Do Cruz and the House Freedom Caucus have an end game?

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Dustin Siggins

September 20, 2015

 

Over the last few weeks, dozens of pro-life Republican Members of Congress have said they will not allow funding of Planned Parenthood to be included in a budget bill. These Members have articulately described why they don’t want to force taxpayers to fund the destruction of babies, and why certain leadership strategies are inherently flawed.

 

What they have yet to explain is how their strategy is actually going to work. Even when leadership suggested using reconciliation to get a defunding bill to President Obama’s desk, thereby at least getting Obama to publicly veto a bill that protects unborn babies from illegal fetal harvesting and illegal abortions, Cruz and the rest immediately assailed the effort as not good enough.

 

But using a Continuing Resolution won’t even get to Obama’s desk, thanks to Senate Democrats’ obsession with forcing taxpayers to fund abortion. And then the government will partially shut down, Planned Parenthood will get 80% of its current funding thanks to Medicaid, and the media will have all the excuse it needs to continue focusing on internal GOP fights instead of Planned Parenthood’s abhorrent practices.

 

So, again: What’s next, folks?

 

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