'Damn GOP extremists'! Harry Reid blocks human trafficking bill over abortion

Senate Democrats just blocked a bill to help victims of trafficking because it doesn't provide public funding for elective abortions.

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) March 17, 2015

Life is simple but my Republican friends insist on making it complicated. If they took abortion out of human trafficking bill, we'd pass it.

— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) March 17, 2015

.@SenatorReid Life is important, that's why they want to keep it in.

— Matthew (@Matthops82) March 17, 2015

Dems blocked it because it includes Hyde amdt, which bans federal funding of abortion with exceptions for rape, incest & life of the mother.

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) March 17, 2015

Harry Reid, who's long insisted he's pro-life, now insists on fed funding for elective abortions as a condition to help trafficking victims.

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) March 17, 2015

Senator Reid "is strongly pro-life," Manley said, "and I resent any suggestion to the contrary." http://t.co/7VK8YPy0pT

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) March 17, 2015

"I'll release these sex slave hostages as soon as you pony up some free abortion cash," is a pretty craven policy position, even for Reid.

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 17, 2015

Why is that? RT @nprpolitics A procedural vote to advance the Senate human trafficking bill has failed. The vote was 55 to 43.

— BT (@back_ttys) March 17, 2015

Democrats are filibustering and ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING bill because it does not fund abortion. Damn GOP extremists.

— L (@OrwellForks) March 17, 2015

@SenatorReid So you're going to filibuster a bill to prevent human trafficking?

— John Blackout (@SageCommander) March 17, 2015

@SenatorReid So you're willing to sacrifice a human trafficking bill for the abortion debate? Shame on you.

— OnTheBench (@Huerts31) March 17, 2015

Says the guy that's blocking a human trafficking bill bc Republicans don't want taxpayer funded abortions. https://t.co/0yAE7OW9Uv

— Matthew (@Matthops82) March 17, 2015

Democrats are so passionate about killing babies that they're willing to embrace sex-trafficking https://t.co/o4tZlGPd5N

— L (@OrwellForks) March 17, 2015

@SenatorReid Another example of why you're minority leader now Harry. Supporting Human trafficking is a bad look. @TheDemocrats

— Elefante (@Calle_Elefante) March 17, 2015

@SenatorReid So you stand for human trafficking? Got it. Might be time to retire soon Harry, minority leader. #UniteBlue

— Elefante (@Calle_Elefante) March 17, 2015