Title: PolitiFact | Online ads claiming AARP backed federal funding for Planned Parenthood are wrong
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AARP backed "federal funding for Planned Parenthood."
Online ads claiming AARP backed federal funding for Planned Parenthood are wrong
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Content: In an email, AMAC political liaison Ellen Cora told us that as an American over the age of 65 — and an AARP member herself — she recalls AARP bulletins that spoke "positively about Planned Parenthood," adding "we often refer to ‘AARP Beyond the Veil’ for more information about AARP." "Behind the Veil: The AARP America Doesn’t Know," was a 2011 report prepared by U.S. Reps. Wally Herger, R.-Calif, and Dave Reichert, R.-Wash. It was released as a House subcommittee opened a hearing examining AARP’s tax-exempt status. CNN then reported that Republicans were targeting the group in the wake of the report that claimed to expose "the conflict between AARP’s drive for profits, the best interests of its members and the organization’s tax-exempt status." Democrats argued the attacks stemmed from AARP’s support of then-President Barack Obama’s health care bill, according to CNN. But the report makes no mention of Planned Parenthood. When we followed up, Jeff Szymanski, another AMAC political liaison, said he recalled "it was a radio personality that made the claim you cite, not AMAC." The language in the ad featuring radio personality Dennis Prager is virtually identical to the ad featuring Sebastian Gorka.