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The idea that the federal government funds abortions with taxpayer money is one of the most tedious lies about Planned Parenthood [1] peddled by some members of the GOP. The 1997 Hyde Amendment prohibited federal funds from financing abortions — but Speaker Paul Ryan is insistent that funding Planned Parenthood equates to paying for abortions [2].
So, when Ryan tweeted a side-by-side comparison of the Affordable Care Act and the newly proposed American Health Care Act — implying that the latter prevents taxpayer money from funding abortions and the former does not — people were quick to correct the congressman. A staffer at Full Frontal With Samantha Bee made an exceptionally simple and hilarious correction to the graphic.
.@SpeakerRyan [3] Tweaked this for you. pic.twitter.com/nzqLoxBNny [4]
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) March 21, 2017 [5]
With the caption "Tweaked this for you," the graphic simply crosses out the language so that it reads "Taxpayers already don't pay for abortion." And there you have it: a clapback that probably took less than five minutes to create. Samantha Bee and her team are becoming experts in short but in no way sweet takedowns [6].