Posted on 08/12/2015 10:55:55 PM PDT by Morgana
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, who is pro-life, today criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after he appeared to waffle on de-funding Planned Parenthood in two interviews on Tuesday.
Donald Trump continues to talk about the Planned Parenthood abortion business and, in a new interview late Tuesday, he said Planned Parenthood should possibly be de-funded if it doesn’t stop doing abortions. That seems almost a guarantee since abortion is the central component of Planned parenthood’s business — though the Republican candidate didn’t appear to know that.
Some pro-life advocates have interpreted comments from Trump as essentially allowing Planned Parenthood to continue receiving $550 million in taxpayer funding since it doesn’t separate its abortion business from everything else it does.
Fiorina, who herself said she supports a government shutdown if Planned Parenthood is not de-funded, took Trump to task over his remarks and said they make him sound like a Democrat. Here’s more:
“Unfortunately, I think Mr. Trump is taking the Democrat Party’s talking points on Planned Parenthood,” Fiorina said in an interview released by CBS News on Wednesday.
“There are many other organizations that exist to help women with their health issues — pap smears, mammograms, et cetera,” added Fiorina, who has climbed in the polls following her widely praised performance at last week’s debate.
“In fact, Planned Parenthood does very few mammograms, just as one example, but what they do is a whole lot of abortions,” she said.
Fiorina made similar marks in a new interview with the Weekly Standard:
“I profoundly disagree with that statement by Donald Trump,” said the former Hewlett-Packard CEO. “They need to be defunded. There are many organizations that provide the kind of services that he mentioned. Planned Parenthood must be defunded.”
Tuesday morning on CNN, Trump said he supported de-funding the abortion aspects of Planned Parenthood but thought funding for non-abortion components ought to remain — which had pro-life advocates concerned he would leave the status quo of $550 million in taxpayer funding in place.
Then last night, Trump appeared on the Sean Hanity show and wrongly claimed that abortion was a small part of the Planned Parenthood abortion business.
Trump said: “There’s two Planned Parenthoods, in a way. You have it as an abortion clinic. Now that’s actually a fairly small part of what they do, but it’s a brutal part. And I’m totally against that and I wouldn’t do that. They also, however, service women. And one of the things that I thought was so terrible, when Jeb Bush the other day talked about women’s health issues he was so bad. It’s like what is he doing? We have to help women. A lot of women are helped. So we have to look at the positives also for Planned Parenthood.”
Them, Hannity corrected Trump and pointed out that Planned Parenthood does 330,000 abortions a year and that funding its non-abortion aspects frees up money to promote and perform abortions. Responding to that, Trump said “maybe” Planned Parenthood should be de-funded.
“Maybe unless they stop with the abortions, we don’t do the funding for the stuff that we want,” Trump said.
No, she’s a GOPe attack dog property. In to give the field a woman who can better go after Hillary (and personally maybe auditioning for veep)—but now redirected toward Trump.
“I’m hearing from many here that she was pro-choice until recently.”
I don’t know if she’s one of them but a lot and I mean A LOT of people are turning pro life because of those videos that were leaked.
A lot of those people were long time, hard core pro choice supporters too!!
Oh, I disagree. I have a feeling more than one VA administrator would have been fired a long time ago. I think there would be some rough moments from time to time, for those that are not professional politicians, but she would do no worse. It’s time for someone who is outside the bubble to try their hand.
I know you are scared of her. Instead of supporting your candidate, you spend your time spreading lies and fear. She makes more sense than you do.
Way back in May.
She has been making the rounds for a while doing great in the interviews. The next debate should be a good one if she continues to poll high enough to participate at the big table.
She was a compaign adviser to John McCain.
She was fired from her job at HP.
Her own statement on her experience at HP was that she made a lot of enemies there.
She likes to play off as a some big executive, but she was canned. The value of HP dropped to 52% of it’s former value under her.
This is the woman we want to put in place to fix the U. S. economy? On what basis?
Did she create new jobs? Did she build anything herself? What did she own when she was done at H. P.?
She got a fat salary from running HP into the ground.
Think what you want about Trump, but for heaven’s sake don’t buy off on this pile or rotten tomatoes.
She even into using gender politics to advance her candidacy.
She’s a Lefty.
More misinformation from Fiorina and Life News. Trump said Tuesday night While Planned Parenthood Does Abortions, No Tax Dollars Should Go Their Way.
No, it’s a lie. She’s pro life and quite effective at it. All you have to do is go to youtube...there are gobs of interviews.
Please list here resume that make you think she is qualified.
Name one thing she has accomplished in her life.
More lies, liar.
She’s [Fiorina] an abortionist. I’m dismayed that Sarah lowered herself to endorse her. -- Jim Robinson (5/14/2010, 5:21:20 PM)
No, that is your homework assignment, liar. I suggest you goggle and start learning.
A person with no personal accomplishments is more presidential than a made that devloped a $5 to $10 billion dollar real estate empire?
Really?
LOL
Thanks for that laugh riot.
Trump flip flops his flip flops. He is clueless about PP.
Please point me to one lie I’ve told on the forum.
Thanks sparky.
Dave, she is a failed HP CEO.
She is nothing more.
This you champion for our next president.
That’s not a lie. Saying that it is, is the lie.
I suggest you Goggle...
LOL
Thanks for the heads-up. Haven’t been paying attention since she’s 2nd tier.
Again, research it yourself. I think it is a good way to spend your time. FR used to have well informed people, now there are lots of low information posters.
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