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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDebbie Wasserman Schultz Schools Newt Gingrich Over ‘War On Women’ Crack About Joe Biden
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrichs (R) awkward attempt to link Vice President Joe Biden to the GOPs policies against womens reproductive health was smacked down hard by Democratic National Committee chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) on Tuesday.
Democrats like to complain about a Republican war on women, Gingrich said on Crossfire, before mentioning Bidens visit to a Japanese e-commerce company, DeNA, in which Biden asked a group of women working there if their husbands like them working full-time, if they were married, and if they were allowed to work from home.
How do you explain Bidens inability to stay in touch with reality? Gingrich asked Wasserman Schultz, who expressed amazement that Gingrich would link the war on women term with Biden, the author of the Violence Against Women Act, which was been staunchly opposed by Republicans even after passing in the House in February 2013.
Your party spent two years holding back on bringing the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act to the floor, Wasserman Schultz responded. Your party has nominated, consistently, the likes of [Pennsylvania Gov. Tom] Corbett in Pennsylvania, who famously said, Well, if women dont want to have an ultrasound when they have an abortion, they can just close their eyes.
Schultz also pointed out that another Republican, Virginia Attorney General nominee Mark Obenshain, introduced legislation four years ago that would have required pregnant women to report a miscarriage to authorities.
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(297,323 posts)Glad Virginia didn't get him for an AG!
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(7,887 posts)SERIOUSLY?
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(4,482 posts)You might enjoy this column:
The Devil and Tom Corbett, by The Morning Call's Bill White
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/white/mc-bw-the-devil-and-tom-corbett-20130621,0,1521129,full.column