Gov. Jeb Bush, just announced as the No. 2 pick for Thursday night’s GOP debate (no surprise there), hit a rhetorical speed bump today when he suggested to the Southern Baptist Convention that women’s health in America was overfunded. Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards was poised to jump on that comment immediately.
If you were wondering what women's health would look like under Jeb Bush… https://t.co/Fxc0WOHYS0
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) August 4, 2015
"I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues," Jeb Bush says at Southern Baptist Convention.
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) August 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/BuckNayked/status/628693094184173568
@SabrinaSiddiqui what the hell is wrong with that moron?!
— Ski (@SkitheCF) August 4, 2015
@SabrinaSiddiqui @blakehounshell Taken out of context w/respect to Planned Parenthood & the current media hoo-haw surrounding their actions.
— Holly (@HollyASwanson) August 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/kalyani_h/status/628684906487394304
Bush isn't "sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues." Women deserve a leader who respects us: http://t.co/1iW4mgODQE
— Debbie Wasserman Schultz (@DWStweets) August 4, 2015
Well, if each and every anti-abortion video can be stamped “highly edited,” it’s only fair for Bush to say his words were taken out of context, right? Best for the media to get them out there before he has a chance to put them back into context.
Jeb Bush: "I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues." http://t.co/W1WHFwy6hD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 4, 2015
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Jeb Bush suggests "women’s health issues" are overfunded http://t.co/oSp1GadskJ pic.twitter.com/cgdZolR72y
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) August 4, 2015
Today, in the latest episode of "I misspoke…" Jeb Bush questions need to spend $500m on women's health annually http://t.co/aJ5ehG0lpI
— Alexa Garcia-Ditta (@agarciaditta) August 4, 2015
Hillary Clinton criticizes Jeb Bush remarks on women’s health http://t.co/DpxbfbXo0z
— TIME (@TIME) August 4, 2015
Time managed to track down Hillary Clinton’s official comment in no time, as did CNN.
.@HillaryClinton hammers @JebBush over women's health funding remark http://t.co/TB54AiNKzM http://t.co/PkTYO572w3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 4, 2015
"Misspoke?" Watch the clip. @JebBush is proud of his record of blocking women's health choices: https://t.co/nec3QEaE6V
— Preston Maddock (@PrestonMaddock) August 4, 2015
Clean up in Aisle Jeb!
In line with my FL record – we absolutely must defund PP and redirect those funds to other women’s health orgs: http://t.co/EMjdkwECb8
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) August 4, 2015
.@HillaryClinton what’s absolutely, unequivocally wrong is giving taxpayer $ to an org whose practices show no regard for lives of unborn
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) August 4, 2015
It didn’t take long for Bush to post a statement to his website, explaining that he misspoke.
With regards to women’s health funding broadly, I misspoke, as there are countless community health centers, rural clinics, and other women’s health organizations that need to be fully funded. They provide critical services to all, but particularly low-income women who don’t have the access they need.
I was referring to the hard-to-fathom $500 million in federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood – an organization that was callously participating in the unthinkable practice of selling fetal organs. Democrats and Republicans agree we absolutely must defund them and redirect those funds to other women’s health organizations.
Now that that’s cleared up, does anyone have any interest in revisiting Bush’s comments about Planned Parenthood’s “unthinkable practice of selling fetal organs”? Anyone? Hillary?
https://twitter.com/mckaycoppins/status/628685973942075396
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