Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) defended Republicans' willingness to shut down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood by [a href="vny!://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/08/jon-kyl-90-percent-planned-parenthood-abortion/"]falsely claiming[/a] that abortion is "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does." In reality, [a href="vny!://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/planned-parenthood-glance-5552.htm"]just three percent[/a] of its work is related to abortion.
So, CNN contacted Planned Parenthood's Judy Tabar to discuss this comment. During the interview, CNN anchor TJ Holmes read a statement from Kyl's office verbatim, which claimed the statement was not meant to be "factual":
HOLMES: We did call his office trying to ask what he was talking about there. And I just want to give it you verbatim here. It says, 'his remark was not intended to be a factual statement, but rather to illustrate that Planned Parenthood, a organization that receives millions of dollars in taxpayer funding, does subsidize abortions.'
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As I understand it, Senator Jon Kyl has been arrested twice now for sexual assault on a minor (both times with boys under the age of 12), but his political connections have managed to cover it up and allow him to escape prosecution each time.*
*Not intended to be a factual statement.
