The GOP’s Glaring State of the Union Hypocrisies

The Republican Party’s response to Obama was rife with contradictions—including the lie that the GOP supports individual health care choices, just hours after passing a bill to reduce private insurance coverage for abortion.

Published Jan. 29 2014 1:00PM EST

The 19^th-Century British politician Benjamin Disraeli once said, “A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.” This was obviously a prescient review of the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address.

Sally Kohn

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The GOP’s Glaring State of the Union Hypocrisies

The Republican Party’s response to Obama was rife with contradictions—including the lie that the GOP supports individual health care choices, just hours after passing a bill to reduce private insurance coverage for abortion.

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Sally Kohn