Clinton takes on Republicans at rural event
August 26, 2015 |11:15 PM
ANKENY, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton did not shy away from criticizing Republican presidential candidates and, in veiled references, Iowa Republican Gov. Terry Branstad at her rural campaign event here today.
Weighing into the current controversy over Planned Parenthood, Clinton said, “Here in Iowa, you just won an important victory, stopping efforts to prevent Planned Parenthood from providing telemedicine services to women who might not be able to make it to a larger city.”
“Thousands of women in Iowa have used these services in recent years,” Clinton said. “This shouldn’t have to be said, but how can anyone be advocating for denying women access to healthcare? That may be good politics in a Republican primary, but it is terrible policy in the real world. It’s wrong and it should stop.”
Clinton also said that Republican candidates would support oil companies more than renewable energy.
Republicans, she said, “pay lip service to rural America every chance they get.”
“But their out-of-touch, out-of-date policies would strip away the progress we've made and take rural communities backwards,” Clinton said. “They would give billions of taxpayer dollars to big oil companies that are already successful, instead of investing in the clean renewable energy of tomorrow.”
She continued, “You know many Republicans even deny that climate change exists, despite the damage it’s doing to farmers and ranchers. And they killed the Export-Import Bank, even though it helps small businesses and farmers. Instead of expanding support for education, your governor here in Iowa vetoed additional funding for education. We need to be giving teachers a raise, not putting their jobs at risk.”
After declaring that immigrant labor is important to American agriculture, Clinton said, “Now don’t get distracted by the flamboyant front-runner. Most of the other Republican candidates are just Trump without the pizzazz — or the hair. Just like him, they don’t support a real path to citizenship.”
“When they talk about ‘legal status,’ that’s code for ‘second class status’,” she said.
“Now some are even calling for repealing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and stripping lawful American citizens of their rights. It’s hard to imagine being more out-of-touch or out-of-date. But all the over-the-top rhetoric does throw the choice in this election into stark relief.”
Weighing into the current controversy over Planned Parenthood, Clinton said, “Here in Iowa, you just won an important victory, stopping efforts to prevent Planned Parenthood from providing telemedicine services to women who might not be able to make it to a larger city.”
“Thousands of women in Iowa have used these services in recent years,” Clinton said. “This shouldn’t have to be said, but how can anyone be advocating for denying women access to healthcare? That may be good politics in a Republican primary, but it is terrible policy in the real world. It’s wrong and it should stop.”
Clinton also said that Republican candidates would support oil companies more than renewable energy.
Republicans, she said, “pay lip service to rural America every chance they get.”
“But their out-of-touch, out-of-date policies would strip away the progress we've made and take rural communities backwards,” Clinton said. “They would give billions of taxpayer dollars to big oil companies that are already successful, instead of investing in the clean renewable energy of tomorrow.”
She continued, “You know many Republicans even deny that climate change exists, despite the damage it’s doing to farmers and ranchers. And they killed the Export-Import Bank, even though it helps small businesses and farmers. Instead of expanding support for education, your governor here in Iowa vetoed additional funding for education. We need to be giving teachers a raise, not putting their jobs at risk.”
After declaring that immigrant labor is important to American agriculture, Clinton said, “Now don’t get distracted by the flamboyant front-runner. Most of the other Republican candidates are just Trump without the pizzazz — or the hair. Just like him, they don’t support a real path to citizenship.”
“When they talk about ‘legal status,’ that’s code for ‘second class status’,” she said.
“Now some are even calling for repealing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and stripping lawful American citizens of their rights. It’s hard to imagine being more out-of-touch or out-of-date. But all the over-the-top rhetoric does throw the choice in this election into stark relief.”
