Unity or else: DNC Chair Tom Perez demands ‘ideological purity’ on abortion from candidates
Sen. Bernie Sanders and DNC Chair Tom Perez have been crossingthe country this week as part of the “Come Together and Fight Back” tour,with Sanders soaking up most of the cheers and Perez hopingsome of that energy and enthusiasm rubs off on Democrats who decided they preferred the independent from Vermont to the DNC’s choice in 2016.
Speaking of choice, Sanders and Perez have found some common ground, not that they had to search very hard: Perez, Sanders, and Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards were one big happy family in Las Vegas, after Perez made it clear in a statement that the DNC would not support pro-life candidates.
Tom Perez just became 1st DNC chair to say all Dem candidates must support abortion rights https://t.co/ctua9ATfhr pic.twitter.com/iKYwNogjWU
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) April 22, 2017
@HuffPostPol @jarbitro What happened to choice
— ladydee (@dd4ever21) April 22, 2017
@HuffPostPol @AdamsFlaFan hey @TomPerez is this true? Are you telling life long D's to get out if they don't support abortion?
— WE'RE SCREWED (@jimmywhiz) April 22, 2017
@HuffPostPol That's crazy … this is the wrong guy to lead the Democratic Party …even democrats should have a choice
— GIL DUPUY (@DUPUY77) April 22, 2017
@HuffPostPol Not sure Perez was best choice for DNC Chair. Need to grow Party, not drive people away. Need to temper arrogance and get to work.
— Lou Auger (@AugerLou) April 22, 2017
The Huffington Post reports:
Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez became the first head of the party to demand ideological purity on abortion rights, promising Friday to support only Democratic candidates who back a womans right to choose.
Every Democrat, like every American, should support a womans right to make her own choices about her body and her health, Perez said in a statement. That is not negotiable and should not change city by city or state by state.
When I ran for DNC Chair, I made a promise to protect womens rights to safe, legal, and accessible abortion.
— Tom Perez (@TomPerez) April 21, 2017
As should anyone representing this party powered by women. https://t.co/4AHQiBg4mf
— ilyse hogue (@ilyseh) April 21, 2017
As part of that, I'm honored to sit down with progressive women leaders next week to discuss how we can best live our pro-choice values.
— Tom Perez (@TomPerez) April 21, 2017
Whatever ones personal beliefs about choice, no government should legislate them onto others. Democrats trust women. Period.
— Tom Perez (@TomPerez) April 21, 2017
Diversity of belief is awesome. Imposing them on others not good. https://t.co/A65KJNVCaZ
— ilyse hogue (@ilyseh) April 21, 2017
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