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Katko and His DC Backers Take Page from Trump’s Anti-Woman Playbook

Congressman John Katko and his Republican Party friends are taking a page from Trump’s anti-woman playbook in order to belittle his opponent, Colleen Deacon.

In an ad released today, Katko’s Republican allies slice and dice a quote from Colleen in order to attack her as “clueless.” Sound familiar? Katko was called out for doing the same thing in his own ad last week.

It’s not surprising that Katko is now taking cues from the Trump campaign’s anti-woman playbook, as both Katko and Trump side against women and families.

“It’s shameful that Congressman John Katko and his Washington friends are taking a page from Trump’s playbook of belittling women in order to attack Colleen Deacon,” said Christie Stephenson at the DCCC. “It shouldn’t surprise Central New York voters that Katko is taking cues from the Trump’s anti-woman playbook, as they both want to defund Planned Parenthood and limit women’s access to contraception and life-saving care.”

Background

 

Defunding Planned Parenthood: Since entering Congress, Katko has voted to defund Planned Parenthood four times, after promising Central New York voters he wouldn’t when he ran for Congress. Trump opposes funding for Planned Parenthood.

Limiting Access to Contraception: Both Katko and Trump praised the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision to allow employers to deny access to contraceptive coverage to women.

Thwarting Roe v. Wade: Katko said he would vote to repeal Roe v. Wade. Trump described Roe v. Wade as “wrongly decided” and argued that abortion rights were unconstitutional.





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