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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#DefundPlannedParenthoodPosted by Sarah Palin on Sunday, July 26, 2015
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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