GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul came to a pro-life event Thursday in Washington D.C. to talk about abortion.
But instead of just talking about the abortion issue, Paul, the Kentucky senator, decided to widen his remarks to comment on how women are treated around the world.
That gave him the perfect transition to criticize Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
“She’s taking money from a country [Saudi Arabia] that persecutes women,” Paul told the crowd, referencing donations to the Clinton Foundation. “She takes money from the Sultan of Brunei. What do they do in Brunei? If you’re accused of adultery you’re stoned to death, which doesn’t sound very fair, but what makes it even worse is only men are accusing women. Women don’t have the ability to go to court because women aren’t allowed in court; women don’t vote and have no say. So you have something on the books that completely abuses the rights of women and she takes money from the Sultan of Brunei.”
Paul spoke at the Susan B. Anthony List Campaign for Life Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in the nation’s capital.
At the summit, Paul alleged the media implores a double standard when it comes to how they treat liberals and conservatives.
“There is a difference in the way conservatives are treated versus liberals, and I say we have to push back,” Paul said.
Paul specifically questioned the media’s treatment of Clinton, saying he doubts the media will ask her tough questions during her campaign for president.
“Are we going to hear any questions by the media or is it going to be a love fest to Hillary Clinton?” Paul told the crowd. “Anybody hear a tough question to her so far? You know why? She’s not taking any questions. On the Internet this morning, they show that the media was being kept behind a row of boxes and they can yell out questions but nobody is getting any questions.”
Carly Fiorina and Sen. Lindsey Graham, a couple of other soon-to-be presidential candidates, were tabbed to speak to the group at their Gala dinner Thursday evening.
