May 05, 2016 01:56 PM UTC

Stay Classy, Colorado Senate Majority Office

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• by: Colorado Pols

This just in, Karen Middleton at NARAL Pro Choice Colorado is calling for accountability from Colorado Senate President Bill Cadman after an offensive post on social media from Senate Communications Director Sean Paige:

Today on social media, Senate Republican caucus spokesman Sean Paige used a sexual slur to refer to former Secretary of State and Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton. NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado Executive Director Karen Middleton issued the following statement in response.

“Hostility to women takes two forms – words and actions. Today we had both. Colorado State Senate Republicans killed a contraceptive access bill, and their spokesman used an ugly sexual slur to publicly refer to Hillary Clinton.

Colorado women deserve better. We’re calling on Senate President Bill Cadman and every Republican State Senator to denounce what Sean Paige said and to apologize to Colorado women. A government official attacking any woman on the taxpayer dime is unacceptable, and this crosses a line.”

Here’s the Facebook post from Sean Paige that’s causing the ruckus:

Now, Webster’s Dictionary defines a “cucquean” as “a woman whose husband is unfaithful to her”–an obvious reference to the investigations into former President Bill Clinton’s personal life during the 1990s, a years-long “witch hunt” inquiry that eventually did reveal an extramarital affair. Just about every voter in America is familiar with the story, and it’s something everyone is free to have their own opinion of.

But folks, how do Bill Clinton’s affairs make Hillary Clinton less qualified to be President? That’s the clear implication of Paige’s statement, since Hillary’s status as a “cucquean” is the only thing he’s citing to declare her something other than “the cream of the crop.” Did Hillary deserve to be a “cucquean” then? Why is that, Mr. Communications Director? Is there a less outrageous interpretation of this we haven’t figured out yet?

Yeah, sure, free speech. But that doesn’t mean you should.