Scumbag.

Via Politico:

Democrats have stepped up their defense of Planned Parenthood in the wake of last week’s shooting that killed three people at a Colorado clinic, with the top Senate Democrat Monday warning against “a frenzy of hate.”

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid warned elected officials against whipping up political frenzy, a veiled assault at Republican lawmakers who have been trying to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood since this summer’s release of undercover videos purporting to prove the group traffics in human tissue.

“We bring people into a frenzy of hate and anger while providing them with easy access to firearms [and it] has proven disastrous to our country,” Reid said on the Senate floor on Monday.

“We in the Senate should not fail to see the context in which this vile assault took place,” he added, pointing to the videos made by an anti-abortion group. “Since that time, the Republican Congress have made it their mission to push these unsubstantiated allegations every chance they get.” He urged lawmakers to be “mindful of our words and actions.”

The Center for Medical Progress, which produced the videos, said that they proved that Planned Parenthood was trafficking in “baby parts” for profit — an allegation that Planned Parenthood has strongly denied. The alleged gunman in last week’s attack used the same “baby parts” phrase in front of law enforcement when he was captured, according to local media.