Sarah Palin: Planned Parenthood kills more than the Confederate flag does

Sarah Palin hit two issues with one stone in a Facebook post Sunday night, attacking Planned Parenthood while defending the Confederate flag. Following the recent release of hidden-camera videos of Planned Parenthood executives allegedly discussing the sale of fetal tissue and the recent controversy over the Confederate flag following the deadly shooting at a historic African-American church in South Carolina, Palin juxtaposed the two controversies:

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The post garnered well over 100,000 likes in just one day. This isn't the first time Palin has attempted to merge the issues of race and abortion; just last week she wrote that "80 percent of Planned Parenthood clinics [are] located in minority neighborhoods" — and accompanied the post with a photo of a woman holding a "Black Lives Matter" sign.

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