Biden flips his stance on the Hyde Amendment
Democratic strategists Robin Biro and Max Burns weigh in on the impact Joe Biden’s flip on the Hyde Amendment will have on his presidential campaign.
The mainstream Democratic position on abortion has devolved in just two decades from "Safe, legal, and rare" to "Yee-haw!"
Second Amendment advocates surely have noticed.
JOE BIDEN CAVED TO ‘EXCEEDINGLY RADICAL’ DEMS ON HYDE AMENDMENT: MATT SCHLAPP
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s gyrations on the Hyde Amendment confirm how deeply even a shopworn politician like him must bow to today’s Democratic orthodoxy on abortion. As Biden learned, it’s not enough simply to favor abortion. This epic baby-killing now must be financed by federal taxpayers.
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The late Congressman Henry Hyde’s legislation has been a "settled amendment" in every federal budget since 1976. The Illinois Republican’s measure prohibited the use of federal taxpayer dollars to finance abortions, except in cases of rape, incest, or life-threatening pregnancies.
Like an Olympic gymnast, Biden flip-flop-flipped on the Hyde amendment — from supporting it since its introduction; to telling an ACLU volunteer in South Carolina "it can’t stay" on May 8; to supporting Hyde on June 5; and back to opposing it June 6. Wobbles aside, Biden eventually pegged the landing: "I can no longer support an amendment that makes that [abortion] right dependent on someone’s ZIP code."
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