Tuesday, July 21, 2015 5:34:19 PM
Hillary to Mitch McConnell: I'm 'playing the gender card?' Okay, here's my gender card...
Hillary Clinton’s campaign unveiled its “gender card” on Monday night, after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the “gender card alone” won’t be enough to carry her to victory in the race for the White House.
“I don’t think arguing ‘vote for me because I’m a woman’ is enough,” the Kentucky Republican said at an event in his home state on Monday, according to The Associated Press.
“You may recall my election last year,” McConnell said, referring to his Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes, whom he defeated by double digits in last November’s election. “The gender card alone is not enough.”
The Senate majority leader “really doesn’t get it,” Clinton responded in a Facebook question-and-answer session.
“There is a gender card being played in this campaign,” she added. “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. These aren’t just women’s issues, they are economic issues that drive growth and affect all Americans.”
Clinton’s campaign followed up the response with a tweet later in the evening, using the hashtag #gendercard.
If Sen. McConnell thinks fighting for women and families is playing the "gender card"—okay. Here's our #gendercard: pic.twitter.com/mtSCvJWqAD
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 21, 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251465559
Hillary Clinton’s campaign unveiled its “gender card” on Monday night, after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the “gender card alone” won’t be enough to carry her to victory in the race for the White House.
“I don’t think arguing ‘vote for me because I’m a woman’ is enough,” the Kentucky Republican said at an event in his home state on Monday, according to The Associated Press.
“You may recall my election last year,” McConnell said, referring to his Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes, whom he defeated by double digits in last November’s election. “The gender card alone is not enough.”
The Senate majority leader “really doesn’t get it,” Clinton responded in a Facebook question-and-answer session.
“There is a gender card being played in this campaign,” she added. “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. These aren’t just women’s issues, they are economic issues that drive growth and affect all Americans.”
Clinton’s campaign followed up the response with a tweet later in the evening, using the hashtag #gendercard.
If Sen. McConnell thinks fighting for women and families is playing the "gender card"—okay. Here's our #gendercard: pic.twitter.com/mtSCvJWqAD
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 21, 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251465559
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