Trump Congratulates Himself as Hate Group Praises His Attacks on Reproductive Rights
The president got props for expanding the global gag rule and gave props to conservative Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and the Catholic nuns who challenged the Affordable Care Act's birth control benefit.
While introducing the president, FRC President Tony Perkins—whose organization is a Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group—praised Trump for following through on his campaign promises. “As a candidate, he promised to restore the sanctity of life and protect the unborn. What has he done? Within 72 hours of taking office, he not only reinstated the Mexico City Policy to protect U.S. taxpayers from funding abortion, but he expanded it,” Perkins said.
“He promised to stop the social experimentation of our nation’s military, which left it depleted and demoralized. And what has he done? He has had the courage and the conviction to keep his campaign promises and do just that,” Perkins continued, seemingly referring to the administration’s efforts to ban transgender troops from serving in the military.
Perkins was a member of Trump’s anti-choice advisory council during the 2016 presidential election, which worked to “drive the campaign’s pro-life message out to each individual voter.” He has a record of aiding extremist anti-choice groups.
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