Today’s Hillary News & Views begins with Clinton’s remarks at last night’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.
Throughout her campaign, Clinton has been forcefully advocating her support for Planned Parenthood, reproductive rights, and gun control, all issues which are relevant to the terrorist attack in Colorado Springs.
The Hill reports:
“The shooting on Friday was at, as you know, a Planned Parenthood clinic, a place where lots of women get healthcare they need – breast exams, STD testing, contraception, and, yes, safe and legal abortions,” Clinton said at the New Hampshire Jefferson-Jackson Dinner. “We should be supporting Planned Parenthood, not attacking it.”
“And it is way past time to protect women’s health and respect women’s rights, not use them as political footballs,” she said.
In an appeal for more stringent gun control, Clinton drew a connection between the Colorado shooting, which left three dead, and the terrorist attack on Paris earlier this month.
“This is truly unbelievable, that after what we’ve seen in Paris and other places, Republicans will not bring up a bill that will prohibit anyone on the no-fly list from buying a gun in America," she said. "If you are too dangerous to fly in America, you are too dangerous to buy a gun in America.
“How many more Americans need to die before we take action?” she asked.