Huckabee says Democrats believe women can’t control their libidos. Huh?
Appearing at the RNC's winter meeting, Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and talk show host, lit up social media with his remarks about women's libidos and birth control.
Possible 2016 GOP presidential aspirant Mike Huckabee said in a speech Thursday that Republicans should fight harder to win women's votes. In particular, Huckabee said his party should stress that it doesnt believe women are helpless and hopeless creatures whose only desire is for government-provided birth control.
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The former Arkansas governor added that many of the women he knows are intelligent and educated and capable of doing anything a man can do. Then he delivered a shot at Democrats which is lighting up social media like fireworks on July 4th.
Heres the full quote: And if the Democrats want to insult the women of America by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government, then so be it, lets take that discussion all across America, because women are far more than Democrats have made them out to be.
Many on the left took umbrage at the charge that Democrats tell women they should be dependent on big government because they cant control their urges.
It sounds offensive to me, and to women, said White House spokesman Jay Carney when asked about the remarks, which Huckabee made during a luncheon appearance at the Republican National Committees winter meeting.
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Huckabee says Democrats believe women can't control their libidos. Huh?