Karl Rove, another Fox News hack and basher of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump has concluded that if there is a government shut down next week over Planned Parenthood, it would be a ‘disaster’. Karl Rove is a Fox News ‘Republican’ contributor who embarrassed the entire network on the night of the 2012 election when he claimed Romney won Ohio. Rove even called those who want to stop funding the Planned Parenthood abortion mill of ‘self-promotion’. Ironic coming from someone like Rove wouldn’t you say?
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“Republicans in Congress who want to risk a shutdown over Planned Parenthood have an obligation to spell out how they would get it done. They can’t,” Rove wrote. “That’s why any Republicans who engineer a shutdown will be unwitting allies of the abortion movement.”
Rove, former deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush, cited recent polls that indicated majorities of the public oppose cutting off funding to Planned Parenthood and oppose a government shutdown that would result from the defunding strategy.
He also reiterated that the GOP’s favorable rating plummeted to a record low of 28 percent after the 16-day government shutdown in October 2013, arguing Republicans did not prevail in last November’s midterm elections because of that shutdown.
If it happens again, Rove said Planned Parenthood would benefit. He also pointed out that a regular funding package would only touch a small portion of the funding it receives from the government.“A shutdown would give Planned Parenthood an opportunity to play the victim, and the majority of taxpayer dollars it receives are from mandatory spending programs like Medicaid, which is not subject to a shutdown,” he said.
Rove accused GOP presidential candidates who have called for the defunding of Planned Parenthood of engaging only in “self-promotion” because they’ve failed to propose a realistic game plan.