Mitch McConnell made it clear last week that he has no interest in fighting for Kentucky women. While bragging about a $38 million earmark he secured for a project led by a campaign donor, McConnell refused to even answer a question from one of the leading Kentucky political reporters about how he could oppose the Violence Against Women Act.Click here to read the entire press release.
Watch as McConnell offers Kentucky women nothing but a blank stare when asked about the Violence Against Women Act and women’s issues:WHAS’s Joe Arnold: Given the demographic difference between you and Ms. Grimes, in terms of her age versus yours, as well as the fact that she’s already highlighted that she’s a woman... brought up like the Violence Against Women Act... How will you counter that?
McConnell: Well as Ronald Reagan famously said once, I won’t use my opponent’s youth and inexperience as an issue in this campaign.
Arnold: What about women’s issues?
McConnell: (silence)
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
McConnell Mum on Violence Against Women
Today the DSCC issued a press release about Mitch McConnell's record on women's issues:
