Lisa Ling, host of CNN’s “This is Life with Lisa Ling” and notable Hillary supporter was forced to issue a public statement today to distance herself from her husband’s choice of words at last night’s Bernie Sanders rally in New York.
Dr. Paul Y Song, Chief Medical Officer of Cynvenio, a California-based Biotech company, took the stage to introduce the candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination by saying:
Now Secretary CLinton has said that Medicare for all will never happen. [boos] Well, I agree with Secretary Clinton that Medicare for all will never happen if we have a president who never aspires for something grater than the status quo. [cheers] Medicare for all will never happen if we continue to elect corporate Democratic Whores [cheers] who are beholden to big pharma and the private insurance industry instead of us.
Ms. Ling published a statement reading:
While my husband and I agree on most issues, we are supporting different candidates in this Democratic primary.
However, I know for certain that he would never refer to ANY woman as a "whore." In calling out "corporate whores," Paul was referring to those in Congress who have accepted money from the healthcare industry and big pharma, thus impacting their votes on legislation. Nevertheless, it was a very poor choice of words and Paul is extremely regretful for using it.
Most importantly, he is mortified that such a word is being associated with Secretary Clinton. And I am too.
As a proud supporter of Hillary Clinton's, I am deeply sorry that this gaffe has generated the attention that it has.
#DemocraticWhores is currently trending on Twitter following Dr. Song’s comment and subsequent 26-word apology
It has also been noted that Dr Song’s sister-in-law (Lisa Ling’s sister) was one of the young women imprisoned in North Korea in 2009 that Hillary helped negotiate the release of and who Bill Clinton personally flew over to retrieve and bring home.