Rep. Tim Murphy, popular with pro-life movement, urged abortion in affair, texts suggest
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PAULA REED WARD
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
pward@post-gazette.com
4:34 PM OCT 3, 2017
A text message sent in January to U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy by a woman with whom he had an extra-marital relationship took him to task for an anti-abortion statement posted on Facebook from his office's public account.
"And you have zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options," Shannon Edwards, a forensic psychologist in Pittsburgh with whom the congressman admitted last month to having a relationship, wrote to Mr. Murphy on Jan. 25, in the midst of an unfounded pregnancy scare.
A text from Mr. Murphys cell phone number that same day in response says, "I get what you say about my March for life messages. I've never written them. Staff does them. I read them and winced. I told staff don't write any more. I will."
The congressman has been lauded by the Family Research Council, for his stance on abortion, as well as for family values, generally. He also has been endorsed by LifePAC, which opposes abortion rights, and is a member of the House Pro-Life Caucus, an affiliation that is often cited by his office.
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Not one GOP should be in a position of authority over anything, anywhere, ever
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)mpcamb
(2,870 posts)mainer
(12,022 posts)And he'll probably win reelection.
kacekwl
(7,017 posts)put in that position. Do as I say not as I do. RIGHT phony Christians.
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)hypocrite
riversedge
(70,218 posts)riversedge
(70,218 posts)Former mistress accuses pro-life GOP congressman of urging her to get an abortion: report
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/former-mistress-accuses-pro-life-gop-congressman-of-urging-her-to-get-an-abortion-report/
03 Oct 2017 at 16:43 ET
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) (Photo: Facebook)
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), a prominent pro-life conservative previously backed by the National Right to Life Committee, urged a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair with to get an abortion, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
You have zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options, Murphys former lover Shannon Edwards wrote in a text message after the GOP Congressman wrote an anti-abortion post on his Facebook account.
In a transcript of the text message thread obtained by the Post-Gazette, Murphy tried to mitigate Edwards charges of hypocrisy. I get what you say about my March for life [sic] message, Murphy wrote to Edwards. Ive never written them. Staff does them. I read them and winced. I told staff dont write any more. I will.
Murphy last month admitted to an affair with Edwards, a forensic psychologist and personal friend, after Edwards husband sought to depose the congressman during divorce proceedings.
czarjak
(11,277 posts)blue neen
(12,321 posts)He sounds like a regular monster.
renate
(13,776 posts)I'm pro-choice myself, but I can see how somebody could feel differently.
But NO respect when they force their politically convenient and draconian views on other people while ignoring them for themselves.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)that wasn't a total hypocrite?
Duppers
(28,120 posts)On one thing or another.
AllyCat
(16,187 posts)Only women can be vilified for having abortions in their worldview. He's just in the locker room, ya dig?
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)According to the article, he told Ms. Shannon Edwards that he had "fallen into" a relationship with a woman named "Susan." Coincidentally, there have been rumors circulating around his district that he had had an affair with his chief of staff, Susan Mosychuk.
That very same chief of staff in June of this year authored a 6 page memo to Murphy complaining of harassment and a hostile working environment.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Outlaw abortion for everyone, until my girlfriend needs one.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)We pull our hair out when we hear about the hypocrisy, but in truth, we didn't vote these assholes into office.
Our neighbors did. And they'll do it again.
How did barely 35% of the population seize control over most states, the House, the Senate, the Oval Office, and the Supreme Court?
And what the fuck is wrong with those people? It must be a recessive trait that afflicts some people like a mental illness.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)No matter how wrong they are, they have each other's backs.
dawnie51
(959 posts)how many abortions Dump has paid for over the years?
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)3catwoman3
(23,987 posts)...doesn't exactly sound like an ecstatic marriage proposal.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)I'm shocked I tell you, SHOCKED.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)Hieronymus
(6,039 posts)encouraged or had abortions.
Bob Barr drove his wife to the clinic for an abortion.
Afromania
(2,768 posts)in regards to what Democratic folks do. This kinda gross hypocrisy is exactly why I said it and I'm saying it again.
Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)Except in his personal circumstances.
What do you bet that the anti-abortion fanatics will line up to vote for him again next year?
dlk
(11,566 posts)It has always been about taking away women's autonomy by controlling their bodies, like chattel.