Stockman: Democrats Want to Kill Infants

By Emily Pierce

Posted September 24, 2013 at 6:39pm

Rep. Steve Stockman is never one to disappoint when it comes to questionable tweets. Here’s the Texas Republican’s latest attempt to put the Senate debate on Obamacare defunding and Sen. Ted Cruz’s extended speechifying in perspective.

If ObamaCare were an infant Democrats would support a filibuster to kill it.

— Rep. Steve Stockman (@SteveWorks4You) September 24, 2013

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