Chris Cuomo Asks Fiorina If Her ‘Rhetoric’ Led to Planned Parenthood Shooting

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CUOMO: “Now, when we're looking with what happened here in Colorado, very often you've said trump has to watch what he says, it has implications. Do you feel any sense of regret about how you characterized what was beginning on at Planned Parenthood after the attack in Colorado? Because of what the man said which seems as though he was influenced by some of the rhetoric coming out of you and others that painted a very ugly picture and unfair one, about Planned Parenthood?”

FIORINA: “Oh, please, really, Chris? Nine videotapes have come out about Planned Parenthood. It is very clear what they have been doing. And in fact, Planned Parenthood several weeks ago made a quiet little announcement that they would no longer accept compensation for the sale of what they call fetal tissue. That’s about as close to an admission you can get.”

CUOMO: “That's not what they say.”

FIORINA: “What happened in Colorado is a terrible thing. This guy is a deranged murderer and I hope he is put away for life. It may be that we should be classifying that as domestic terrorism as well. But that has nothing to do with the truth of what is going on in Planned Parenthood. And this is a typical left wing tactic, to try and shut down the truth by silencing people. This has happened over and over and over again.”

CUOMO: “Miss Fiorina –“

FIORINA: “Let's focus on -- yes?”

CUOMO: “The videos were edited. You know that.”

FIORINA: “Actually, I don't know that. There’s been forensic evidence of those nine videotapes over and over again. There have been reports that say they are not edited.”

CUOMO: “Of course they were edited.”

FIORINA: ‘It's amazing to me that we're still having this conversation.”

CUOMO: “No, no, no. let's be careful about what we're saying. Of course they were edited.”

FIORINA: “Let's be very careful about what we're seeing, Chris. Let’s be very careful about what we're saying.”

CUMO: “You're saying the raw portions of the video substantiate the claims you and others have made. That has not been proven to any satisfaction in any objective way. There were scenes and pictures depicting horrible things that nobody should see that weren't authentic or germane to the conversation we had the guy on here. Within the video. He couldn't justify it. Now you have somebody that went out and killed in the name of that.

FIORINA: “Really? Really? Okay, I don't recall, Chris, careful, you're a journalist.”

CUOMO: “Yes.”

FIORINA: “I don't recall anybody in the pro-life community celebrating this tragedy. i don't real any of that happening. And I also know for a fact that Planned Parenthood -- by the way, have you ever watched those videos?”

CUOMO: “Yes, I have.”

FIORINA: ‘You really ought to if vow haven't.”

CUOMO: “I have. I said.”

FIORINA: “I don't understand why Planned Parenthood would make an announcement that they're no longer accepting compensation.”

CUOMO: “To clarify a policy that was used to villainize them when they felt there was no need to do that. That’s what the head of the organization says.”

FIORINA: “It's clear what your opinion is, Chris.”

CUOMO: “What's my opinion? What do you think it is?”

FIORINA: “Well, i think you've bought the Planned Parenthood line, hook, line and sinker. So, good to know that.”