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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ivanka-trump-fire-claim-tried-bribe-planned-parenthood-stop-abortions-104947398.htmlPlanned Parenthood president Cecile Richards has leveled a strong accusation against Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. According to Richardss new book appropriately titled Make Trouble the couple tried to bribe her by offering federal funding for Planned Parenthood if the organization agreed to stop offering abortions.
Richards says that the offer came during a January 2017 meeting, to which she brought husband Kirk Adams as a witness.
The main issue, [Kushner] explained, was abortion, Richards writes, according to an excerpt published by People. If Planned Parenthood wanted to keep our federal funding, we would have to stop providing abortions. He described his ideal outcome: a national headline reading Planned Parenthood Discontinues Abortion Services.
If it wasnt crystal clear before, it was now, Richard continues. Jared and Ivanka were there for one reason: to deliver a political win. In their eyes, if they could stop Planned Parenthood from providing abortions, it would confirm their reputation as savvy dealmakers. It was surreal, essentially being asked to barter away womens rights for more money. It takes a lot to get Kirk mad, but it looked like his head was about to explode.
BigmanPigman
(51,646 posts)Blackmail...right up the Jarvanka ally. I bet half of the fucking moron and his spawn have had to have secret abortions themselves or a a result of their screwing around without protection.
Demsrule86
(68,735 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,646 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 4, 2018, 07:28 PM - Edit history (1)
and her D+ boobs. It was a package deal.
Demsrule86
(68,735 posts)tblue37
(65,502 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,646 posts)How does "Thanks" get mixed up with "Ivanka"?
tblue37
(65,502 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,646 posts)tblue37
(65,502 posts)iluvtennis
(19,890 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)They are dishonest and corrupt. They need to go, and reportedly quite a few of the WH staff agrees.
iluvtennis
(19,890 posts)Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)and forget people actually have morals.
sarge43
(28,946 posts)They think they know the price of everything, but can't imagine anything having value beyond any price.
With thanks to Oscar Wilde
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)And repugnant.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,507 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Ilsa
(61,709 posts)charliea
(260 posts)Some humans ain't human
Though they walk like we do
They live and they breathe
Just to turn the old screw
They screw you when you're sleeping
They try to screw you blind
Some humans ain't human
Some people ain't kind
from a song by John Prine
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)these people are so nasty and illegal.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Most of us never bought it for a minute.
peggysue2
(10,846 posts)The Art of the Steal. You threaten and bribe to get the 'deal' done. And if it goes south, you get your heavies to apply pressure.
The Kushner's may look polished and sound perfectly civilized and articulate, but the rotten fruit doesn't fall far from the decaying tree.
No better than a mobster mentality but with the arrogance of the entitled.
ck4829
(35,094 posts)madaboutharry
(40,238 posts)This is the way a gangster family operates.