Pro-life Republicans and terrorist groups apparently have something in common. At least, according to Hillary Clinton they do.
Clinton’s remarks started off as typical for a politician who supports and is supported by the abortion movement. She took stabs at GOP presidential candidates Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and John Kasich, the governor of the state where she was making her remarks. She also touted Planned Parenthood services.
But then, she took it a step too far.
“Now, extreme views about women? We expect that from some of the terrorist groups. We expect that from people who don’t want to live in the modern world,” she declared.
The crowd applauded during many of Clinton’s previous statements. This time though, as The Daily Beast put it, the “crowd said nothing, and she squinted.”
Clinton specifically mentioned Republicans as she continued:
Bush tweeted out a response. The two candidates had gone at it on Twitter over Planned Parenthood earlier in the week. Kasich tweeted as well.
.@HillaryClinton compares pro-life Americans to terrorists, but defends despicable PP treatment of unborn? Her priorities are totally wrong
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) August 27, 2015
No @HillaryClinton, Americans you disagree with aren’t “terrorists.” These are terrorists. #StrongerTogether
http://t.co/hVVXWUKKtL
— John Kasich (@JohnKasich) August 27, 2015
Terrorist groups like ISIS and Republican presidential candidates are not the same. If someone wants to be respected by the American people enough to be elected their president, they shouldn’t have to worry about those kind of flip comparisons coming from a potential Commander-in-Chief.
Clinton’s statements about services weren’t completely honest either, not if she was talking about Planned Parenthood.
In her statements, Clinton said she “would like these Republican candidates to look a mom in the eye who caught her breast cancer early because she was able to get a screening for cancer.”
Planned Parenthood has admitted before, however, that they do not provide mammograms to screen for breast cancer, Live Action reported.
Clinton’s statements aren’t just an insult to other politicians, who are likely used to it.
Such statements offend those ordinary Americans who disagree with her on the abortion issue. Clinton also risks alienating pro-life Americans who may not necessarily affiliate with the Republican Party, certainly an unwise move.
