'Why Do We Continue to Pretend Ralph Northam Didn't Say This?': NY Times Reporter Calls Out Liberal Media Bias Over Gov. Ralph Northam's Abortion Comments

Tré Goins-Phillips : Jan 28, 2020
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"...The infant would be resuscitated if that's what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians & mother." -Gov. Ralph Northam

[Faithwire.com] She's a writer for the New York Times—you know, that New York Times. And even she is crying foul on the way many in the media have handled comments about abortion made a year ago by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat. (Image: AP Photo-Steve Helber)

Last week, a writer for the news gathering outlet Mediaite rebuked President Donald Trump for the "dangerous lie" he told during his address Friday at the March for Life rally in Washington, DC.

What was the "dangerous lie?" Trump reminded those attending the pro-life event that the Virginia governor said in 2019 he supported legislation that would allow a mother and her abortionist to "execute a baby after birth."

Tommy Christopher, the writer for Mediaite, did semantic gymnastics to accuse Trump of lying last week. He's not alone. Writers for PolitiFact and Snopes have done the exact same thing. All three have called bunk on Trump's words by pointing out that Northam didn't specifically use the word "execute."

Elaina Plott, a national political reporter for the New York Times, is calling out the revisionist history: "Why do we continue to pretend Ralph Northam didn't say this?"

When we strip away the political parlance that made Northam's words palatable—when we look just at the bones of the language he used—that is, in fact, exactly what the governor was advocating... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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