{"id":75824,"date":"2015-10-01T06:40:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=75824"},"modified":"2015-10-01T13:14:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T17:14:20","slug":"planned-parenthood-defenders-admit-they-didnt-watch-the-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-defenders-admit-they-didnt-watch-the-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood defenders admit they didn&#8217;t watch the videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The Washington Free Beacon has published a short video of clips from Planned Parenthood defenders. Again and again, abortion supporters like Representative Nancy Pelosi, Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, and others admit that they haven&#8217;t even watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerformedicalprogress.org\/cmp\/investigative-footage\/\">the videos<\/a> that show Planned Parenthood is <a href=\"\/news\/the-case-for-prosecuting-planned-parenthood-and-stemexpress\/\">breaking state and<\/a> <a href=\"\/news\/planned-parenthood-admits-to-breaking-federal-law\/\">federal laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It may be easy to defend something when you refuse to face the factual realities (that have been caught on tape, no less)&#8230;but should it be? Is this the standard our government leaders should be allowed to abide by?<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"1\" data-href=\"\/FreeBeacon\/videos\/vb.282024895179874\/895479683834389\/?type=3\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FreeBeacon\/videos\/895479683834389\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FreeBeacon\/videos\/895479683834389\/\">Planned Parenthood defenders who haven&#8217;t seen the Planned Pare&#8230;<\/a>Planned Parenthood defenders admit they didn&#8217;t watch the videos&#8230;http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/a-lot-of-planned-parenthood-defenders-admit-they-havent-seen-the-undercover-videos\/<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FreeBeacon\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a> on Wednesday, September 30, 2015<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On September 29th&#8217;s Fox and Friends, Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Representative Jason Chaffetz discussed the propensity of Planned Parenthood supporters to dismiss and criticize the videos without even watching them.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">HASSELBECK: How irresponsible and aggravating is it when Nancy Pelosi asserts that these videos have been doctored&#8230; but yet not having seen them, she can say that they need to be investigated because they&#8217;ve been doctored. 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