GOP Contenders Nearly Silent On Colorado Springs Shootings
By Karen Tumulty November 28 at 5:36 PM
The Republican presidential field, which for much of the year has been full-throated in its denunciations of Planned Parenthood, has been nearly silent about the shooting in Colorado at one of its facilities that left a police officer and two others dead.
In contrast, all three of the leading Democratic contenders quickly issued statements in support of Planned Parenthood.
President Obama, meanwhile, focused on the episode as more impetus for a renewed push to stop “the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them. Period. Enough is enough.”
Not until much more is known about alleged gunman Robert Lewis Dear and his motivations will the political implications of his actions become clear. It is not yet apparent whether the heated rhetoric surrounding the abortion issue, and Planned Parenthood in particular, influenced his actions.
But the setting that he chose was one that has developed particular resonance this election cycle, after an antiabortion group released a series of secretly filmed videos in which Planned Parenthood officials discussing the techniques and financial aspects of harvesting fetal tissue samples for scientific research.
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