Planned Parenthood pushes back against Bernie's latest attacks!

[Cali_Democrat]

Planned Parenthood pushes back against Sanders for 'establishment' comment
By Eliza Collins
01/20/16 03:24 PM EST

Planned Parenthood and other progressive groups are calling out Bernie Sanders for referring to them as "part of the establishment," saying the Vermont senator needs to show a more explicit commitment to women's reproductive health.

"It's a little ridiculous to call an organization Congress and Republican presidential candidates have spent six months attacking ‘establishment’ — especially when Planned Parenthood health centers are out there every day ensuring millions of often marginalized Americans have access to basic reproductive health care,” Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund told POLITICO in an email.

Laguens said she was “disappointed” in Sanders’ comments.

“It's regrettable and surprising to hear Sen. Sanders describe the very groups that fight on behalf of millions of often marginalized Americans — people who still have to fight for their most basic rights — as representing the ‘establishment,’” Laguens said.


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[randys1]

1. Uh oh, while I understand what Bernie meant when he said that, and anyone who knows about

how DC works will understand it, he may have been better off not taking on PP.

Too bad we are fighting among ourselves, we are the good guys/gals, folks.

[Still In Wisconsin]

17. Just the way it is now. Hate is the order of the day- even among Democrats.

Welcome to the new age, where you (and I) aren't just wrong, but also EVIL.

[MrWendel]

2. If your not with him...

your part of the establishment.

[Cali_Democrat]

14. It really sucks to see Bernie and his supporters go after Planned Parenthood

[MrWendel]

15. No one is safe...

not even Obama.

[Cali_Democrat]

20. Planned Parenthood is now feeling the Bern. nt

[kath]

3. Such bullshit. Sanders has been committed to women's reproductive health for a long long time. SHAME

on PP for suggesting otherwise.

It was an utterly boneheaded move for them to endorse before a single primary vote has been cast, especially when all 3 Dem candidates are staunch advocates for reproductive choice. Stupid, stupid, stupid. (Plus there's the fact of Cecile's daughter working for the Clinton campaign...)

[Fawke Em]

4. Why the hell would I help anyone who lies?

They've done this to themselves. There was NO reason for them to endorse during a primary. They did it because of cronyism - pure and simple. And I find that far more ridiculous than getting your nose out of joint because someone calls you "establishment."

Jeez, you'd think an organization so reviled by the right wouldn't let that small word bother them.

[TM99]

5. Really stupid move on PP's part.

They are a health services organization first and foremost.

By endorsing in the primary when they never had so before, they entered the political ring.

By entering the political ring, they are now mixing it up in DC and pitting Democrat against Democrat. At the same time, the GOP is now emboldened to attack them harder. Not because Sanders intimated but never said they were acting in a status quo fashion, but because it is obvious that PP is a wing of the Democratic Party. It should be non-partisan even if it endorses AFTER the fucking primary.

Poor women are Democrats AND Republicans. Women who want an abortion are both Democrats AND Republicans.

Consequences people, consequences.

Stupid, stupid, stupid!

[Tommy2Tone]

6. Bernie and his fans are in lock step.

Any person or organization who endorses Clinton is part of the machine.

Every day there is a drip, drip , drip of information that shows us the true Sanders and it's not good.

[proglib]

10. You mean the former POTUS was never part of the establishment?

Do you mean to say that the Clintons were never part of the establishment? Hillary's husband was POTUS. Is that not establishment? The President of the United States of America. Not part of the establishment but an outsider who has nothing do with DC!

And then you have the Bush-Clinton Haiti Fund! The Clintons and Bushes are in it together!

Now that PP has revealed its support for Hillary, here is a suggestion: transfer all their functions related to healthcare to Bernie's proposed Single Payer system. That is how it should have been in the first place.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. We need to stand behind Planned Parenthood in their time of need.

DSB

[litlbilly]

12. We do, just not the establishment leaders or the establishment candidate they endorse

[Cali_Democrat]

13. Indeed. nt

[MellowDem]

8. PP just endorsed an establishment...

war-monger candidate that "came around" on gay marriage after the polls did.

What did they expect?

They just endorsed a candidate that marginalized millions of Americans when it poitically suited her and which voted for a war that left hundreds of thousand dead and lead the founding of such women loving groups as ISIS.

They endorsed a candidate that is against universal healthcare and for Wall Street.

Maybe they regret endorsing someone before the primaries are even done.

[Number23]

9. K& freaking Rec

[litlbilly]

11. He was talking about the establishment leaders of the group, not the group itself. This will not

fly either. Good luck CD

[sufrommich]

16. Good for them,he deserves the pushback. nt

[seaglass]

18. Not good Bernie. n/t

[Cali_Democrat]

19. .

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[NCTraveler]

21. Two things are very well known.

1) A majority of Sanders supporters feel the "establishment" is the enemy.
2) Sanders called them the "establishment" full well knowing most of his supporters, and himself, view the "establishment" as the enemy.

I don't think him making these comments, Knowing a certain event in DC this weekend, are coincidence in any way.