Republicans squeal when Hillary Clinton compares them to ‘terrorist groups’ on women’s issues

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory

At a campaign appearance in Ohio, former Secretary of State and Democratic 2016 frontrunner Hillary Clinton said that Republicans’ “extreme views” on women’s issues are like those of a “terrorist group.”

Mashable.com reported that Clinton was speaking to an audience at Case Reserve Western University Thursday.

“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, but it’s a little hard to take coming from Republicans who want to be the President of the United States,” said Clinton. “They are dead wrong for 21st Century America. We are going forward. We are not going back,” she said.

Republicans were quick to take umbrage to the candidate’s suggestion that their views on abortion, contraception, equal pay and gender identity are the same as al Qaeda’s or those of the Islamic State.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/republicans-squeal-when-hillary-clinton-compares-them-to-terrorist-groups-on-womens-issues/

[still_one]

1. Look at their leading candidate, Donald Trump. Of course they had no problem calling the President

every name in the book, or referring to Democrats as anti-American.

My advice to them, if they can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen

[leftofcool]

2. Yer just mad 'cuz you got beat up by a woman!

[jtuck004]

3. Hey. If the Jihad fits, you can't acquit. n/t

[0rganism]

4. here's hoping HRC doubles down instead of backing down

all too often Democrats are seen publicly backing away from positions they take.
i'm just hoping HRC is willing to hold this one.
or at most do the standard political non-apology "well i'm sorry that some people took offense at my harmless truthful words"

[bucolic_frolic]

5. If Hillary has developed

a throaty growl and calls them like she sees them, she really
has learned something from 2008

and it is a healthy sign

Just beware the MSM can magnify and grill something they don't like

Like Dukakis in a tank, while ignoring Willy Horton ads

Hope she has an on-demand PR attack team like Obama had because he
never would have made it without them

[freshwest]

6. HRC nails it! Anyone not wearing blinders this century knows the GOP's plans for women. n/t

[A Little Weird]

7. I'm not a big HRC fan but she is spot on with this statement!

If they don't want to be compared to terrorists maybe they should quit acting like the Taliban.

[tanyev]

8. This little piggy went wee, wee, wee all the way home.

Go get 'em, Hillary!

[sheshe2]

9. You poke a pig they squeal.

And squeal they did, in unison.

Brava, HRC!

[Daemonaquila]

10. Call the WAAAAAAAAAHMBULANCE!

Not a Hillary supporter, but cheers to her!

[Bubzer]

13. +1

[ismnotwasm]

11. As well they should

Assholes--every one

[SwankyXomb]

12. I'd bet if you dug deep enough

you'd find that the Republican party stance on ANY issue was the same as al-Qaeda or ISIS.

[gordianot]

15. Not sure I would say any issue but very similar, next Republican President we could find out.

There are enough Republican trolls on DU I was sent to a jury (won unanimously) on a similar statement.

[calimary]

14. Fuck 'em.

That's all I've got for the "republicans were quick to take umbrage..." Hell, they take umbrage to everything and anything that doesn't conform to their narrow views. Fuck 'em!

Just Fuck 'em.

[onehandle]

16. GOP = ISIS

Same as it ever was...

[Sunlei]

17. Republicans always close doors in womans faces just like terrorists. Rs are the party of regression.

[PSPS]

18. FDR used to openly describe republicans for what they really were. We need more of this.

Bernie is doing this too. This is all a very positive development.

[rladdi]

19. I have been saying that for over 2 years. They are the ISIS of this nation. It doesn't take much

brain power to understand what they are wanting to do to this nation. IS it taking 17 candidates to run for President to win the White House. Are they all that incompetent, it a gamble which one will win the GOP primary? Wake up folks to the GOP. They are hijacked and undermined America.
NO one calls them out on any issues. The press is bowing to them.

[zazen]

20. HRC seems like her most authentic, un-polled when it comes to women's issues

What I think some of her supporters don't get about the visceral moral exhaustion some of us have about the Clintons is how she seems to constantly calculate her positions instead of letting her vision lead her.

For example, as opposed as I am to neoliberal ideology, I'd prefer she just passionately articulate why she believes free market-based policies are best for people rather than deny it's been her approach for years or that she has very close friends on Wall Street. Instead, she seems to conveniently, suddenly espouse economic populist positions. It makes you not trust anything about her.

I love that she's kicking ass on Republican misogynist extremism and calling them out. I'd love to see more of it. It'd certainly make it easier for me to vote for her if she wins the primary (which I'll do anyway, but with no joy).

What I really wish is that she could be unleashed as a domestic and international women's rights ambassador by President Sanders, without the baggage of being a secretary of state, and just kick ass around the world on women's issues, which are intricately related to environmental, energy, and economic issues anyway. I feel that she'd just call out bullshit all over the place and be able to finally leave the polling nonsense behind. I'd love to see a woman of her brilliance and nerves of steel unfettered by electoral calculation.

[leftyladyfrommo]

21. Good for her. nt