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Forget everything you learned about the Holocaust, kids, because Congressman Trent Franks is contemplating whether abortion is actually the “greatest genocide in world history.”
There’s a reason we have a category of stories called “Trent Franks (Sigh)” and it’s for stuff like this — or when he said black people were better off under slavery.
The congressman earned a victory this week as his bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks in Washington D.C. — yes, the Arizona congressman proposed this idea — passed out of its committee in the House.
Franks eventually took to Twitter — where many people say things that should never be said out loud — and shared this thought with the world:
So, how do you feel about that one? Is Franks trying to stop the “greatest genocide in world history,” or is he just obsessed with abortion?
Cast your vote below:
