Planned Parenthood Smackdown: Richards Calls Out Lying Chaffetz
Today’s so-called House Oversight Committee “hearing” into Planned Parenthood quickly devolved into Shrill Witch Hunt Theatre after the health care nonprofit’s president, Cecile Richards, made her opening statement:
Chaffetz, who chairs the committee, started off by asking Richards about funds that were sent overseas.
“Do any of these funds go to the Democratic Republic of the Congo?” Chaffetz said early in the back-and-forth.
“Congressman, let me tell you —” Richards said before Chaffetz interrupted her.
“No, no, no. We don’t have time for a big narrative,” Chaffetz said.
“I’m not going to give you a narrative —” Richards said.
“Yes or no,” Chaffetz replied, before Richards gave a more lengthy response.
Riiight. Democratic Republic of Congo, because Kenyan Muslim Socialist or something [insert facepalm here]. You can be sure some bizarre conspiracy scenario is going to emerge in the next day or two.
Chaffetz also made a note of probing Richards’ income:
“Your compensation in 2009 was $353,000. Is that correct?” he asked.
“I don’t have the figures with me, but —” Richards said.
“It was,” Chaffetz replied. “Congratulations.”
But Richards and her legal counsel provided the most memorable moment of the day when they caught Chaffetz in an outright, Carly-Fiorina-magnitude lie after he started harping on a slide being projected on a wall:
CHAFFETZ: You’re going to deny that…
RICHARDS: I’m going to deny this slide that you just showed me that no one has ever provided us before! We’ve provided you all the information about everything — all the services that Planned Parenthood provides. And it doesn’t feel like we’re trying to get to the truth here. You just showed me this.
CHAFFETZ: I pulled those numbers directly out of your corporate reports!
RICHARDS: [legal team tells her something] Excuse me. My lawyers have informed me that the source of this is Americans United for Life, which is an anti-abortion group. So I would check your source.
CHAFFETZ: [looking caught off-guard, stammering] Then we will get to the bottom of the truth of that.
You needn’t bother, congressman. Esquire’s Charles Pierce has already done so, in glorious NSFW style:
In case there are three entities out there, besides the voices in Carly Fiorina’s head, who still believe that the “controversy” surrounding Planned Parenthood is in anyway authentic, as opposed to a concerted effort at ratf**king the organization into the Phantom Zone right alongside ACORN, Wednesday’s little encounter between Cecile Richards and Congressman Jason Chaffetz ought to seal the deal for you.
Indeed. And, unfortunately for Chaffetz, he got called out for what can only be an outright lie.
Richards definitely earned that compensation package for that moment alone. ‘Nuff said!
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By: dave-dr-gonzo
David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
14 responses to Planned Parenthood Smackdown: Richards Calls Out Lying Chaffetz
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whatthe46 September 29th, 2015 at 22:41
she is exactly what they are afraid of. someone who can put them into their places by correcting their fk’n lies. and who gives a damn how much she earns. having to deal with sob’s like them, she deserves every damn penny.
rg9rts September 30th, 2015 at 03:25
They ain’t doin to shabby at $174+ for a part time job
jybarz September 29th, 2015 at 23:19
Another wasteful, sham, bs repuke hearing.
I wish the fckers start doing something to help people & country.
NW10,PATRIOT! ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ September 29th, 2015 at 23:22
Even right wingers were embarrassed!
http://freakoutnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/GOP-PP-447×620.jpg
http://freakoutnation.com/2015/09/even-pro-lifers-were-embarrassed-by-planned-parenthood-hearing-it-was-a-gop-freak-show/
Obewon September 30th, 2015 at 00:21
CHAFFETZ: [looking caught off-guard, stammering] Then we will get to the bottom of the truth of that.”-Yea right. The liars party is busted again for delusionally making stuff up.
Here is a real scandal: GOP Rep (R-Ut) Chaffetz ‘I “Absolutely” Voted To Cut $3 B+ Funding For Embassy Security’-OCT 10, 2012 one month after Benghazi. http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/10/10/985191/chaffetz-absolutely-funding-embassy-security/
rg9rts September 30th, 2015 at 03:23
He complains about her income while getting $174,000+ perks for a part time job.. he is far from interested in the truth and more interested in something he can send to voters…at taxpayer expense
Talibandrew Breitbot September 30th, 2015 at 08:08
He sounds jealous.
rg9rts September 30th, 2015 at 08:12
He is and the gopee wishes it remotely had the record for helping those in need that PP has
Robert Kennedy September 30th, 2015 at 11:54
No they don’t. Denying help to any non-millionaire is what they live for.
Sabrina Brooks September 30th, 2015 at 06:05
My last pay check was $8626
working 10 hours a week online. My sisters friend has been averaging 17k for
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believe how easy it was once I tried it out. This is what I do…
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Budda September 30th, 2015 at 08:00
A disgusting display of ignorance and bigotry by Republicans. Hopefully it will hurt them in the 2016 elections.
eaglesfanintn September 30th, 2015 at 11:06
And, how much is this circus costing me as a taxpayer? How many millions were spent or will be spent on other ridiculous “scandals” by the supposedly fiscally responsible GOP?
Judgeforyourself37 September 30th, 2015 at 12:12
We can only hope that the GOP has shot itself in the foot, once again. My Latino sisters and brothers will not vote for them, and frankly, either will any thinking person. The Tea Party has sunk the Republican Party, which was bad enough under Reagan, and has become worse with each passing year.
Cecile Richards stated facts regarding the work of PPFA, and disrespected no one, whereas the GOP, treated her shabbily, and their statistics were not taken from PPFA records, but from the right wing, anti abortion organization, Americans United for Life. What a circus, and the GOP clowns were shown up to be phonies. You can bet your bottom dollar that if one of their daughters, wives or girl friends needed an abortion, she would be able to obtain a safe abortion, and quickly!
bpollen October 1st, 2015 at 06:29
To me, the lie was the most significant thing I saw between them. It jumped out like it was lit in neon to me. Yeah, he got his ass handed to him, but he was proven on national TeeVee to be a bald-faced and rather pathetic liar. Seconds between the lie and being proven a liar.