Mr. President: Don't Cave to Liberal Fearmongering. Protect Religious Freedom.

Feb. 3, 2017
Happy Friday from Washington, where conservatives insist lawmakers already have a way to repeal Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood. Melissa Quinn reports. Is President Trump in danger of sacrificing religious freedom to please liberals? Ryan T. Anderson urges a better way. Senate Democrats won't make it easy to confirm Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court. Rachel del Guidice covers their tactics. Plus: Mary Clare Reim on campus violence, and Jarrett Stepman on media silliness over Trump and Andrew Jackson.
Commentary Mr. President: Don't Cave to Liberal Fearmongering. Protect Religious Freedom. A draft copy of an executive order was leaked to LGBT groups and liberal media outlets in an attempt to prevent the president from issuing it. But Trump should stand up to the liberal outrage and hostility to ordinary American values that fueled his rise in the first place. Read More
Commentary Americans Should Not Have to Subsidize Campus Lawlessness In 1964, students at the University of California Berkeley joined together to fight for their right to free speech. On Wednesday, a group of over 1,500 protesters showed up on that same campus to shut down a speaker with whom they disagreed, and about 150 of them started a riot. Read More
Commentary Will GOP Keep Its Promise to Defund Planned Parenthood? Thanks to some decisions related to the timing of Obamacare repeal, some are concerned that the GOP won't follow through on defunding Planned Parenthood. Read More
News Democrats Send Mixed Signals on Senate Vote for Neil Gorsuch So far, at least eight Democrats have said they support a "vote" on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, although their statements aren't exactly clear on what they mean. Read More
News Conservatives Offer Solution to Repeal Obamacare, Defund Planned Parenthood: Pass 2015 Bill Again Two prominent House conservatives are calling on Republican leadership to bring a 2015 bill repealing major parts of Obamacare before members for a vote "as soon as possible." Read More
Commentary History Is Being Distorted to Insinuate Trump Will 'Defy' Courts Like Andrew Jackson Sometimes, an old media fabrication is used to justify a new one. Read More
The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843
Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

-