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Issues: Violence Against Women Act

Social Media Video Strips Context From Biden Remark

Social Media Video Strips Context From Biden Remark
January 3, 2020

A viral video clip takes former Vice President Joe Biden’s recent remarks about sexual and domestic violence out of context, leaving a false impression that he made a racist comment about the role of African and Asian nations in U.S. culture.

Playing Politics with Violence Against Women

Playing Politics with Violence Against Women
July 31, 2014

An ad from Alison Lundergan Grimes knocks Sen. Mitch McConnell for voting “two times against the Violence Against Women Act” — evidence, Grimes concludes, that McConnell has forgotten that “over half the voters in Kentucky are women.”