BALTIMORE, MD - DECEMBER 02: Center Matt Birk #77 of the Baltimore Ravens looks on before the start of the Ravnes game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium on December 2, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
NFL champ skips WH visit because Obama said ‘God bless’ Planned Parenthood
Retired Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk, who won a Super Bowl with the team last year, skipped the team’s visit to the White House due to President Obama’s support for Planned Parenthood.
“I have great respect for the office of the presidency but about five or six weeks ago, our president made a comment in a speech and he said, ‘God bless Planned Parenthood,’” Birk, a former Minnesota Viking, told a local Minnesota sports blog. “I’m very confused by [Obama's] statement,” he explained. “”For God to bless a place where they’re ending 330,000 lives a year? I just chose not to attend.”
Birk said he’s a pro-life Roman Catholic. “Planned Parenthood performs about 330,000 abortions a year,” he said. “I couldn’t endorse that in any way.”
Clinton to come after the rich: 'We're going where the money is'
Hillary Clinton promised Tuesday that she would hit up the wealthy if she wins the White House to pay for her ambitious agenda.
"I'll tell you how we're going to pay for it," she said Tuesday in Pennsylvania, referring to her economic agenda. "We're going where the money is. We are going after the super wealthy, we are going after corporations, we are going after Wall Street so they pay their fair share."
Clinton has been under pressure from Democrats to pursue a more progressive agenda, especially after Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., gave Clinton a close primary race with a platform of higher taxes and an expanded federal government.
