Posted on 08/10/2015 9:31:59 AM PDT by conservativejoy
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell strongly implied yesterday that he wouldn't push to defund Planned Parenthood in the September appropriations negotiations. McConnell seemed to express fears that such a fight could backfire on public perception of Republicans, particularly if it led to the threat of a government shutdown:
"We've been down this path before," McConnell said. "This is a tactic that has been tried going back to the '90s and it always has the same ending — that the focus is on the government shutdown and not on the underlying issue that is being protested.
We are not doing government shutdowns and we are not threatening to default on the national debt."
The Majority Leader said, however, that the investigations into Planned Parenthood, led in the Senate by Chuck Grassley (R-IA), will press forward as planned.
"We intend to continue to pursue the facts, and we'll look for other opportunities to make our voices heard on Planned Parenthood."
McConnell's delaying of a fight over Planned Parenthood funding will likely rankle the more conservative members of the Senate who recently led the unsuccessful charge to defund Planned Parenthood. Many pro-life congressmen and activists are concerned that if GOP leaders don't push for defunding soon, they could squander the most valuable moment in the history of the pro-life movement. Now is the moment when unprecedented public scrutiny is descending upon Planned Parenthood, owing to the horrifically revealing videos released by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP). That scrutiny has produced a wave of public pressure on politicians to defund the abortion provider -- but as with any wave of pressure, it will only last for a limited time.
CMP has spread out the releasing of its videos, and that strategy has kept the issue in the public eye. There may be upward of 10 videos to come. If CMP can sustain the public attention brought upon Planned Parenthood, it will only buy time for congressional action to take place. If congressional investigations also find specific evidence of illegal activity at Planned Parenthood, that would propel the issue further into the news and motivate punitive action against Planned Parenthood.
Senate leaders know how to fight, and they have a knack for making swift action look a lot more difficult than it actually is (see the Senate's action in renewing the Ex-Im Bank). One question ultimately hangs over the Senate and its leaders: Do they care enough about stopping the horrors of Planned Parenthood to actually put up a fight?
Time will tell. Calling your senator can only help.
Yet. Or ever.
The gop is just as much in support of planned infanticide as the rats.
The GOP has been exploiting the slaughter for decades. Why would they want to give up a wedge issue when they can exploit it even more during the election cycle? They can not a whit that more alive unborn human beings will die for them to be able to continue the exploitation. Neither party has enough alive aouls/spirits in it to change the direction of the evil they both serve.
"We"? You're leaning toward voting in 2016?
Regardless, if there's anything good coming out of this, it's McConnell stating what's REALLY important to him (if I can trust the writer): public perception of Republicans. It's not about what's best for the nation but, what's best for The Party.
"We are not doing government shutdowns and we are not threatening to default on the national debt." This 'tactic' bugs the sh*t outta me. Shutdown is THE ONE THING Congress can use to its advantage, and the so-called leadership takes it off the table before negotiations even start, just because the f'n sheeple might be led astray by the mainstream media's portrayal. Why not shut down the f'n government and let people see it doesn't mean a damn thing?!
And "default on the national debt"? The idea of default is TOTAL B.S. cooked up by the leftist media ... and the so-called leadership treats it like it could happen?!
Just F 'em.
And F everyone in Congress who voted to keep them in leadership.
I agree, and remember Trump called for a Govt shut-down if necessary to defund Planned Parenthood.
McConnell gives the finger to his party base.
Not only that, I don’t give a darn if Donald Trump insults every single elected politician and every single member of the press!
Unfortunately we missed our chance to take him out at the mid-terms.
Mitch believes that not enough babies have been killed in a horrific fashion
We might do better achieving our goals if we defund McDonnell and his clan of ‘next time’ cowardly clowns.
Mitch must be waiting for his promised Lamborghini.
How many deaths will occur while you namby pamby around, McConnell?
Do your job and do it now or you will find yourself without one.
Well said. Post of the day.
....and the horses they rode in on.
The answer is not to be found in electoral politics.
I know that.
No, KY is stuck with him for 6 years
Could be. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time that a politician let himself be controlled by his wife.
It was my district that threw out the weasel Eric Cantor. I was hoping more districts would follow our lead. Unless more weasels are thrown out, nothing will change.
Hard to see Harry when he’s playing Lucky Pierre with Mitch and Boehner.
The video PROOF vividly showing these bestial, horrific on-going, utterly heinous acts and those MONSTERS AND BUTCHERS within "Planned Parenthood" who not only heartily approve and actively participate in breaking all kinds of laws on the books in order to ply thier trade and to preserve as much of the MILLIONS of murdered unborn babies as possible IN ORDER TO PERSONALLY PROFIT FROM THE SALE OF AS MANY OF THEIR BODY PARTS, ORGANS AND CADAVERS AS POSSIBLE WERE TAKEN OVER A PERIOD OF THE LAST TWO YEARS ALONE!!!! What more "evidence" does Mitch McConnell need before he finally acts to defund this utterly dispicable organization?????
May Almighty God personally punish Mitch McConnell and EVERY U.S. Senator, Congressman and representative both in this life AND throughout all eternity who refuse to act to defund "Planned Parenthood" and put an end to this utterly evil organization and it's wicked crimes against humanity!
Shame and contempt be upon Mitch McConnell and everyone refusing to act to defund PP!!!!!!!
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