President Obama’s impending reversal of the restrictions on embryonic stem cell research is meant to distract from the economy, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) suggested Sunday.
“There’s a reason it’s coming up this week,” Cantor said during an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union." “Why are we going and distracting ourselves from the economy? This is job No. 1, let’s focus on what needs to be done.”
President Obama is set to sign an executive order on Monday that would reverse limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research established early in the Bush administration.
“Let’s take care of business first – people are out of jobs,” Cantor, an opponent of embryonic stem cell research, told the network’s John King. “And again, there is a reason why all of this is happening right now.”
What are there, like 5 people in the country who don't support stem cell research at this point? And for people dealing with family members with special needs how much do you think they appreciate being told overturning the ban on stem cell research funding is just a "distraction from the economy". If there was ever going to be a book written about how to maintain political irrelevance and ensure it for years to come it would probably be based on everything the GOP is doing these days. What would possess him to even speak on an issue that he is totally out of step with most Americans on?
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