Republicans went on the offensive against the media during an interview Sunday with Sen. Lindsey Graham CNN’s Dana BashLate accused the Democrats of a “cover up” on the abortion issue.
The heated exchange took place on Bash’s “State of the Union,” when the anchor questioned Graham on the issue of abortion after the Supreme Court last week stayed a lower court ruling banning the use of the abortion drug mifepristone Was. Graham has voiced support for a federal ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
When asked by Bash whether he supported former President Donald Trump’s stance that abortion should be determined by states or former Vice President Mike Pence who supports a nationwide ban, Graham criticized Democrats for publicly opposing abortion. Sidestepped the question of alleging funding and providing till birth.
“What the Democratic Party proposes on abortion is barbaric. Abortion until the moment of birth, taxpayer-funded, I think is barbaric,” he said. “I think the Republican Party, like most of the civilized world, is late would be in a good position to oppose abortion.”
Bash responded by clarifying that Roe v. Wade, the recent Supreme Court ruling that overruled Democrats, regularly shows vocal support for legal abortion “up to feasibility,” meaning that the ruling has Abortion was permitted as long as the fetus could not live outside the womb. Which happens after 24-28 weeks of pregnancy. But this led to a heated reply from Graham.
“No! No! No! Stop covering for these people! No, no, no! You’re the media, you keep covering for these people!” said the senator. allows abortion [abortion] till the moment of birth. This was his position in Washington! That’s the law they want passed, and nobody in your business will talk about it!”
“Senator,” Bash replied, “I’m not covering for anybody. You know that, and while I have Democrats, I’ve asked many people — all of them — about their position on They believe where this issue should be.
Bash pressed again on his previous question, to which Graham replied only that he believed Republicans should strongly oppose late-term abortion and that the party’s 2024 presidential candidate would eventually take that stance. Will adopt
But his previous outburst didn’t go unnoticed by Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who spoke with Bash after Graham gave a candid response.
“I think Sen. Graham knows where the American people are on this,” she said. “They side with Democratic leaders, and the people of this country believe that the women of this country should be able to make their own decisions about their health care, not politicians, and they support Ted Cruz Not wanted in the waiting room.”
