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How stupid do you have to be to be a Republican?
At the Reagan country debate the leaders of the Republican party chose Rosa Parks as the woman they would CHOOSE to replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 dollar bill - personally, Rosa Parks is on my top 5 list of women that should replace a male figure on our currency. I'd change $20 dollar bill, not the $10 dollar bill but... but Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio would CHOOSE Rosa Parks. At the same time the leaders of the Republican Party were praising Rosa Parks they were vilifying one of her crowning achievements.
Again, I have to ask, how stupid do you have to be a Republican. -pewsh-
Republicans Hate Planned Parenthood but Want to Put One of Its Backers on the $10 Bill
—By Hannah Levintova
Sep. 17, 2015
At the end of last night's GOP debate, moderator Jake Tapper asked the candidates which woman they would choose to put on the $10 bill. Several of the 11 candidates on stage named their daughters or wives. Mike Huckabee awkwardly poked fun at his wife's spending habits in nominating her. "That way," he said, "she could spend her own money with her face!"
But Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Ted Cruz, and Donald Trump went for gravitas. All three picked Rosa Parks, the civil rights leader whose refusal to give up her seat sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, to be the first woman pictured on US paper currency. "An everyday American that changed the course of history," said Rubio. "She was a principled pioneer that helped change this country," noted Cruz, clarifying that he would put her on the $20 bill, in order to keep Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill.
The candidates are right that Parks was a "principled pioneer," but her advocacy went beyond racial justice. Later in life, Parks was an avid supporter of Planned Parenthood, and she even served on its board.
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How stupid do you have to be to be a Republican?
At the Reagan country debate the leaders of the Republican party chose Rosa Parks as the woman they would CHOOSE to replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 dollar bill - personally, Rosa Parks is on my top 5 list of women that should replace a male figure on our currency. I'd change $20 dollar bill, not the $10 dollar bill but... but Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio would CHOOSE Rosa Parks. At the same time the leaders of the Republican Party were praising Rosa Parks they were vilifying one of her crowning achievements.
Again, I have to ask, how stupid do you have to be a Republican. -pewsh-
Republicans Hate Planned Parenthood but Want to Put One of Its Backers on the $10 Bill
—By Hannah Levintova
Sep. 17, 2015
At the end of last night's GOP debate, moderator Jake Tapper asked the candidates which woman they would choose to put on the $10 bill. Several of the 11 candidates on stage named their daughters or wives. Mike Huckabee awkwardly poked fun at his wife's spending habits in nominating her. "That way," he said, "she could spend her own money with her face!"
But Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Ted Cruz, and Donald Trump went for gravitas. All three picked Rosa Parks, the civil rights leader whose refusal to give up her seat sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, to be the first woman pictured on US paper currency. "An everyday American that changed the course of history," said Rubio. "She was a principled pioneer that helped change this country," noted Cruz, clarifying that he would put her on the $20 bill, in order to keep Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill.
The candidates are right that Parks was a "principled pioneer," but her advocacy went beyond racial justice. Later in life, Parks was an avid supporter of Planned Parenthood, and she even served on its board.
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