Pro-forced birth conservatives are upset as their hypocrisy has been called out again. Self-proclaimed pro-lifers were appalled to be told again that being pro-life means supporting more than embryos and fetuses.
On Tuesday during a press gaggle, Pope Leo XIV criticized the United States government's treatment of immigrants, saying—under his authority as the head of the Holy Roman Catholic church—Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions, not just on their rhetoric about abortion.
The pontiff said:
"Someone who says I'm against abortion, but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life."
"And someone who says 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life."
MAGA Republican President Donald Trump's White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, had to tap-dance around the truth to try to save face when a reporter asked for the Trump administration's response to Pope Leo's rebuke.
Leavitt, a self-proclaimed devout Catholic, responded:
"I would reject there was inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the United States under this administration."
Then, pulling a page from her boss' playbook, Leavitt blamed Democratic President Joe Biden.
"There was significant inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the previous administration."
You can see Leavitt's responses here:
Leavitt added:
"This administration is trying to enforce our nation’s laws in the most humane way possible, and we are upholding the law. We are doing that on behalf of the people of our country who live here."
But outside the MAGAsphere, no one was buying what Leavitt was selling.
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Pope Leo XIV, a native of Chicago, Illinois, began his papacy in conflict with the Trump administration and the MAGA minions after news spread he had, while still a Cardinal, shared an article critical of Vice President JD Vance's interpretation of Christian love.
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