By Michael Davis
Staff Writer
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Bob Corker said today he was wrong 12 years ago when he said he did not think abortion was a government issue.
“It was wrong to say what I said in 1994. I don’t think anybody in this race is more pro-life than Bob Corker,” the former Chattanooga mayor told a Times Free Press editorial board. “I’ve told the citizens of this state what I am. I’ve had a lifetime of doing what I say, and that’s what the citizens will have to weigh in this race.”
Mr. Corker said in 1994 he was personally “pro-life.”
His GOP primary opponents Van Hilleary and Ed Bryant, both former congressmen, have criticized Mr. Corker for his changed position on abortion since he last ran for the U.S. Senate in 1994.
The winner of the Aug. 3 primary is likely to face U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr., D-Tenn., on Nov. 7.
E-mail Michael Davis at michaeld@timesfreepress.com
See tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press for full coverage.
Staff Writer
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Bob Corker said today he was wrong 12 years ago when he said he did not think abortion was a government issue.
“It was wrong to say what I said in 1994. I don’t think anybody in this race is more pro-life than Bob Corker,” the former Chattanooga mayor told a Times Free Press editorial board. “I’ve told the citizens of this state what I am. I’ve had a lifetime of doing what I say, and that’s what the citizens will have to weigh in this race.”
Mr. Corker said in 1994 he was personally “pro-life.”
His GOP primary opponents Van Hilleary and Ed Bryant, both former congressmen, have criticized Mr. Corker for his changed position on abortion since he last ran for the U.S. Senate in 1994.
The winner of the Aug. 3 primary is likely to face U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr., D-Tenn., on Nov. 7.
E-mail Michael Davis at michaeld@timesfreepress.com
See tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press for full coverage.
