Rep. Tim Murphy, popular with pro-life movement, urged abortion in affair, texts suggest

[DonViejo]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette




PAULA REED WARD
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
[email protected]
4:34 PM OCT 3, 2017

A text message sent in January to U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy by a woman with whom he had an extra-marital relationship took him to task for an anti-abortion statement posted on Facebook from his office's public account.

"And you have zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options," Shannon Edwards, a forensic psychologist in Pittsburgh with whom the congressman admitted last month to having a relationship, wrote to Mr. Murphy on Jan. 25, in the midst of an unfounded pregnancy scare.

A text from Mr. Murphy’s cell phone number that same day in response says, "I get what you say about my March for life messages. I've never written them. Staff does them. I read them and winced. I told staff don't write any more. I will."

The congressman has been lauded by the Family Research Council, for his stance on abortion, as well as for family values, generally. He also has been endorsed by LifePAC, which opposes abortion rights, and is a member of the House Pro-Life Caucus, an affiliation that is often cited by his office.

Read more: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2017/10/03/rep-tim-Murphy-pro-life-sought-abortion-affair-shannon-edwards-susan-mosychuk-pennsylvania-chief-of-staff-congress-emails-texts/stories/201710030018?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1507061392

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Not one of them ever tells the truth, not one of them isnt hypocritical about everything

Not one GOP should be in a position of authority over anything, anywhere, ever

[CanonRay]

2. Typical GOP hypocrite

[mpcamb]

34. Just wrote him. Suggested he quit now instead at the end of his term.

https://murphy.house.gov/contact-me

Feel free to tell him what you think.

[mainer]

3. Bet the Christian right will still support him. "God will forgive him."

And he'll probably win reelection.

[kacekwl]

18. Because you know they would do the same thing

put in that position. Do as I say not as I do. RIGHT phony Christians.

[LonePirate]

4. Republican ignorance is only exceeded by their eternally unlimited supply of hypocrisy.

[Angry Dragon]

5. H.Y.P.O.C.R.I.T.E

hypocrite

[riversedge]

6. CKUCKLE.

[riversedge]

7. Raw story

Former mistress accuses pro-life GOP congressman of urging her to get an abortion: report



https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/former-mistress-accuses-pro-life-gop-congressman-of-urging-her-to-get-an-abortion-report/
03 Oct 2017 at 16:43 ET






Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) (Photo: Facebook)


Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), a prominent pro-life conservative previously backed by the National Right to Life Committee, urged a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair with to get an abortion, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.


“You have zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options,” Murphy’s former lover Shannon Edwards wrote in a text message after the GOP Congressman wrote an anti-abortion post on his Facebook account.

In a transcript of the text message thread obtained by the Post-Gazette, Murphy tried to mitigate Edwards’ charges of hypocrisy. “I get what you say about my March for life [sic] message,” Murphy wrote to Edwards. “I’ve never written them. Staff does them. I read them and winced. I told staff don’t write any more. I will.”

Murphy last month admitted to an affair with Edwards, a forensic psychologist and personal friend, after Edwards’ husband sought to depose the congressman during divorce proceedings.

[czarjak]

15. John Cornyn is always the perfect backdrop for these weasels....

[blue neen]

8. Read the memo in the Post Gazette article about Murphy's behavior with staffers.

He sounds like a regular monster.

[renate]

9. I can respect a person's anti-abortion views if they actually live by them

I'm pro-choice myself, but I can see how somebody could feel differently.

But NO respect when they force their politically convenient and draconian views on other people while ignoring them for themselves.

[raven mad]

10. Has there ever, EVER been a Repuke

that wasn't a total hypocrite?

[Duppers]

23. I don't think so

On one thing or another.

[AllyCat]

11. It won't matter to his supporters.

Only women can be vilified for having abortions in their worldview. He's just in the locker room, ya dig?

[JDC]

12. Typical

[PA Democrat]

13. Not his first extra-marital affair either.

According to the article, he told Ms. Shannon Edwards that he had "fallen into" a relationship with a woman named "Susan." Coincidentally, there have been rumors circulating around his district that he had had an affair with his chief of staff, Susan Mosychuk.

That very same chief of staff in June of this year authored a 6 page memo to Murphy complaining of harassment and a hostile working environment.

[Blue_Tires]

14. LOL

[ouija]

16. Shocked

Outlaw abortion for everyone, until my girlfriend needs one.

[Skittles]

36. that is typical conservative logic

[Mr. Ected]

17. Blame the double standard on the American voter, your neighbors, your fellow countrymen

We pull our hair out when we hear about the hypocrisy, but in truth, we didn't vote these assholes into office.

Our neighbors did. And they'll do it again.

How did barely 35% of the population seize control over most states, the House, the Senate, the Oval Office, and the Supreme Court?

And what the fuck is wrong with those people? It must be a recessive trait that afflicts some people like a mental illness.

[smirkymonkey]

20. They are all cut from the same cloth. They stick together.

No matter how wrong they are, they have each other's backs.

[dawnie51]

19. Ever wonder.....

how many abortions Dump has paid for over the years?

[crazycatlady]

21. He made it very clear Tiffany was not a wanted child

[3catwoman3]

29. "What are we going to do about this?"...

...doesn't exactly sound like an ecstatic marriage proposal.

[SergeStorms]

22. A Republican hypocrite?

I'm shocked I tell you, SHOCKED.

[Duppers]

24. Pro-Life' Congressman Urged Abortions for Ex-Wife ...

and for Mistress Is Running Again.

https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/07/24/desjarlais-pro-life-congressman-who-urged-abortions-for-ex-wife-and-mistress-is-running-again

[Hieronymus]

25. Wonder how many of the Family Research Council have ..

encouraged or had abortions.
Bob Barr drove his wife to the clinic for an abortion.

[Afromania]

26. Few weeks ago I said Republicans never need to open their mouths

in regards to what Democratic folks do. This kinda gross hypocrisy is exactly why I said it and I'm saying it again.

[Vogon_Glory]

27. He's against abortion, all right.

Except in his personal circumstances.

What do you bet that the anti-abortion fanatics will line up to vote for him again next year?

[dlk]

28. More Evidence This Issue Was Never About the Sanctity of Life

It has always been about taking away women's autonomy by controlling their bodies, like chattel.

[Freedomofspeech]

30. That lying piece of garbage is our Rep.

[SunSeeker]

31. K & R for exposure of Republican hypocrite. nt

[TexasBushwhacker]

32. I hope we have a good Democratic challenger for his district n/t

[7962]

33. Pro Life!! (Until its convenient not to be). Prick. nt

[love_katz]

35. Pro-breeding, not pro-life. I hate these lying hypocrites!

Kick and rec. May their lies and hypocrisy receive nationwide exposure. May he and his ilk receive a resounding defeat in the next election, may their agenda be smashed to bits, then crushed and permanently buried under the unstoppable force of justice! May patriarchy fall.