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Even before Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, released a video attempting to defend the organization<\/a> in light of the fetal parts for sale video<\/a> that has rocked the abortion profiteer, she had taken to Twitter to attempt a modicum of damage control. She failed.<\/p>\n

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It seems that Twitter users aren\u2019t buying her spin, and they aren\u2019t afraid to tell her so. Richards posted several tweets on July 15, the day after the video release, attempting to spin the video as an attack against her upstanding health care agency.<\/p>\n

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Instead of getting mounds of sympathy, Richards was met with sarcasm and anger. A sampling of the many tweets includes:<\/p>\n

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@CecileRichards<\/a> Lol “compassionate care”–didn’t realize killing unborn humans and selling their body parts was compassionate care #mybad<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nice Catholic Girl (@nice_cath_girl) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

@CecileRichards<\/a> Important personal decisions like, “Do I crush above or below this limb?” #PPSellsBabyParts<\/a> \u2014 Daniel Gardner (@Daniel_Gardner) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@CecileRichards<\/a> crush it and compassionate don’t go together.<\/p>\n

\u2014 stacey c. mccarty (@staypuffworld) July 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How much must your cut be per baby head sold to get to your $500k salary? #ghouls<\/a> @CecileRichards<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2014 Schmitz (@PRS209) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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@CecileRichards<\/a> If selling dismembered baby parts is compassion, I’d hate to see what you consider brutality.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Howard Slugh (@HowardSlugh) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Richards didn’t have much success with her declaration of fighting for patients, either. \"Screen In fact, this comment turned rather ironically on her:<\/p>\n

.@CecileRichards<\/a> So in your twisted world, dismembering little kids and selling their organs and limbs is fighting for your patients? Got it<\/p>\n

\u2014 Patrick Skacel (@PatrickSkacel) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MT @CecileRichards<\/a> We’ve fought for our ability to harvest and sell human organs before, and we’ll fight for them again and again.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Huxley’s Ghost (@AF632) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Did you sell their body parts after the fight? RT @CecileRichards<\/a> We’ve fought for our patients before, & we’ll fight for them again & again \u2014 Matt (@Matthops82) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

@CecileRichards<\/a> “We’ll fight for every piece of them! The Livers! The Hearts! Lungs are now available for sale as well!” #PPSellsBabyParts<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mark McClain (@MarkMMcClain) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When that failed, Richards pulled the “the GOP hates us” card. \"Screen<\/p>\n

That went over as well\u00a0 as her other tweets:<\/p>\n

.@CecileRichards<\/a> You’re angry at the wrong people. Don’t get mad at the GOP because you were busted harvesting baby organs.<\/p>\n

\u2014 BWG (@DonnaBee511) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@CecileRichards<\/a> no they think murdering and dismembering baby’s is evil and shouldn’t be paid for by tax payers!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jeff Brown (@GODBLESSUSA88) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@CecileRichards<\/a> Don’t think you’ll spin your way out of this. Where’s your humanity, conscience? https:\/\/t.co\/8SqWYKnzdB<\/a> #PlannedParenthood<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 OpenThreads (@OpenThreads) July 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

@CecileRichards<\/a> – You really should just not tweet. You’re proving to the world what you’re really about…and its not pretty<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ulysses (@Just_a_Texan) July 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

@CecileRichards<\/a> Or maybe they just think selling baby parts for profit is disgusting. Idk, it’s a close call. *eye roll*<\/p>\n

\u2014 Emily Zender (@EmilyMZender) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@CecileRichards<\/a> this has nothing to do with the ’16 elections. You will not be able to make people look away from this. #PPsellsbabyparts<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mama Muddy (@sarahmudder) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@CecileRichards<\/a> awwwwww ur so misunderstood!!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Carlos Danger (@cobrayrpb) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

@CecileRichards<\/a> People attack PP because you MURDER babies you dunce<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sara Nai (@Snai100) July 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While there is a small group that is vocally supporting Planned Parenthood, the loudest voices are not. When “choice” is a watered down word, people may turn a blind eye, but when they hear someone sipping wine, munching food, and talking about how the forceps clamp in the right place to get the right body parts to sell, even people who believe in the right to abortion start to distance themselves from the sickness that is Planned Parenthood. Instead of cheering her on, most people are saying, “Hey, Cecile, the jig is up.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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