Looks like Hillary Clinton did not get the memo.
The failed Democratic presidential nominee commented on Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh allegedly referring to birth control as “abortion inducing drugs” in a tweet she shared on Tuesday.
I want to be sure we’re all clear about something that Brett Kavanaugh said in his confirmation hearings last week. He referred to birth-control pills as “abortion-inducing drugs.” That set off a lot of alarm bells for me, and it should for you, too.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 12, 2018
The same claim was made last week by Sen. Kamala Harris who came under fire for tweeting edited remarks to attack Kavanaugh on contraception.
Kavanaugh chooses his words very carefully, and this is a dog whistle for going after birth control. He was nominated for the purpose of taking away a woman’s constitutionally protected right to make her own health care decisions. Make no mistake – this is about punishing women. pic.twitter.com/zkBjXzIvQI
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) September 7, 2018
But the California Democrat was also slammed by PolitiFact which ruled her claim “false” and the Washington Post which gave the statement four Pinocchios.
Seems Clinton missed the important updates and not only perpetuated the same lie, she added her own clueless spin to the claim.
Kavanaugh didn’t use that term because he misunderstands the basic science of birth control—the fact that birth control prevents fertilization of eggs in the first place. He used that term because it’s a dog whistle to the extreme right.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 12, 2018
When Kavanaugh called birth control “abortion-inducing drugs,” he made it clear that safe and legal abortion isn’t the only fundamental reproductive right at grave risk if he is confirmed. Access to birth control is, too.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 12, 2018
Imagine an America in which women are barred from getting IUDs or birth control pills, and doctors are criminalized for prescribing them. It’s an America in which women would be punished for insisting on being full and equal partners in society.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 12, 2018
Clinton even brought Harris back to the front of her tweetstorm, still oblivious to the senator’s embarrassing calling out.
Sen. @kamalaharris asked Brett Kavanaugh last week: “Can you think of any laws that give the government the power to make decisions about the male body?” He said he was not. Because there are none.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 12, 2018
Let’s be clear: Women have just as much right as men to make the most personal health decisions without government interference. We are equal citizens and we will insist on nothing less in this country.
Please call your senators and relay the message: (202) 224-3121
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 12, 2018
“Let’s be clear,” as Clinton likes to say: there’s no excuse for blatantly spreading lies.
Glenn Kessler, who debunked the statement by Harris for The Washington Post called Clinton out directly.
This claim received Four Pinocchios yesterday. No excuse to repeat it today, @HillaryClinton https://t.co/gCJG1bFGuf https://t.co/dfkOvKnJ7v
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) September 12, 2018
Many others joined him in condemning her “utter dishonesty.”
Four Pinocchios! Same Hillary I remember. https://t.co/Ugae6odtDi
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) September 12, 2018
Complete and utter dishonesty about Bret Kavanaugh from Hillary Clinton. This is shameful and should be called out for what it is. https://t.co/37ZMhe5ElD
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) September 12, 2018
There is no way Hillary Clinton and her staffers didn’t know when they penned this tweet that multiple fact-checkers have found this is false https://t.co/wqcx76JAQ6
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) September 12, 2018
She is triple lying and she’ll get away with most of it. For one thing, the drug ella causes the death of a nascent human by preventing implantation, post-fertilization. https://t.co/Y9enAZUZeG
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) September 12, 2018
This is just a flat-out lie. He quoted a brief. https://t.co/CdB7Hd6kt8
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) September 12, 2018
No excuse except that she knows the vast majority of her followers will believe anything she says without question and spread the lie farther.
— HAL9000 (@Barack8MyDog) September 12, 2018
Oh the expert on dog whistles.
— Danny Patterson (@DannyNflfreak) September 12, 2018
And this Twitter rant isn’t a dog whistle? I’m so tired of you. I’m so tired of the two parties pointing at each other. You left your house in ruins and you want to give advice on housekeeping.
— Brock VanderWater (@brockbrockwell) September 12, 2018
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