In less than a three-hour period, the official Twitter account of Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton praised Pope Francis and directly contradicted his encyclical on climate change.
Pope Francis, who released the encyclical calling for “a bold cultural revolution” to combat climate change on Thursday, was, in the very same document, unambiguous in his opposition to abortion.
Candidate Clinton praised the Pope’s declarations on climate change:
.@Pontifex is right—climate change is a moral crisis that disproportionately harms the neediest among us. We need leadership, not denial. -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 19, 2015
But three hours earlier also praised a pro-abortion decision in the state of Iowa:
Welcome news: The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled to protect women's ability to access safe & legal abortion throughout the state. -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 19, 2015
According to her Twitter biography, “Tweets from Hillary signed –H.” As both tweets are, both tweets were authored by her.
Clinton is not a Catholic, she’s a Methodist, but the juxtaposition of the two tweets coming one after the other was an irony not lost on everyone.
.@HillaryClinton @Pontifex Is he right about abortion too, Mrs Clinton?
— Tim Montgomerie ن (@montie) June 19, 2015
The juxtaposition of these two tweets though. pic.twitter.com/wqQhTqj05a
— Andrew Quinn (@AndrewCQuinn) June 19, 2015