Republicans decided not to stick together and they left a few people out there like Ted Cruz,’ Trump said on the ‘Hugh Hewitt Show’ on Monday.” [Politico, 8/4/15] Trump Issued A Statement Calling For Planned Parenthood To Receive No Federal Funding While The Group Continues To Conduct Abortions. “In response to several folks seemingly misunderstanding what the 2016 GOP frontrunner said on CNN on Tuesday morning about Planned Parenthood funding, Donald Trump has issued a statement to Breitbart News exclusively that makes it crystal clear where he stands: While the organization conducts abortions, they should receive no taxpayer dollars. That means Trump supports one of two pathways forward for Planned Parenthood: Either they stop conducting abortions, or they lose all their taxpayer subsidies.” [Breitbart, 8/11/15] BUT STILL CLAIMED TO SUPPORT SOME OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S SERVICES Trump Supported Defunding Parts Of Planned Parenthood, But Not All Of It. “Business mogul Donald Trump went on a media blitz Tuesday morning, making back-to-back appearances on Fox and CNN as he sought to tamper down the controversy over his spat with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly….He wants to defund parts of Planned Parenthood, but not all of it. ‘I would look at the good aspects of it, because I’m sure they do some things properly and good and good for women. And I would look at that, and I would look at other aspects also,’ he said on CNN. ‘But we have to take care of women. We have to absolutely take care of women. The abortion aspect of Planned Parenthood should absolutely not be funded.’” [Washington Post, 8/11/15; New Day, CNN, 8/11/15] Trump Said That Abortion Was A Small But Brutal Part Of What Planned Parenthood Did. “Trump's proposal: Abortion is a small but brutal part of what Planned Parenthood does. They also serve women. Jeb Bush was so bad on women's health issues the other day! We have to help women. The answer: ‘Maybe unless they stop with the abortions, we don't do the funding for the stuff that they want. There are many ways you can do that, Sean.’” [Washington Post, 8/11/15; Hannity, Fox, 8/11/15] • Trump Defended Planned Parenthood’s Non-Abortion Services And Called For The Group To Be Funded. “Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump defended Planned Parenthood during an interview Tuesday night, doubling down on his remarks that part of the group should be funded. ‘They do good things,’ Trump said during an interview with Sean Hannity that aired on Fox News. ‘There's two Planned Parenthoods, in a way. You have it as an abortion clinic. Now that's actually a fairly small part of what they do, but it’s a brutal part and I'm totally against it,’ Trump said. ‘They also, however, service women,’ Trump said, adding later, ‘We have to help women. A lot of women are helped. So we have to look at the positives for Planned Parenthood.’ Trump's comments immediately drew fire from anti-abortion-rights advocates, who say that abortion represents a larger portion of what the organization does and that it should be entirely defunded.” [The Hill, 8/12/15] TRUMP CALLED ON JEB BUSH TO APOLOGIZE FOR SUGGESTING THAT THE U.S. SPENT TOO MUCH ON WOMEN’S HEALTH Trump Called On Jeb Bush To Apologize For His Comments On Women’s Health Care. “Business mogul Donald Trump went on a media blitz Tuesday morning, making back-to- back appearances on Fox and CNN as he sought to tamper down the controversy over his spat with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly….He thinks Bush is waging a war on women. ‘I think Jeb Bush owes women an apology because he made a terrible statement about women's health Confidential Page 186