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Prohibiting federal funding for abortion, except in the case of rape, incest and endangering the life of the mother. heres how that went. back in may, he was asked in a rope line whether hed repeal the amendment, he said he would. >> will you commit to abolishing the hyde amendment, which hurts poor women and women of color. >> yes. yes. and by the way, i got a near perfect voting record my entire career. >> i heard you did, but im glad you said you would commit to abolishing the hyde amendment....

Credit without being willing to take responsibility for it, but, you know, anybody was in the senate then. bernie sanders has been noticeably quiet about the crime bill and his vote there. hes letting joe biden take all the heat. you know, its interesting. sanders has as long a voting record as joe biden does. >> longer. >> well see if people are, you know, as scrutinizing of bernie sanders as they are of biden. >> im thinking about what you said about allowing people to evolve and change becaus...

Track of all the different positions that president trump has had on abortion over the years. and yet voters, his supporters are okay with that. why is this a different situation in terms of the style and in terms of the audience m >> because donald trump is not running around saying, my views on abortion are a deeply held belief, that ive crafted over the course of my entire life. he was pro-choice before he was a candidate, and like mike said, you cannot survive a republican primary unless you...

By chief political analyst gloria borger. before we get floor this, go through the recent time line. on may 4th he told a supporter he would commit to abolishing the hyde amendment. here that is. >> im a aclu rights for all voter and i have one quick question for you and that is will you commit to abolishing the hyde amendment which hurts poor women and -- >> yes. >> and women of color. >> yes. and by the way, aclu, i have a perfect voting record my entire career. >> i heard you did. but im glad...

Repealing the hyde amendment. to have joe biden in 2020 to go backward to before bill clinton would be a catastrophe for the party. not where the base is, not where the party needs to be. >> listen, hes got a long voting record. >> yeah. >> any other issues you think that may come up that hes going to have to explain and that he -- >> well, hes got a thousand issues, right, you know, he went through this when he first announced. there was a lot of discussion about criminal justice and his vote o...

It because he wants credit for other pieces of the bill. >> violence against women. >> community support and policing. later the violence against women. youre not going to get the credit without being willing to take responsibility for it, but, you know, anybody was in the senate then. bernie sanders has been noticeably quiet about the crime bill and his vote there. hes letting joe biden take all the heat. you know, its interesting. sanders has as long a voting record as joe biden does. >> longe...

And he cant be bogged down by ideas from the 1970s and 80s. bill clinton supported repealing the hyde amendment. barack obama supported repealing the hyde amendment. hillary clinton supported rep l repealirepea repealing the hyde amendment. to have joe biden in 2020 to go backward to before bill clinton would be a catastrophe for the party. not where the base is, r not where the party needs to be. >> listen, hes got a long voting record. >> yeah. >> any other issues you think that may come up th...

Guys, so thank you for coming on tonight. >> thanks for having me, chris. >> all right. help me make sense of this hyde situation. so hes on a rope line. he gets asked by somebody who says that they are a lawyer for the aclu about the hyde amendment and the former vp says this -- >> im an aclu rights for all voter, and i have one quick question for you, and that is will you commit to abolishing the hyde amendment which hurts poor women and -- >> yes. >> and women of color. >> yes. by the way, ac...

Question for you, and that is will you commit to abolishing the hyde amendment which hurts poor women and -- >> yes. >> and women of color. >> yes. by the way, aclu member, ive got a near perfect voting record my entire career. >> im glad you did and im glad you said you would commit to abolishing the hyde amendment. >> right now. it cant stay. >> all right. but then. for the democrats, thats the right answer, right, cedric? its probably your answer. but then the campaign puts this out. do we ha...

Issue at their rallies today. >> clearly i think the hyde amendment is wrong, i think that we have a nation where all these insidious things are being done to undermine womens reproductive rights in this country. >> i dont support the hyde amendment and i will lead the fight to have it overturned. im out there fighting against the hyde amendment because i think thats whats right for women. >> and some influential progressive groups put out statements condemning bidens position. they were all cal...