Demonstrating a staggering lack of self-awareness, on Thursday, MSNBC Congressional Correspondent Garrett Haake promoted pro-abortion Democratic California Senator Kamala Harris declaring: “...we have to have smart gun safety laws. And we cannot tolerate a society and live in a country with any level of pride when our babies are being slaughtered.”
The reporter hailed liberal lawmaker for expressing “moral outrage” while demanding gun control in the wake of the tragic Florida school shooting and wondered: “The question is, can that level of outrage be sustained, and can it be translated into anything on Capitol Hill?” Answering his own question, Haake observed: “History says no. But everyone here, I think, is hoping, perhaps, this time’s different.”
Activist and anchor Stephanie Ruhle chimed in: “Garrett, we’ve got to have more than conversations. It’s certainly time for action.”
Missing amid all the praise of the Senator’s warning that “babes are being slaughtered” was any mention of Harris’s radical pro-abortion views and the fact that millions of unborn children have been “slaughtered” since the Roe v. Wade decision.
As California Attorney General, Harris infamously ordered the raid of the home of Center for Medical Progress investigator David Daleiden after he exposed Planned Parenthood executives on video discussing the illegal sale of aborted baby body parts. Rather than investigate the nation’s largest abortion provider, Harris, who’s Senate campaign received over $81,000 from Planned Parenthood, decided to investigate Daleiden instead.
Perhaps MSNBC should have mentioned some of that context before touting the Senator’s concern for the welfare of “babies.”
Here is a transcript of the February 15 exchange:
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GARRETT HAAKE: So what you’re starting to hear now, what I think is somewhat different about some of the other events, is a certain degree of moral outrage from some senators that I’ve spoken to this morning, including Kamala Harris from California. Take a listen.
SEN. KAMALA HARRIS [D-CA]: What I’m gonna say is going to sound a bit harsh. As a prosecutor for years, and appreciating homicide and being able to talk with a judge about it and a jury about it, I had to look at autopsy photographs. When you see the effect of this extreme violence on a human body, and especially the body of a child, maybe it will shock some people into understanding. This cannot be a political issue. We have to be practical. I support the Second Amendment, but we have to have smart gun safety laws. And we cannot tolerate a society and live in a country with any level of pride when our babies are being slaughtered.
HAAKE: So, Stephanie, the question is, can that level of outrage be sustained, and can it be translated into anything on Capitol Hill? History says no. But everyone here, I think, is hoping, perhaps, this time’s different.
STEPHANIE RUHLE: Garrett, we’ve got to have more than conversations. It’s certainly time for action.
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