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Eugene

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Wed Oct 4, 2017, 05:24 PM Oct 2017

This congressman (Tim Murphy) is why people hate politics

Source: CNN

This congressman is why people hate politics

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 9:29 AM ET, Wed October 4, 2017

Washington (CNN) — Pennsylvania Rep. Tim Murphy has had one hell of a last month.

In early September, the Republican House member admitted to an extramarital affair with a "personal friend" following the unsealing of divorce records that showed he had been involved in a relationship with Shannon Edwards, a forensic psychologist.

"This is nobody's fault but my own, and I offer no excuses," Murphy said in a statement issued through his attorney, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. "To the extent that there should be any blame in this matter, it falls solely upon me."

It got much, much worse on Tuesday when the Post-Gazette reported on a text message exchange between Edwards and Murphy in which she alleges he urged her to have an abortion.

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Murphy was a co-sponsor of legislation -- passed in the House on Tuesday night -- that would make it illegal for women to abort a baby after the 20-week mark. He has a perfect 100% score with National Right to Life, having voted with the organization on five key pieces of legislation, including the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act." As my former Washington Post colleague Aaron Blake expertly documents here, Murphy was also touting his anti-abortion stance even as he was reportedly urging his mistress to seek an abortion.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/04/politics/tim-murphy-abortion/index.html
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This congressman (Tim Murphy) is why people hate politics (Original Post) Eugene Oct 2017 OP
it is okay ........... republicans get impregnated by there god Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #1
And once the unwanted child is born they suddenly don't support the child's right to life. fierywoman Oct 2017 #2
because they are pro-birth ........... the second coming Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #3
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