Democratic senator likens Planned
Parenthood supporters to
World War II heroes
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) on Wednesday likened Planned
Parenthood supporters to American veterans who “stormed
the beaches of Normandy” during World War II.
Parenthood supporters to American veterans who “stormed
the beaches of Normandy” during World War II.
Booker made the comment during a Planned Parenthood
rally in Washington, D.C., where protesters voiced opposition
to the Senate Republican health care bill, which would block
Medicaid funds for the organization of abortion-providing
clinics for at least one year.
rally in Washington, D.C., where protesters voiced opposition
to the Senate Republican health care bill, which would block
Medicaid funds for the organization of abortion-providing
clinics for at least one year.
“Your country needs you,” Booker told rallygoers. “This is
our generation’s great moral moment.”
our generation’s great moral moment.”
The senator said that opposing the Senate GOP health care
bill is “a chance for us to stand in front of the forces that want
to twist and contort the ideals of our country, to being a place
for the rich and the privileged, and where the many of us suffer
and struggle — that is not the American calling; that is not the
American character.”
bill is “a chance for us to stand in front of the forces that want
to twist and contort the ideals of our country, to being a place
for the rich and the privileged, and where the many of us suffer
and struggle — that is not the American calling; that is not the
American character.”
In another part of the speech,
Booker likened Planned
Parenthood supporters to
American World War II heroes
at Normandy:
Booker likened Planned
Parenthood supporters to
American World War II heroes
at Normandy:
We may not be called to storm beaches
in Normandy. That was not our time. We may not be called to stand with
Sojourner truth and utter those words, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and
tired.” We may not be called to stand in the slums with Irish immigrants
who fought for labor rights that we now take for granted. We may not be
called to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with John Lewis and
other activists, facing tear gas and billy clubs. Those were not our days.
But today is our day.
Booker called upon Planned Parenthood supporters to
“summon the strength” of American civil rights icons and
“fight with their determination.”
“summon the strength” of American civil rights icons and
“fight with their determination.”
I call upon you to summon the strength of Frederick Douglass, to summon
the strength of a Harriet Tubman, to summon the strength of a Cesar
Chavez, to summon the strength of a Harvey Milk. This is the time for us
to summon the strength of our ancestors and fight with their determination,
and fight with their will, and fight with their love, with their love, with
their love.
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