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Tue Jul 21, 2015, 10:07 PM Jul 2015

Hillary Clinton Responds To 'Gender Card' Dig: 'Mitch McConnell Really Doesn't Get It'

"Hillary Clinton fired back at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday after he accused her of playing the 'gender card' during her presidential campaign.

'Wow,' Clinton told HuffPost during a Facebook question-and-answer session. 'If that’s what he said, Mitch McConnell really doesn’t get it. There is a gender card being played in this campaign. It’s played every time Republicans vote against giving women equal pay, deny families access to affordable child care or family leave, refuse to let women make decisions about their health or have access to free contraception.'

McConnell criticized Clinton at an event at the Bullitt County Chamber of Commerce in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, Monday morning, quipping that 'the gender card alone isn't enough,' according to Theo Keith, a Louisville-based political reporter. Keith said the remark was a blanket criticism of Clinton as well as of McConnell's recent Democratic Senate opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes. HuffPost asked McConnell's office to elaborate on his remarks and has yet to hear back...."

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/55ad4b5be4b065dfe89f02bd?

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Hillary Clinton Responds To 'Gender Card' Dig: 'Mitch McConnell Really Doesn't Get It' (Original Post) DeepModem Mom Jul 2015 OP
Mitch needs to concentrate on doing his job, Congress has a poor rating. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #1
Indeed! lol DeepModem Mom Jul 2015 #2
The Turtle dislikes women in general, and HRC is running a strong Iliyah Jul 2015 #3
The turtleman does not comprehend the issue Gothmog Jul 2015 #4
I want a gender card Evergreen Emerald Jul 2015 #5
The campaign really,really needs to sell them! sufrommich Jul 2015 #6
LOL! DeepModem Mom Jul 2015 #7

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