Paul Ryan Mocks ‘War on Women’ at Private Fundraiser

Republicans, in response, have long claimed that the “war on women” is a figment of Democrats’ imaginations and that women’s issues are “shiny objects of distraction” Democrats are using to take the spotlight off the real issues this election.

Rich Beeson, political director for Mitt Romney’s campaign, echoed Ryan’s sentiment in an interview with ABC7 News on Thursday, calling women’s reproductive rights and equal pay “small things” that are not important to voters.