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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRob Portman comes out against ripping kids out of the arms of parents as do other GOP types...
so for those who claim this story should be ignored...you are wrong. This was on the Andrea Mitchell report today.
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Rob Portman comes out against ripping kids out of the arms of parents as do other GOP types... (Original Post)
Demsrule86
May 2018
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I hope so...portman came out and defended his Gay son and still got elected her in Ohio.
Demsrule86
May 2018
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CaliforniaPeggy
(152,645 posts)1. Maybe Rob Portman has a soul, and a conscience. We can hope...n/t
mikeysnot
(4,789 posts)4. Or he sees the contradiction
of being pro-life, anti abortion, family values and being ok with this policy.
Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)7. I hope so...portman came out and defended his Gay son and still got elected her in Ohio.
I really don't like him but I am glad he has gone on the record.
Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)5. I agree with all... this is an important issue and even if it wasn't a losing issue for the GOP
which I think it is...we would need to fight for these kids.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)2. The top two choices. nt
Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)6. I should have given people that option...do both.
Ohiogal
(35,436 posts)3. He sure hasn't shown that he has a heart before this.
He's always been a typical fall-in-line Republican who won't make waves. What caused this epiphany, I wonder.
Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)8. True that...attacking little kids to punish parents which is what Trump and Session are doing is
dreadful...anyone not calling this out has lost their soul.