Donald Trump Defends Planned Parenthood, Calls Abortions 'Small Part of What They Do'

The Daily Signal ^ | 8/12/2015 | Natalie Johnson

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Donald Trump suggested that he would not support ending taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood's non-abortion services in two interviews Tuesday.

"We have to help women," Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity in an interview that aired on Tuesday night. " So we have to look at the positives, also, for Planned Parenthood."

Trump said he opposes federal grants going towards Planned Parenthood's abortion practices, but noted that abortions make up a "small part" of the organization. ...

Trump appeared to support shutting down the government rather than fund Planned Parenthood in an interview last week. "Asked directly by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt if its worth shitting down the federal government to strip Planned Parenthood's $528 million in government funding, Trump replied, 'I would,'" Politico reported.

Planned Parenthood released a statement Tuesday lauding Trump's comments, urging Republicans to "reconsider their extreme and unpopular positions on defunding preventative care" and "abortion bans." ...

[Reagan0704]

I took your advice and have decided to join the fun. The TDS crowd is very entertaining. Lol

[Reagan0704]

She didn’t say that. She said women’s issues are very Important.

[markomalley]

If they are stupid headlines, then blame the authors.

Trump needs to figure out what he believes.

But nice try.

[xzins]

Let’s say you had an abortion doctor in your town who also had a book store.

If you could make him stop all abortions, but he would still get to keep his book store would you agree to that?

[Reagan0704]

Exactly! Then why should we believe any of the other candidates. Good intentions are not good enough. Trump says he is a conservative and I’ll believe him until he DOES otherwise.

[DoughtyOne]

Man you converts really do like to go all out on your retorts over good reasoning.

You can cast me any way you like, I'm not the fellow traveler with these folks, and you are.  LINK   Good reasoning?  You have spent the last couple of hours avoiding that like the plague.

“You folks.” - People who have a long term memory about the shill that is Trump.

He is advocating for things that I support.  Unlike you, I have listened to his campaign speaches and interviews.  I like what I'm hearing.  So does Jim Robinson and a large segment of this forum's partipants.

Trump - I’m quite liberal and getting much more liberal on health care and other things. I really say: What’s the purpose of a country if you’re not going to have defensive and health care?” Yeah, I said a lot that made no sense, lol, what’s that Trump? Oh yeah, you’ve changed.

This is more or less a worthless serious of comments.  I'm not sure when they were made or what he was referencing.  I do know what he is hawking to replace Obamacare.  I wanted Obamacare replace.  He's doing it.  He's using a robust private sector series of plans to do it.

DO-

Okay, then Ted Cruz and others have said it. Did they copy someone? Oh of course not, becauser when they say the same thing Trump does, it’s from God. When Trump says it, we all know where that came from.

While real conservatives have been saying it, Trump, even during this year, has been praising the socialist health care systems in Scotland and now that it is his time to dive, he’s saying what real conservatives have been saying.

We've had this discussion, so you're just repeating yourself, looking more and more stupid as you go.  I've explained to you what Trump has been advocating., so you start the process all over by repeating yourself.  You're not to bright are you.

Repeating things, like lines, so he can continue his act.

You're making assumptions here.  Trump has presented his plans, and you're saying he couldn't have come up with them on his own, or actually believe them.  You don't know that.  Have you ever said something, but then as your plan progressed you realized the original plan wouldn't work out like you thought it would, and you morph the plan to conform to what you actually believe.  What is wrong with that?  No matter how Trump came to his conclusion and started presenting his plan, he did and it's a solid one.

How many times do we as FReepers wish that a candidate would listen and tweak their plan.  One guy does it, and your Leftist Posse goes after him tooth and nail.  Why should any candidate tweak his plans in our direction, if this is what they'll get for their efforts?.

Listen, his good buddies the DNC/Clintons need Trump in the front, on TV all the time, to insure the 2016. He’s a tool being used to shove aside the conservatives we actually have been looking at since last campaign cycle.

Here you are using the Clinton card again.  I just gave you three links where Trump advocates prosecting Hillary Clinton and you're still trying to say he's working for her.  If you're going to spread this type of crap when confronted with obvious proof your lying, nobody is going to take you seriously.

Here's a link to the post with the three things Trump has said in the last few days about Hillary Clintnon.  LINK

Names like Cruz and Walker, people who have experience in doing things, not just saying things.

Trump has no experience doing things?  You really want to run with that?  His net worth is from $5 to $10 billion dollars.  He employes 22,500 people.  These employees included, this probably includes about 75,000 people, the employees and their family members.  That's a rather positivie affect on their lives.  He is so effective at marketing, that other companies bring their projects to him to market.  He there-by impacts favorably other projects and still more employees.  Suppliers to his businesses also benefit, so here's another segment of employees he impacts favorably.

How many jobs have Cruz and Walker created?  What's their net worth?  Have they ever created a business, or employed a single individual?  Have they ever had to deal with government regulations?  Have they every had to meet a payroll or achieve a bottom line in the Black?

But oh, yes please, defend the thin blood as if he’s a saint. All his strategy is, is Tweets, one liners and outlandish statements that are somewhat agreeable, but tactless and a lot of times, they mean nothing.

As opposed to Bush who never responded to his attackers at all.  The man left Conservatism dangling so many times, it was a pseudo national flag blowing in the wind every which way.

Much like anything else he says.

Did he mean these words here?

Adults understand that in a social community, you don't trash other people.  You don't know what other business relationships may be affected.  You come into contact with people and you have to deal with them, so you are operating at a different level than you do when you're running for office and have to address their actions differently.

Adults understand that what you say at the office and in a social setting probably doesn't adhere to what you think of people and say to your wife or immdediate family members.  Only very young children have a hard time grasping this.  It's a rather simply elemental concept.

2012

“Hillary Clinton I think is a terrific woman,” he told Greta Van Susteren. “I am biased because I have known her for years. I live in New York. She lives in New York. I really like her and her husband both a lot. I think she really works hard. And I think, again, she’s given an agenda, it is not all of her, but I think she really works hard and I think she does a good job. I like her.”

Rebuttal to first children's level perception:

Donald Trump was responsible for the jobs of 22,500 people.  His businesses had to run smoothly.  He had an obligation not to undercut them.  Hillary Clinotn was the Senator from New York, and Donald Trump schmoozed her and her husband.  She is no longer the State Senator.  He is running for the presidency, as a Conservative.  He has to address her actions.  He is doing it openly and honstly, for completely different reasons.

You can't understand this...

Or these words?

2007 Donald Trump said, “Hillary’s always surrounded herself with very good people. I think Hillary would do a good job,” as he praised her ability to negotiate and ultimately handle a deal with Iran.

What deal?  Well we just don't know.   The imporatnt thing is to combine Trump, Clinton, and Iran.  ("See I told you guys!" Lordy...)

Or the $100k he donated to the Clinton Foundation?

Or the hundreds of thousands of dollars he contributed to Republicans.  Were these political dontaions, or good will donations?  It's absurd to think they were political, becuase he donated without regard to ideology.

Or the many many many donations over the years to the DNC that put in place Obamacare?

And the Republicans who fielded Ronald Reagan, the response to 09/11, and a number of other decent things.

This is a guy who praised Reagan's Vice-President when he ran for office, and lauded Dan Quayle for his speach after being appointed to be vice-president.

I guess you’ll say no or that he’s changed his mind or say that he means what he says now about Hillary and not what he said then.

I am saying that this is a man that liked Reagan, supported his vice-presdient, and Dan Quayle.

If Trump is serious at all at the moment, then he’s a madman and shouldn’t be trusted anyways because he’ll wake up tomorrow and change his mind again on everything. I doubt it’s that easy, to call him a madman.

Trump has held some of his same beliefs since the 1980s.  No matter how you spin it, Trump was supporrting our leading men 30 years ago.  He attended the 1988 Republican convention and complimented the process..

So what is it then? The guy who took a phone call recently from Bill Clinton, confirmed by staffers as ‘not pertaining to anything related to the campaign’(laughable)!

What did they talk about?  Tell me what nefarious thing took place during the call.  Otherwise you're firing blanks.  Thanks in advance.

Trump is the Republican candidate the DNC will rely on for their own victory.

The DNC and the rest of the Democrats are trashing Trump.  When we mention that, it doesn't mean antying.  But when you mention Trump will do the DNC's bidding with nothing to indicate that is true, that is supposed to mean something?  Riiiiiiiiiiiight.

This is just silliness.  I guess you ran out of relevant things to say.

[Reagan0704]

Thank you! This an awesome post!

[Reagan0704]

But nice try? I didn’t try to do anything. I’m just stating the facts.

[RKBA Democrat]

Welcome aboard!

Attention TDS sufferers! Let your hearts be untroubled! There IS a cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome!

[Fledermaus]

Trump needs to educate himself on PP without relying on their press releases. PROVE they don’t do mostly abortions. SHOW us the percentage of services performed and where.

It’s that simple. If they are viable why do they need government money?

Frankly the bottom line for me is this; why does ANY private healthcare facility need direct government funding? What business is it of government? This applies to all private business. If you can’t make it without subsidies then you probably shouldn’t be in business to begin with.

[AmericanCheeseFood]

Your defense so far is “Trump said otherwise.”

That is the summary of your defense of Trump,other than for some reason bringing up straw man Jeb Bush (a dope but more conservative than long time liberal Trump)and a bit of name calling because I won’t fall in line behind the phony in the comb over.

Sorry about repeating things you just can’t catch onto.

Trump Koolaid must be awesome!

[Fledermaus]

Why are they funding any of them?

[Reagan0704]

This is what Trump said about Hilary July 26, 2015.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/26/politics/trump-hillary-clinton-emails-cnn-poll/

[Fledermaus]

Okay, forget abortion...why would taxpayers need to fund a private organization doing that?

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you. Here, about half page down are three of them.

Rather strange for a guy who is shilling for her and her husband.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3324245/posts?page=194#194

[CatherineofAragon]

"She didn’t say that. She said women’s issues are very Important."

What exactly are women's issues? That's a feminist thing...are we for that now? I honestly didn't know I had separate issues I should be worrying about.

Anyway, I guess you should take it up with hoosiermama, because she posted this:

"his daughter Ivanka pointed out that if PP was completely defended the women’s vote would be at issue because there were health issues that women needed. That we absolutely should never fund abortions but women should continue to have the other services. Something would need to be worked out."

So in fact, Ivanka is, as I said, pushing the lie that PP is important for women's health. Ivanka Trump is a feminist who has quoted Lena Dunham on Twitter. It shouldn't surprise anyone that she's pro-PP.

[CatherineofAragon]

"Trump says he is a conservative and I’ll believe him until he DOES otherwise."

Well, in late July he went on "Morning Joe" and said some of his positions are those of a Democrat. Do you believe him? And if so, how can a person with Democrat stances be a conservative?

[CatherineofAragon]

Planned Parenthood does zero mammograms. None.

Anything else can be obtained at a free clinic.

[nickcarraway]

He already has. He’s a socialist. He’s the farthest left of any of the candidates. You ar ed willing to give him a blank check just because the media tells you to?

[Reagan0704]

In American politics, a conservative Democrat is a member of the Democratic Party with conservative political views, or with views relatively conservative with respect to those of the national party.