Yesterday, Senator Bryce Reeves appeared on Fox News following Governor Northam’s extreme comments on abortion.
During a radio interview, Northam had seemingly endorsed allowing newborn children to die if the mother and a consenting physician so desired.
Now, outrage in the Commonwealth is reaching a boiling point.
And Reeves’ interview on Fox News displays the gut reaction of many Republicans.
“This is extremely heartbreaking for me,” Reeves said. “As a former Army Ranger, as a police officer, I spent the entirety of my adult life protecting that.”
The State Senator went on to explain that the bill, HB 2491, would have passed the House if just a couple votes had swung the Democrats’ way.1
Media Largely Ignored Northam’s Extreme Comments
Although Fox News was willing to cover the story, the mainstream news networks decided not to mention the events at all.
Despite the national and viral nature of the events, the story only seemed to spread through online sources and Fox News.
NewsBusters looked into nightly news coverage and found that of Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC, only Fox News included the story in their coverage.2
“Instead of covering this, CNN and MSNBC covered topics that included rehashing tweets from over 12 hours earlier in which the President knocked his intelligence chiefs,” NewsBusters reported.
What do you think?
Should mainstream media networks give stories like this more coverage?
Or is Northam correct in stating the conservative reaction is overblown?
Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
i COULD NOT BELIEVE THE BILL AS PROPOSED AND THE GOVERNOR’S ON AIR COMMENTS ABOUT THE TOPIC. TODAY, OF COURSE, THE HUGE BACKPEDDLING BY HIM AND THE LEGISLATOR ,TRAN. I DO NOT BELIEVE I MISS HEARD OR MISS UNDERSTOOD THEIR WORDS. THEY WERE AS PLAIN AS THE NOSE ON MY FACE AND NOT DELIVERED BY EACH OF THEM WHILE UNDER ANY FORM OF DURESS. THEY WERE CALM , DELIBERATE AND NOT PRESSED TO MAKE COMMENTS OFF THE CUFF. THERE IS NO CONTEXT ISSUE HERE.
THEY APPEAR TO TRULY BELIEVE IN THEIR POSITION ON UNLIMITED ABORTION AND EXPECT THE PUBLIC TO FOLLOW SUIT.
BEING A DOCTOR DOES NOT MAKE THE GOVERNOR INFALLIBLE NOR DOES HIS “FOLKSIE” DEMEANOR FOOL EVERYONE. HE AND TRAN ARE LOYAL TO THEIR PARTY AND AS SUCH, CITIZENS OF VIRGINIA NEED TO BE AWARE. MANY A DECEPTION HAS BEEN DELIVERED BY POLITICIANS SUCH AS NORTHAM AND TRAN.
Sick man! Doesn’t represent Virginia
NORTHRAM IS ONE SICK PUP{PY. HE IS OUT TO LUNCH AND NOT MY GOVERNOR. HE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED FOR EVEN MAKING THIS STATEMENT ON ABORTION. JUST THINK THIS MORON IS A “BABY DOCTOR”. WHO GAVE HIM A LICENSE? WHERE DO WE DIG UP THESE IDIOTS TO GOVERN US? I SERIOUSLY QUESTION HIS ABILITY TO GOVERN AND WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA, NOT PLANNED PARENTHOOD – THE MURDERS OF UNBORN AND NEAR BORN CHILDREN AND SELLERS OF BABY PARTS.
I sure would not have wanted this doctor to take care of my children when they were little. I think his comments were horrible and this bill is also. This is down right murder in the first degree. He does not belong anywhere in our government. People need to be more informed about a person before placing them in any position of authority.
He is a disgrace to humanity who is obviously not reading The Bible and does not care what God thinks. Well, won’t he be surprised when
he finds himself standing before God to answer for , not one murder, but many. It is reported that Planned Parenthood gave
Governor Northam 2 Million dollars. Money can buy anyone who is weak and a slim ball. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON VIRGINIA.
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This man has a dark soul.
One things Democrats refuse to learn….be careful the stones you throw….they definitely can come back to bite you. But I have to say, in my lifetime, I’ve never see the Republicans be as vicious and vindictive as the Democrats. So sad the Dems are bent on destruction of those they disagree with.
IT’S A TOTAL SHAM….. IT’S A CONSPIRACY TO DEFACE OUR GOVERNMENT, FAITH AND UNITY, IN THOSE WE VOTED TO PUT INTO OFFICE. IF THEY WERE TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON EVERYONE ON THE HILL IN CONGRESS AND ESPECIALLY, WHITE HOUSE, THEN OUR ENTIRE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE DESTROYED. GIVE ME A BREAK. AND THOSE REPRESENTING THE NAACP…. THEY DON’T DO ANYTHING UNLESS IT’S ON THE NEWS/TV….. THEY HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING FOR BLACK PEOPLE SINCE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING!!! THEY NEED TO GO BACK INTO THE CLOSET OR TRY TO HELP SOME OF THE UNDER PRIVILEGED BLACK PEOPLE IN THE GHETTOS AROUND THIS UNITED STATES!
PLEASE READ:
BLACK LIVES DON’T MATTER!!!
WHERE ARE THE PROTESTERS WHEN YOU NEED THEM!
They’re only there when there is a police shooting of a black person, when they NEED TO BE PROTESTING, in their own BACKYARDS!!! What’s wrong with this picture! Just as the Minister said who spoke at Aretha Franklin’s funeral, he was absolutely RIGHT! Black on black crime has escalated and no one is protesting about that, so NO ONE CARES. I wonder what the parents are of these guys who are out there shooting each other. How do you explain to a kindergarten/elementary child about the killings and shootings going in their “hoods”. Instead of coordinating a vigil or planning a funeral/memorial service of these untimely and senseless killings, where is our Advocate to STOP THE VIOLENCE. When a black person is killed by another black person, there SHOULD be someone to PROTEST the VIOLENCE OF BLACK ON BLACK CRIME or does anyone care?….”BLACK LIVES DON’T MATTER”!