Reid Blames Planned Parenthood Violence on ‘Frenzy of Hate and Anger’

Reid Blames Planned Parenthood Violence on 'Frenzy of Hate and Anger' (Politico)

Democrats have stepped up their defense of Planned Parenthood in the wake of last week’s shooting that killed three people at a Colorado clinic, with the top Senate Democrat Monday warning against "a frenzy of hate."

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid warned elected officials against whipping up political frenzy, a veiled assault at Republican lawmakers who have been trying to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood since this summer’s release of undercover videos purporting to prove the group traffics in human tissue.

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“We bring people into a frenzy of hate and anger while providing them with easy access to firearms [and it] has proven disastrous to our country,” Reid said on the Senate floor on Monday.