America
Hillary Clinton likens Republican rivals to terrorists on women health
Washington, Aug 28
Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday went on the offensive and accused
Republican presidential candidates of holding views on women's health
issues as those of "terrorist groups".
"Extreme views about
women? We expect them from some of the terrorist groups. We expect that
from people who don't want to live in the modern world," Clinton said at
a rally in Cleveland, Ohio.
"It's a little hard to take from
Republicans who want to be the president of the United States. Yet they
espouse out-of-date and out-of-touch policies," said Clinton.
Clinton's
accusation against Republicans' stance on women's health is not rare.
Yet, Thursday's blistering remarks were so far the fiercest ones issued
by the front-runner of the Democratic presidential field who does not
shy away from playing the gender card this time, according to Xinhua.
As
leaked videos surfaced recently which appeared to show employees of
Planned Parenthood discussing the sale of fetal tissue, many candidates
of the Republican Party, which generally oppose abortion even in case of
rape and incest, called for cutting off federal funding for Planned
Parenthood.
Republican lawmakers, with presidential candidate
Senator Ted Cruz as a leading figure, were currently plotting a
government shutdown fight over defunding Planned Parenthood.
Standing in front of some 2,000 supporters, Clinton said she took it "personal" when Republicans "go after women".
"I
would like these Republican candidates to look the mom in the eye who
caught her breast cancer early because she was able to get a screening
for cancer, or the teenager who didn't get pregnant because she has
access to contraception."
Republicans on Thursday immediately fought back, demanding the former US top diplomat to apologise.
"For
Hillary Clinton to equate her political opponents to terrorists is a
new low for her flailing campaign. She should apologise immediately for
her inflammatory rhetoric," the Republican National Committee said in a
statement.