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August 8, 2024

"Tony Perkins with Family Research council speaks on the record
on behalf of the Faith Family Freedom Fund on a CBN network
interview how they plan to raise the recent changes in the
Republican party platform in an educational campaign in
the state of US Senator Marsha Blackburn who led the effort
to silence conservatives and move the platform to the left," says
Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate.

TRANSCRIPT POSTED AFTER VIDEO

TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW ON CBN Host Wendy Griffith
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HOST CBN WENDY Griffith

While Democrats make their stance on
abortion clear Republicans are wrestling
with the issue the new GOP platform
drops the push for a federal abortion
ban for the first time in 40 years a
major change that reflects president
Trump former president Trump's position
the shift has angered some pro-life
groups who say the party isn't doing
enough to protect The Unborn and is
weakening its stance on a core
issue the faith family Freedom fund led
by Tony Perkins is launching a new
campaign to raise awareness about the
shift and who they believe is
responsible and with that let's bring in
Tony Perkins president of the family
research Council Tony thanks for being
with us uh you

CBN HOST QUESTION: Senator Marsha
Blackburn is the chair of the gop's
platform committee what role do you
believe she played in in weakening the
Republican party's traditionally pro-life
stance

TONY PERKINS RESPONDS

Well Wendy I think she led the
effort as the the chair of the platform
comme I've been on the platform
committee going back I think four or
five conventions this is the only time
that the convention uh the platform the
delegates 112 --two from each state and
territory didn't have an opportunity to
even read it uh debate it or amend it it
was just push through and it not only
weakens the party stance on life
removing the call for a constitutional
amendment a human life Amendment it
removes the the call to apply the 14th
Amendment to The Unborn uh but it also
removes the definition of marriage it
takes out the Second Amendment it
removes a strong stand for Israel so
it's a very very weak platform and
Marsha Blackburn is the one who forced
it through

CBN HOST WENDY Griffith

Tony what do you think is
motivating this shift do you think the
some Republicans are saying well we got
to win the White House we got to do what
we can to get in in that place uh
otherwise everything could go wrong on
the abortion issue ?

TONY PERKINS RESPONDS

well I think that
might be part of it but you look at the
totality of the platform a lot of
substance was removed and I do know I do
I think you're absolutely right Wendy
that there are some post 2022 that think
abortion is a liability but as you just
heard from David Brody this is going to
be a base election and when you have the
Democrats and Walz has a a liberal
record Extreme record on abortion just
like Kamala Harris well if they're making
this one of their top issues in the
Republican response to it
is crickets well it's not going to
motivate the base and this is where

I think this is going to hurt the
Republicans if they're not willing to to
talk about the sanctity of human life
and why uh it should be protected in
every zip code that that this that our
support for Life as a party uh does not
stop at the boundary of a state then if
we can't do that then we've lost our way

And quite frankly Wendy I think the
Republicans are going to lose a lot of
support from pro-life voters who
actually came into the Republican party
because of this issue

CBN HOST WENDY Griffith

big issue for sure
well what is the faith family Freedom
fund doing to try to strengthen the
gop's abortion platform

TONY PERKINS RESPONSE

well with Marsha
Blackburn leading this effort as the
chairman of the platform removing life
the definition of marriage and not even
allowing discussion on it this was
unprecedented and so we want her uh her
constituents in the state of Tennessee
to to ask her why why is she jettisoning
the Second Amendment why is she
weakening the party stand on life and
marriage because if Republicans abandon
these fundamental issues that are
principal issues are defining issues
then you're going to see a lot of people
that I mean they're not going to vote
for uh Harris and and Walz but they're
not going to work for Republicans either
because they've worked for decades for
the Republican party to advance those
candidates because of the core value
issues and so I think uh Marsha (Blackburn's)
constituents need to ask her why why why
did she lead this effort to turn the GOP
away from these core principal
conservative and and I would add
biblical issues.

HOST CBN WENDY:

Tony Perkins we
appreciate your insights thanks for
being on the program thank you Wendy

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