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Trent Franks Walks Back ‘Enemy of Humanity’ Remarks

By | 09.29.09 | 2:10 pm

Joan Lowy talks to a spokeswoman for Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) about his comment that President Obama’s support for legal abortion made him an “enemy of humanity.”

Bethany Haley, spokeswoman for Franks, said the congressman was referring to “unborn humanity” and should have clarified his statement. She also said

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More Trent Franks: The President Is an ‘Enemy of Humanity’

By | 09.29.09 | 11:50 am

People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch publishes one of the stirring moments in Rep. Trent Franks’ (R-Ariz.) speech to the How to Take Back America conference this past weekend in St. Louis: His accusation that President Obama’s pro-choice policies make him an “enemy of humanity.”

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Rep. Trent Franks: Obama Should Release Long-Form Birth Certificate

By | 09.28.09 | 2:06 pm

Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) accidentally walked into the world of “birther” conspiracy theories last month, when a local newspaper seemed to report that Franks was considering a lawsuit against the president. Franks cleared the matter up immediately: He had merely considered suing for proof of the president’s citizenship before More…

Rep. Trent Franks: I Came Within Three Days of Launching an Obama Citizenship Lawsuit

By | 08.28.09 | 4:06 pm

After a week of unwanted attention that seemed to end with him signing on to Rep. Bill Posey’s (R-Fla.) bill to demand birth certificates from future presidential candidates, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) has released the audio and transcript from the town hall where, according to the Mohave Daily More…

Trent Franks Is Signing on to the ‘Birther Bill’

By | 08.25.09 | 4:04 pm

Bethany Haley, a spokeswoman for Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), has told WorldNetDaily that her boss is more interested in the conspiracy theories about Barack Obama’s birth than he had previously let on. Yesterday, Haley said that Franks had been convinced of Obama’s citizenship but wanted to see the More…

Trent Franks: Obama Should ‘Settle’ Birth Conspiracy ‘Once and For All’

By | 08.24.09 | 5:26 pm

Bethany Haley, a spokeswoman for the Republican congressman from Arizona, expands on the comments Franks made about President Obama’s citizenship at a town hall meeting this weekend. Franks was misquoted, says Haley, and only said that “he had, at one time, considered the possibility of filing a lawsuit back More…

Rep. Trent Franks Considering Obama Citizenship Lawsuit?

By | 08.24.09 | 6:00 am

When he was confronted by Mike Stark, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) gave perhaps the clearest statement of any Republican member of Congress on the persistent conspiracy theories about President Obama’s birth. That makes this report on a weekend town hall meeting especially confusing.

Franks said there was not

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Ole Stand-By: GOP Still Blaming CRA for Financial Crisis

By | 07.10.09 | 5:37 pm

Worth noting from yesterday’s House Judicial subcommittee hearing on the foreclosure crisis: Republicans just can’t shake the temptation to blame the Community Reinvestment Act for causing the current economic turmoil.

You’ve heard the critics’ argument before: The CRA hasn’t so much empowered low-income borrowers as it has More…

Vandeveld vs. Franks

By | 07.08.09 | 12:08 pm

At today’s House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on military commissions, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), apparently under the impression that a debate about the proper legal process for detainees can be shut down by asserting that some detainees are dangerous people, made a number of statements about Binyam Mohammed, who was More…