Santorum: Biden, Sanders are 'tone deaf' on allegations raised by women
Santorum: Biden, Sanders are 'tone deaf' on allegations raised by women
BY ZACK BUDRYK - 04/07/19 05:01 PM EDT
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) on Sunday said both Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) come across as "tone-deaf" on allegations raised by women.
Both Biden and Sanders are “of a different era,” Santorum told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “As much as they try to sound like they get it, they don’t, and it’s clear to those of us who have an ear for this that they don’t get it.”
Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign faced accusations by several women who said they'd experienced sexual harassment by an aide that was not handled well by supervisors. Sanders has promised his 2020 campaign will do better.
Former Vice President Biden has been accused of making several women feel uncomfortable by touching them or entering their personal space without consent.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/437769-santorum-biden-sanders-are-tone-deaf-on-allegations-raised-by
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Rick Santorum Even Opposes Birth Control
Those concerned with a woman's health and right to choose should be watching the Santorum surge closely.
By Laura Chapin, Opinion Contributor?Jan. 6, 2012, at 8:07 a.m.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. – Former Sen. Rick Santorum's survival as a Republican primary candidate ensures two things: one, an endless stream of inappropriate jokes about sex acts and sweater vests. And two, an entirely appropriate conversation about birth control and public policy.
Rick Santorum is but the most extreme expression of the Republicans' inexorable march to the fringe on women's healthcare and reproductive rights. Even Rep. Ron Paul, who has his share of liberal apologists for his opposition to the PATRIOT Act and for being a supposed civil libertarian, has actively campaigned as being antichoice. You can't be antichoice and be a libertarian. Ron Paul opposes my civil liberties and those of half the U.S. population.
It's not enough to oppose abortion, even to protect the life of the mother or for survivors of rape or incest. Rick Santorum and all his fellow supporters of "life begins at conception" even oppose the most commonly used forms of birth control. This includes the top choice, the pill, since birth control can work by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg. Santorum opposes contraception in general, telling the blog caffeinatedthoughts.com in October, "It's not okay. It's a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be."
Santorum also opposes the predecessor to Roe v. Wade, Griswold v. Connecticut, which established a constitutional right to privacy in 1965. Griswold negated a Connecticut state law banning the use of contraception by married couples. The day before the Iowa caucuses, Santorum told ABC's Jake Tapper, "It is not a constitutional right, the state has the right to pass whatever statues they have."
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https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/laura-chapin/2012/01/06/rick-santorum-even-opposes-birth-control
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A young boy listens to Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, speaking at a Tea Party rally, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, in St. Clair Shores, Mich.
Macalester College President: Appalled by Rick Santorum
By BRIAN ROSENBERG FEBRUARY 29, 2012 — 7:52PM
http://www.startribune.com/macalester-college-president-appalled-by-rick-santorum/140797643/
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Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
