Editor's Note, 8:45 p.m. Eastern: Since this article was submitted for publication this afternoon, Biden has since caved and renounced his support of the Hyde Amendment.

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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has come under fire from the left and the media after he vocalized his support of the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment restricts the use of federal funds on abortions unless it’s in cases of rape, incest, and protecting the life of the mother. Thursday, CNN Newsroom ran a segment on the apparent controversy with CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash and USA Today columnist Kristen Powers.

Bash seemed to think the idea of Biden having personal reasons for not wanting federal funds being used for abortion was laughable. She chortled after stating “he is sticking to it…hold onto your hats, because he believes it.” How is Biden, a Catholic, not wanting tax payer dollars being spent on abortion a laughable position?

Powers took an even harder stance on the topic. She claimed that Biden held an inconsistent view, not because he believes life begins at conception but still supports abortion “rights,” but because he doesn’t support federal funding of abortion in all cases. She believed that Biden was “out of step” for supporting even the most moderate restrictions on abortion, and that truly shows the audience where CNN’s value lie. Here’s Powers’ “reporting” on the issue (click “expand”):

Well, I think there's a couple things. One, if you look at the Democratic Party, he's widely out of step. He does need to get through a primary before he gets to the general. He seems to be running a general election campaign. There was a poll that showed 50% of -- 57% of Hillary Clinton voters in 2016 thought that it was time to scrap the Hyde Amendment. I mean, those are general Democratic voters. That's not just the Democratic base or the Progressive base. So I think that one of the -- the problem I think is the biggest problem for him is it's kind of an inconsistent view. Because he does support funding, I believe, if there is rape or incest, but he doesn't support it if there isn't. Well, I mean, if you're saying well, I believe these things personally, like why are you able to negotiate on certain circumstances but you can't negotiate on other circumstances? And I think that he can have his personal belief. There are Democrats who identify as pro-life, particularly Catholics. Who say I won't impose that view on you, but I think once you start imposing that view, you run into problems in the Democratic Party. So he is out of step, and one of the reasons I think it's important to point out that the Democratic Party has changed so much on a lot of different issues is there's a lot of voices in the Democratic Party that didn't used to have voices.

Amazingly, CNN failed to note that the poll Powers cited showed that 58% of likely voters in 2016 favored keeping the Hyde Amendment in place. The narrative further falls apart when considering a Marist poll that shows that 80% of Americans were in favor of restrictions on abortion.

The most egregious statement during the segment was when Powers opined that Biden’s stance wasn’t a “defensible position.” Powers statement is eye-opening for sure, but it isn’t out of the realm of absurdity that generally occupies the day-time timeslots of CNN’s cable “news.” Only in the bubble of the liberal media can a left-leaning candidate be lambasted for having in an opinion that is slightly contradictory to the rest of the Democratic field.

CNN and the rest of the liberal media’s obfuscation of the abortion debate has been a constant in the past few months since many states began to pass pro-life legislation. From MSNBC lying about legislation only being passed by Republicans, to the entirety of the media convincing their audiences that the Alabama abortion bill being a push by men to control women’s bodies despite the bill being signed into law by a woman, the left’s repugnant crusade to obscure the nation’s optics on abortion has been an ongoing saga that seemingly has no end in sight.

What is clear is that the age of the inclusivity of the “pro-life” Democrat is officially dead.

Here’s the full transcript: