As they say: that’s it. That’s the tweet.
In a since-deleted tweet (preserved by ProPublica’s Politwoops), NC Republican Congressman Greg Murphy insisted on Sunday that abortion is unnecessary because “no one forces anyone to have sex.” The Congressman also did not respond to a follow-up question about whether he agrees that very young girls should be forced into childbirth, or whether pregnancies that present great risk to the mother (ex. ectopic ones) should be left untreated.
Greg Murphy represents a large swath of eastern North Carolina that is relatively conservative. Since his days in the state legislature, he has been known for his aggressive, and occasionally outright racist, remarks. Just two years ago, he remarked on now-Vice President Kamala Harris’s selection in another since-deleted tweet:
Murphy is widely rumored to have aspirations of running for Governor in North Carolina, though that is probably unrealistic.