Josh Earnest Maintains that, Despite Not Watching Them, Planned Parenthood Videos Faked

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:

TAPPER: "Josh, I want to ask you about a come the other issues. The Senate is going ahead with the vote to try to defund Planned Parenthood. The White House has threatened to veto any measure like that. "

EARNEST: “That's right.”

TAPPER: "Is it your contention that there's nothing in these secretly recorded videotapes discussing what sounds like profiting from fetal tissue and organ sales, there's nothing in these tapes that bothers you or anyone in the White House?”

EARNEST: “I've got to tell you, these videos were released because of their shock value. There's no doubt that's what depicted is shocking. I know that based on the news reports  read, I haven't actually looked at them, but people who have looked at them have raised significant questions about whether or not these videos are credible, about whether or not they've been selectively Ed illustrated in a way to grossly distort the position and the policies –“

TAPPER: "The whole video is put up on the website of this anti-abortion group that put them out. You don't have to watch just the edited version. You can watch the whole version. “

EARNEST: “Listen, I'm relying on news reports I have seen from people who looked it and raised questions about the video themselves. This is no doubt an organization that has targeted Planned Parenthood for some time. What we know to be true is that Planned Parenthood provides regular health care for millions of Americans across the country. They are not able to use federal funds to perform abortions. That is written into the rules. That is a rule this administration has not just followed, but actually supported. So it's clear there are some ideological games being played here, and what this administration and this president has long fought for is protecting access for women to health care, and that's exactly why we want to make sure there is not an ideological effort to wholesale defund planned Parenthood that provides those important health care –“

TAPPER: "Somebody at the White House maybe should watch the videos in full.”