Congressman Trent Franks

Talking Points Memo reports:In an interview with blogger Mike Stark, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) appeared to say that African-Americans are worse off today because of legalized abortion, than they were compared to slavery. "It seems like humanity is very gifted at hiding from something that's obviously true. I mean in this country we had slavery for God knows how long. And now we look back on it and we say, 'Well how blind were they, what was...  

Rachel's absolutely right, this is not a contest one should want to win, yet disturbingly, we keep getting more and more candidates, don't we? Arizona Congressman Trent Franks told blogger Mike Stark that African Americans were much better off under slavery. [..] FRANKS: In this country, we had slavery for God knows how long. And now we look back on it and we say "How brave were they? What was the matter with them? You know, I can't believe...  

After graciously conceding of black slavery in America that "we should look back on that with criticism," Arizona Republican Congressman Trent Franks tells Mike Stark, "And yet today, half of all...  

Allowing African-American women to exercise their reproductive rights is not more devastating than slavery by any stretch of the imagination. Sadly, Republican Representative Trent Franks is a little shaky on that point. In an interview with StarkReports.com, Frank gets swept up in anti-choice fervor, saying "half of all black children are aborted. Far more black children, far more of the African-American community is being devastated by the...  

Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) — one of the most conservative member of Congress, according to a new National Journal ranking — decried the strained state of political discourse in an interview today with blogger-activist Mike Stark. While defending hate radio host Rush Limbaugh, Franks said bipartisanship and “true tolerance” is about “being halfway decent to [...]  

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., is a fairly passionate opponent of abortion rights (and by one measure, the most conservative member of the House). Still, even by his standards, the comments he made to blogger Mike Stark Friday were a little extreme. Discussing civility and outrageous language, Franks wandered into a tangent in which he wound up declaring that "far more of the African American community is being devastated by the policies of...  

When U. S. Congressman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) spoke about communities where over fifty percent of the abortions performed are on black women, pro-choice proponents called him a liar, which black pro-life leaders argue is an attempt to divert the attention away from the abortion industry’s targeting blacks for abortion. “It is time abortion advocates stop the personal attacks. It is time they face us and renounce the racially discriminatory...  

Last week, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) made some anti-abortion remarks that slid into a controversial comparison with slavery: In this country, we had slavery for God knows how long.  And now we look back on it and we say "How brave were they? What was the matter with them?  You know, I can't believe, you know, four million slaves.  This is incredible."  And we're right, we're right. We should look back on that with criticism.  It is a crushing...  

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Trent Franks has introduced legislation that would compensate Mohave County residents exposed to radioactive fallout from nuclear testing during the 1950s and 1960s. The Arizona Republican introduced House Bill 4712...  

By now many folks have heard the name Trent Franks. He is the typical Republican douchebag who told Mike Stark that slavery was a better situation for African Americans than the life they live in America today. Franks is batshit crazy and he was just named the most conservative member of the House Republicans. And [...]  

Rep. Trent Franks (R) of Arizona has long been one of Congress's most embarrassing members. But this week, the right-wing lawmaker may have reached a new depth. In a recent interview Franks said "…Far more of the African American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by the policies of slavery."  

Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) is well known as a diehard opponent of abortion. He formerly served as the executive director of the Arizona branch of the Family Research Institute and has called President Obama an "enemy of humanity" because of his pro-choice stance. Franks may have gotten himself in more trouble than he anticipated, however, [...]  

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A Republican member of Congress has released a new video showing him talking about the status of abortion in the United States. Rep. Trent Franks, an Arizona republican, is generating controversy by saying that abortion has been more devastating for the black community than slavery. Franks, who has sponsored legislation responding to the high rate of abortions in the African-American community, released his...  

Here's scoop for ya..not in the the news yet. Last night at our Lincoln Day Dinner, Trent Franks' representative read a letter from Tent endorsing Dean Martin for Governor. Dean is a fantastic Conservative, and I believe he will be the next Governor of Arizona, replacing the incumbent Republican Governor, Jan Brewer.  

Getting women to identify with other aspects of their physicality other than their gender has been a tool used to derail progress for women’s rights.  Here at TC we’ve been discussing Trent Franks (R-AZ) who refers to Obama as the ‘abortion president’ and his labeling black abortion statistics ‘genocide’. Evidently Franks is just repeating the [...]