Grayson took to Twitter last night to complain about DeSantis smacking him down over abortion. He said “I am under attack for supporting women’s health.”
I’m Under Attack, For Supporting Women’s Health: http://t.co/8TOeAZVaia
— Rep. Alan Grayson (@AlanGrayson) August 10, 2015
As a correction, Grayson was smacked down on Twitter because he is not appalled Planned Parenthood is selling aborted baby parts. He seems to think a non issue and worse then that, he is using it as a way to raise funds for his Senate campaign.
The link on his tweet takes you to an email he sent out on Monday night. It says:
Grayson has hit some lows throughout his political career but fundraising off of aborted baby parts is reprehensible. Apparently DeSantis hit a nerve last night when they had a fight on Twitter about Planned Parenthood.take our poll - story continues belowDo you think the 2nd Amendment will be destroyed by the Biden Administration?(2)
Completing this poll grants you access to Shark Tank updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to this site's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.What passes for “daring” these days? Daring to support a women’s health organization. Which is why I was subjected to this attack:
“I do not believe taxpayer dollars should be used to fund an organization that engages in such horrific conduct, yet Alan Grayson wants to keep the tax dollars flowing to Planned Parenthood and is even celebrating that organization….”
That’s my far-right, Tea Party Republican Senate opponent, Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Chauvinist).You don’t have to waterboard me on this one – I confess. It’s true. I do support public funding for women’s health organizations like Planned Parenthood. Always have. Always will. And I’m not going to let “War on Women” Republicans like Ron DeSantis defund and destroy it.
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Planned Parenthood provides breast cancer and cervical cancer screening, HIV screening, sex education and contraception to millions of women each year. Ron DeSantis’ heartless plan to “defund” Planned Parenthood would mean more cancer, more AIDS, more venereal disease, more unwanted and uncared-for children, and more death. You don’t have to be a woman to understand that.
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The taxpayers subsidize Rep. Ron DeSantis’s health coverage, so maybe he doesn’t know what it’s like not to be able to afford cancer screening. Maybe he doesn’t know what it’s like to be diagnosed with a tumor that could have been treated easily, if only it had been detected earlier. Maybe he doesn’t know, or maybe he does know, but he just doesn’t care.Either way, he can take all the swipes he wants at me, but I will never let him, or sexists like him, endanger the health of millions of women by destroying Planned Parenthood.
Courage,
Rep. Alan Grayson
Candidate for the US Senate