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4/19/2018

Funded by Republicans, Planned Parenthood Joins Effort to Spend $30 Million on Midterms

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 9:00 am



Heckuva job, Republicans! Planned Parenthood is spending some of that sweet sweet omnibus money given to them by Republicans…to defeat Republicans. Roll Call:

A coalition of liberal organizations that includes the political arm of Planned Parenthood rolled out a $30 million program Monday to mobilize “infrequent voters” to cast ballots for progressive candidates in the midterm elections.

Infrequent voters include people of color, women and young people, the coalition says in a joint news release.

The initiative will target voters in Michigan, Florida, and Nevada.

The omnibus bill, written by lobbyists under the supervision of staffers employed by Republican Paul Ryan and Republican Mitch McConnell, and signed by Republican President Donald J. Trump, funded Planned Parenthood to the tune of over $500 million dollars:

The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill was seen as the prime opportunity to strike at Planned Parenthood, which received $543.7 million from taxpayers last year, about 40 percent of its $1.46 billion revenue stream. Republicans, however, did not include the defunding measure in the final bill, as negotiations over a proposed border wall and federal funding for a New York City tunnel took center stage.

So Republicans pass a bill that gives this abortion mill $500 million, and the abortionists take a chunk of that money and use it to defeat Republicans in the midterms. Then they use another chunk to kill babies.

Oh, sorry. That money is strictly prohibited from being used for such purposes! Why, the political arm of Planned Parenthood is totally separate!!!1!

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What they actually do is use the $500 million to put towards activities x, y, and z — and then take $500 million that they would otherwise spend on x, y, and z, and spend that money on things like defeating Republicans and killing babies. Which is totally different.

I did make one mistake, though. I said in the headline that Republicans had funded all of this. That’s not entirely accurate. Republicans appropriated the money. But they didn’t fund pro-Democrat election efforts and baby-killing.

It’s actually funded by YOU: the taxpayer.

Aren’t you happy Republicans are running the government?

[Cross-posted at RedState and The Jury Talks Back.]

17 Responses to “Funded by Republicans, Planned Parenthood Joins Effort to Spend $30 Million on Midterms”

  1. “Aren’t you happy Republicans are running the government?”

    No, not really. But then again my choices seem to be fairly constrained. It is always heads they win, tails I lose.

    Cassandra (a815b9) — 4/19/2018 @ 9:30 am

  2. the good thing is lots of men and women will be able to make decisions for to not have babies they don’t want and can’t care for

    the bad thing is this should not be funded by the government

    but you can thanks dirty lobsterpot bimbo Susan Collins for this

    happyfeet (28a91b) — 4/19/2018 @ 9:37 am

  3. trying to pinpoint exactly when Jennifer Lawrence became such an obnoxious and off-putting waste of skin

    maybe it was gradual

    happyfeet (28a91b) — 4/19/2018 @ 9:39 am

  4. What they actually do is use the $500 million to put towards activities x, y, and z — and then take $500 million that they would otherwise spend on x, y, and z, and spend that money on things like defeating Republicans and killing babies. Which is totally different.

    Doesn’t this assume that they have an extra $500M sitting around that they would otherwise use for – what? killing more babies?

    The same (specious, I think) argument could be made about any recipient of government largesse, couldn’t it?

    In fact, Planned Parenthood (the baby-killer) is a non-profit organization, so the pro-abortion lobbying/campaign PAC cannot possibly draw from the same revenue stream, and there is strict auditing of that for all non-profits.

    Dave (445e97) — 4/19/2018 @ 9:51 am

  5. The problem isn’t “the Republicans”…but a special subset of them who are okay with slicing up unborn children like a brisket…aka our “moderates”…which is why continued conservative opposition to folks who support this barbaric and savage practice is essential. As a side note – it is largely these “Republicans” who share our host’s knee-jerk hated of all things Trump… just sayin’…:>)

    Bill Saracino (78f41f) — 4/19/2018 @ 9:52 am

  6. You’re asking baby murderers to grow a conscious.

    papertiger (c8116c) — 4/19/2018 @ 9:53 am

  7. the Mitt Romney Republicans what led the pedophile campaign against Roy Moore did more than anyone to preserve all these yummy abortions all up in it

    happyfeet (28a91b) — 4/19/2018 @ 9:54 am

  8. DaveCon1 defending the left again. I’m shocked. SHOCKED!

    NJRob (aa4ea5) — 4/19/2018 @ 9:59 am

  9. In fact, Planned Parenthood (the baby-killer) is a non-profit organization

    So is the NFL. All it means is that they have to spend all the money they take in by a certain time. The NFL pays its President $31.7 million as last known. A year. Planned Parenthood pays Ann Richards’ daughter (Cecile) $600,000 a year. Fur is murder, Cecile!

    nk (dbc370) — 4/19/2018 @ 10:18 am

  10. This is unacceptable, but pro-abortion people should be happy, not sad.

    Colonel Haiku (46f395) — 4/19/2018 @ 10:19 am

  11. For years the rino flock in d.c ran on replacing Obama care, cutting the budget,building the wall etc etc etc. They lost this mid-term months ago.

    mg (9e54f8) — 4/19/2018 @ 10:30 am

  12. So is the NFL. All it means is that they have to spend all the money they take in by a certain time.

    But it also means the can’t do political campaigning, doesn’t it?

    Patrick’s argument seems similar to arguing that Democrats are supporting the Republican Party by paying their taxes – even though they are legally distinct and financially independent, both the US government and the RNC are run by Republicans, right?

    Dave (445e97) — 4/19/2018 @ 10:47 am

  13. As a side note – it is largely these “Republicans” who share our host’s knee-jerk hated of all things Trump… just sayin’…:>)

    Bill Saracino (78f41f) — 4/19/2018 @ 9:52 am

    The only person here that consistently and loudly supports abortion is happyfeet, and he is also a diehard Trump supporter. Go read comment 2 where he said “the good thing is lots of men and women will be able to make decisions for to not have babies they don’t want and can’t care for.” He thinks abortion is a good thing, just as Trump did in 1999 when he was 43 years old.

    DRJ (15874d) — 4/19/2018 @ 10:51 am

  14. Meh! As usual they bank heavily on the fact that the only alternative is the Democrats who are worse. And so long as the Democrats are so completely of the Left they will be correct to do so. >_<

    Towering Barbarian (21f677) — 4/19/2018 @ 10:53 am

  15. . . . both the US government and the RNC are run by Republicans, right?

    That’s highly debatable.

    JVW (42615e) — 4/19/2018 @ 11:22 am

  16. Is this post a happy sarcasm or a sad sarcasm?

    AZ Bob (9a6ada) — 4/19/2018 @ 2:16 pm

  17. Aren’t you happy Republicans are running the government?

    Yeah, it makes you wish that you could vote for someone else besides the socialists on either side of the aisle, doesn’t it?

    J.P. (bb0956) — 4/20/2018 @ 10:17 am


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