The anti-choice Center for Medical Progress (CMP) has released a string of deceptively-edited videos targeting Planned Parenthood with false allegations that the organization illegally profits from the sale of fetal tissue donations. Troy Newman, an anti-choice extremist with a history of violent rhetoric, serves as both president of Operation Rescue and board member for The Center for Medical Progress. During the November 24 edition of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel Maddow laid out the violence-endorsing history of Troy Newman, whose endorsement was touted by presidential candidate Ted Cruz which said in a press release “We need leaders like Troy Newman.”
From the November 24 edition of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show: