The official Twitter account for the nation’s largest abortion provider Planned Parenthood switched to full attack mode after Republican Senator Rand Paul announced his presidential campaign, but one tweet earned widespread mockery for its unfortunate implications. (RELATED: Without A Hint Of Irony, Planned Parenthood Joins #BlackLivesMatter Protest)
Planned Parenthood attempted to hit Rand Paul for his “Show Your Support” page, which allows users to identify with a number of different groups (“Lawyer for Rand,” “African-American for Rand,” “Democrat for Rand,” etc.), but not as a woman.
It might have been a valid point… if it weren’t for their awkward phrasing.
Sen. Rand Paul's "Show Your Support" page doesn't have anything for women. Message received. h/t @jess_mc pic.twitter.com/AdNSLQLnuX
— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) April 7, 2015
Many Twitter users pointed out that by saying the page “didn’t have anything for women,” they were implying that women couldn’t be lawyers, nurses, doctors, veterans, etc.
@PPact @jess_mc Soooooooo women can't be any of those things? Message received. You think of women as vaginas and uteruses and thats it.
— H (@Tark31) April 7, 2015
In which @PPact says that women can't be Nurses, Veterans, Lawyers, Students, Doctors.. etc. https://t.co/NMo1D263ux @jess_mc
— RB (@RBPundit) April 7, 2015
Planned Parenthood Says Women Can’t be Doctors, Nurses, or Vets http://t.co/paQyjySQre @RBPundit @JonahNRO @obrienc2 @ElizaCussen @cwfora
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) April 7, 2015
this is a dumb tweet https://t.co/Jq5hN0cMC4
— andy levy (@andylevy) April 7, 2015
Whoever runs @PPact's twitter account is breathtakingly stupid. Assumes women can't be a number of professions.
— JivinJ (@JivinJehoshaph) April 7, 2015
Planned Parenthood followed up with another tweet clearly intended to backtrack their last one, but that only earned them more mockery.
Women are many things—doctors, veterans, more—but w/ his record, seems even Paul knows "Woman for Rand" won't be one. pic.twitter.com/27n795guXm
— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) April 7, 2015
@PPact That was a quick back peddle. Took you long enough to realize how dumb that previous tweet was
— ChuckJ (@ChuckxJ) April 7, 2015
.@PPact Wow, you sure do suck at advocating for women.
— L (@OrwellForks) April 7, 2015
.@PPact Damage control much?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 7, 2015