Just as I thought, the lefties at Newsweek are misrepresenting the question asked….The rep wasn’t framing the question from a position of support for that thinking, he was asking if the witness supported that position…As always, if libs didn’t twist shit they’d have no argument.
Here is the same story reported by that bastion of liberal politics, Fox News.
Lawmakers in the Alaska state capitol voted overwhelmingly to censure one of its members who suggested the government could benefit in a fatal child abuse case.
www.foxnews.com
"The legislative body voted 35-1 to censure Rep. David Eastman, a Republican who
represents Wasilla, following his comment on Monday. Eastman was the lone dissent.
The vote followed a committee hearing Monday on adverse childhood experiences, where Eastman asked the testifier how he would respond "to the argument that I have heard on occasion where in the case where child abuse is fatal, obviously it’s not good for the child, but it’s actually a benefit to society" because government services would not be otherwise provided to the child, if they had lived.
The witness, Trevor Storrs, the Alaska Children's Trust CEO and president, asked Eastman to repeat the comment: "Did you say, ‘a benefit for society?’"
Rather than realize the error, Eastman continued.
"Talking dollars," the lawmaker continued, citing a figure provided to the committee about costs associated with neglect and abuse. The fatality "gets argued periodically that it’s actually a cost savings because that child is not going to need any of those
government services that they might otherwise be entitled to receive and need based on growing up in this type of environment," Eastman said."