Posted on 12/05/2015 9:09:23 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Presidential candidate Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) took a bold step away from many in the pro-life camp Thursday when taking aim at his rival for the White House, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), over his allegedly extreme stance against abortion.
The South Carolina senator indicated that taking a hardline pro-life stance, in essence, will preclude any presidential candidate from winning the 2016 election.
“You can be pro-life and win an election, but if you’re going to tell a woman who’s been raped she has to carry the child of the rapist, you’re losing most Americans,†Graham argued.
The 60-year-old GOP member took specific aim at Cruz, telling the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) that his conservative rival for the Republican ticket is not appealing to the mainstream American woman, asserting that if Cruz beat out other GOP members going into the November 2016 election, he would surely fall to his Democratic contender....
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I have never understood why the child conceived in a crime must be the only one to pay the ultimate penalty.
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