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Texas may be Sen. Ted Cruz’s home turf, but but that didn’t stop Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) from calling him out.
The Texas Tribune reported that while making a speech on Sunday in Austin, the state’s liberal capitol, Warren attacked Cruz’s proposal to defund Planned Parenthood.
“We will not let Ted Cruz shut down this government over Planned Parenthood,” Warren proclaimed. “He wants a fight over Planned Parenthood? My answer is, ‘Bring it on, Ted,'” she added.
Many attribute and blame Cruz for the possibility of a shutdown, as they did in 2013 when the government did shutdown for 16 days. Cruz has said though that it would be “nonsense” to blame him.
Those in favor of defunding at Planned Parenthood at all costs, even if it would result in a shutdown, claim that it is not that they actually want a shutdown. Rather, they put the blame on Democrats who would continue funding the scandal ridden abortion provider. Rand Paul addressed this at the #WomenBetrayed rally last week.
Warren has had strong words against Republicans and defunding Planned Parenthood before. During debate on the proposal to defund the abortion provider, she had this in part to say:
You know, on second thought, maybe I shouldn’t be that surprised. Republicans have had a plan for years to strip away women’s rights to make choices over our own bodies.
The proposal was a modest one, as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) would have been funded in place. It did not pass, however.
