Republican Represesntative Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Credit: RealClearpolitics

Republican Represesntative Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
Credit: RealClearpolitics

When Republicans fall for a lie, boy do they fall hard.

House Republicans have already admitted that their months long investigation into Planned Parenthood’s use of federal funding turned up nothing. Utah Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Jason Chaffetz admitted last fall that his fruitless crusade against the women’s health organization despised by conservatives turned up no wrongdoing.

Still, chasing a hoax perpetuated by conservative anti-abortion activist David Daleiden’s deceptively edited undercover videos which falsely claimed that Planned Parenthood illegally trafficked in the sale of fetal tissue, House Republicans insisted on creating yet a whole new tax-payer funded committee tasked exclusively with investigating the organization. This, despite the fact that Republican governors in 12 states have ordered investigations into the women’s health organization that have resulted in no charges or findings of wrongdoing. And, of course, a Texas grand jury has cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing, criminally charging Daleiden instead for tampering with government […]

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