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Shea needs history lesson

Sun., Aug. 30, 2015

Kip Hill did an excellent job covering the recent Spokane protest of Planned Parenthood. He covered the basics, talked to some people with productive solutions and ideas, and then he quoted Rep. Matt Shea.

“There is no difference between Planned Parenthood, and what Dr. Josef Mengele did in Germany in the 1940s.”

He is sorely mistaken. He is so far off base that any credibility he may have had was dashed. Maybe some of his constituents can get him caught up on a vile part of history, so he can make more appropriate comparisons in the future.

Diane Link

Dalton Gardens

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