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The liberal media found a new angle to hit former Vice President Joe Biden from the far-left on Wednesday after it was learned he supported the Hyde Amendment, which barred federal funds from being used on certain abortions.
For NBC’s report on the story, they treated it as though some dark secret from Biden’s past was revealed for the first time. “Now to a new uproar over abortion erupting today as Democratic candidates for president take aim at the early front runner, former Vice President Joe Biden amid a revelation about Biden's stance,” anchor Lester Holt announced as the network rushed to get Democrats on the record against the Hyde Amendment.
According to NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker, Biden was “coming under fire” because of the “revelations he still supports a controversial abortion law”. “Critics say the law prevents low-income women from access to abortion,” she added. Welker failed to recall that the Hyde Amendment was passed to keep the tax money of pro-life folks from going towards killing the unborn.
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