When Donald Trump stood in the lobby of Trump Tower on June 16, 2015 and announced he was running for president, he told all who listened to "mark" his words.
"I would do various things very quickly," Trump said.
"
I would repeal and replace the big lie, Obamacare," he said.
"
I will build a great, great wall on our southern border," he said. "And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.
"
Mark my words," he said.
"I am committed," Trump said, "to: ...
Defunding Planned Parenthood as long as they continue to perform abortions, and re-allocating their funding to community health centers that provide comprehensive health care for women."
In his inaugural address, Trump did not back away from his pledge to secure the border.
"
We will bring back our borders," he vowed.
Now, Congress faces an
April 28 deadline to pass a new government funding bill.
There is currently
no talk that it will include language to prohibit funding of Planned Parenthood.
But there is talk that
it will not include the language that President Trump has requested to provide $1.4 billion to begin his project to build "a great, great wall on our southern border."
The Republican House can pass and send to the Republican Senate a bill that funds the border wall but not Planned Parenthood. Or they can pass one that funds Planned Parenthood but not the border wall.
The former course of action would fulfill the campaign promises that got their president elected. The latter would appease congressional Democrats and the liberal press.
So, which will it be?
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