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"Mrs. Haley, have you ever had an abortion? You have a daughter. Has she ever had an abortion?" -- The press, if they had any balls.
She would say no regardless of the truth. Asking questions like that without knowing the answer and being able to prove it is basically just tossing a softball.
A little bit of investigative reporting can work to find out if it is a lie. Getting her on record is step one. They won't even go to step one.
Never ask a question in that setting where you don’t already know the answer. Step one is doing the investigation and then get them on record.
It's a medical procedure, so it's protected under HIPAA.
That doesn't mean they didn't tell anyone who isn't a medical professional about it. Start interviewing her high school and college friends.
This doesn’t matter IMO. They can cry foul and say that it was a mistake and they’ve changed since, without batting an eye.
That's a lot of work for a maybe.
Do you not know what investigative journalism is? Have you never heard of an exposé? Journalists are supposed to dig until they find something then back it up with interviews/records. Yes/no/maybe should never enter the equation when determining what's of the public interest to uncover.
Then hopefully the reporter won't ask a covered entity. Everyone else is fair game.
Seriously. The way they treat all the candidates with kid gloves is ridiculous.
She could say, "Yes I have had many abortions. I'm having one tomorrow! Abortions should be illegal because it's the only way to stop me from constantly having abortions!"
Hypocrisy doesn't matter to them.
Asking her is fine, leave all politicians kids out of the spotlight (unless they are campaigning).
Sorry, that was thrown out the window when Rush Limbaugh went after Chelsea Clinton. And it really went out the window when the entire Republican media sphere went after Sasha and Malia Obama.
And it was wrong then and remains wrong now. Kids can’t help who their parents are, leave them out of it.
The problem with that argument is that Haley wants to make medical decisions for my daughter. I'll leave her daughter alone when she leaves mine alone.
Her "kid" is 26 years old, married, and campaigns with her mother.
Should we leave Don Jr., Ivanka and Eric alone too?
I didn’t realize she campaigned with her mom. She’s fair game then. But Barron Trump and Biden’s grandkids should be off limits.
But it's not about the kid. It's about the shameless double-standard. It's about Nikki as a parent as well.
Listen the kids aren't putting themselves in the spotlight, there's no reason to drag them in to it. Drag the candidate all you want but leave the kids alone until they decide to join the circus on their own.
She's not a child and campaigns with her mother. Maybe focus on the single issue instead of making it about something it isn't.
The sociopaths were rude so I get to act like a sociopath argument really doesn't sit well
Again, her daughter is 26 years old. So you are saying we shouldn't go after Don Jr., Eric and Ivanka, right?
They're active participants in the corruption and hell raising their old man got up to, just being his kids isn't the issue, it's that they're coconspirators
You wouldn't be asking the same question about Barron or Tiffany, because they kept their hands clean of the rampant bullshit their elder siblings got up to.
And her daughter is an active participant in her campaign.