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In light of undercover video footage purportedly showing Planned Parenthood staff members negotiating the sale of aborted babies’ body parts, many Republicans – including 2016 presidential contender Carly Fiorina – joined a chorus of criticism aimed at America’s most prolific abortion provider. Weeks after a Colorado Springs, Colo., abortion facility was targeted by a gunman, though, CNN host Chris Cuomo wanted to know if such heated rhetoric fueled suspect Robert Dear’s Black Friday massacre.
“Very often you’ve said [GOP presidential front-runner Donald] Trump’s got to watch what he says,” Cuomo began. “Do you feel any sense of regret about how you characterized what was going on at Planned Parenthood after the attack in Colorado?”
Going further, Cuomo suggested that “what the man said … seems as though he was influenced by some of the rhetoric coming out of you and others that pained a very ugly picture – an unfair one – about Planned Parenthood.”
Fiorina dismissed the host’s entire premise, adding that there is plenty of proof – even from Planned Parenthood itself – that the organization engaged in inappropriate activity.
“Nine video tapes have come out about Planned Parenthood,” she said. “It is very clear what they’ve been doing; and, in fact, Planned Parenthood several weeks ago made a quiet little announcement that they would no longer accept compensation for the sale of what they call fetal tissue.”
She referred to the announcement as “about as close to an admission as you can get.”
As for the Colorado shooting, Fiorina balked at the assertion that any pro-life activist’s position caused the violent outburst.
“What happened in Colorado is a terrible thing,” she said. “This guy is a deranged murderer, and I hope he is put away for life. It may be that we should be classifying that as domestic terrorism as well; but that has nothing to do with the truth of what is going on at Planned Parenthood.”
She accused anyone attempting to connect abortion opponents to the actions of one shooter of employing the “typical left-wing tactic” of “trying to shut down the truth by silencing people.”
Carly- Can’t Understand Normal Thinking.