole thing, you can. This is not about editing. This is about a horrific process of infanticide to harvest body parts. It is abominable.”

Fiorina concluded that while there should be an investigation into Planned Parenthood by the Justice Department, “my guess is there will not be, because the Department of Justice is, as we’ve talked about before, politicized. But I applaud the attorneys general across the country who are conducting their own investigation. It has to be done.”


64 posted on 08/04/2015 7:45:10 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 (Trump/Cruz or Cruz/Trump....Make America Great Again....)
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To: GOPsterinMA

The IS a definite connection between Margaret Sangor founder of PP and the third Reich that no one is talking about in clear enough language that the general populous comprehend.
Dr Carson is tiptoeing around the subject. No one is coming out telling truth!


65 posted on 08/04/2015 7:47:05 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obam65a: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: LS

It’s not a total defunding of Planned Parenthood. The federal government isn’t the only funder. The mommies-to-be can foot the bill. Do insurance companies cover abortions? If not, why not?


66 posted on 08/04/2015 7:47:20 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Mr. K
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, I'm beginning to warm to the guy.

67 posted on 08/04/2015 7:48:15 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: LS

Mother and Baby Care (MBC)


68 posted on 08/04/2015 7:49:06 AM PDT by Leep (Still living in what remains of 'God's Country'.)
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To: Political Junkie Too; LS

So is Indiana and several other states.


69 posted on 08/04/2015 7:49:18 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obam65a: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: LS
has ANY other candidate urged shutting down the gubment over this? Did Cruz or Walker? Again, I don't know.

This was the subject of Cruz' floor speech, criticizing McConnell for undermining the only achievable means of defunding PP. McConnell wouldn't allow a defunding amendment to be attached to the highway bill.

70 posted on 08/04/2015 7:51:13 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: LS

71 posted on 08/04/2015 7:51:42 AM PDT by McGruff (Eat a snickers...)
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To: LS

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3320305/posts

Sen. Cruz: We Should Not Rest Until We Have Done Everything in Our Power to Protect the Lives of Unborn Children

I guess that would include shutting down the government.


72 posted on 08/04/2015 7:51:46 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Mr. K

Scott Walker would say “we need a constitutional amendment” and then move on. Jeb Bush would give them 50 million dollars.


73 posted on 08/04/2015 7:52:55 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: LS

Presidential nominee or not, we need to keep him talking as long as we can. The voice of one crying.........


74 posted on 08/04/2015 7:53:12 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: Genoa
"Defund Planned Parenthood? Fine. But abortion on demand goes right ahead, business as usual. Defunding is a small start."

Even the longest of journeys begins with but a single step.

75 posted on 08/04/2015 7:53:13 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: seawolf101
Targeting mothers for their aborted fetuses in order to sell them for a profit.

I'm waiting for 'outraged' women to crawl out from under their rocks demanding their 'commission'...

76 posted on 08/04/2015 7:54:29 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: WENDLE

Trump is a liberal. Trump is running for a Republican primary.


77 posted on 08/04/2015 7:54:31 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: LS
Somebody...ANYBODY....tell me how the Republicans were "badly hurt" over the shutdown in 2013???? They only went on to sweep the elections in 2014.

I'm soooo tired of BS narratives by a media that just parrots what they heard at their last happy hour.

78 posted on 08/04/2015 7:59:23 AM PDT by Solson (Grand Old Party 1854 - 2010 RIP.)
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To: hoosiermama

Good points! Yes.


79 posted on 08/04/2015 7:59:58 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: lodi90

I was speaking to defunding them, as opposed to the wider vistory of shutting down the baby killing business.

Progressive politicians of any stripe are anathema to freedom.


80 posted on 08/04/2015 8:02:08 AM PDT by MortMan (All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
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