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" For Komen, for myself, the mission was always foremost in everyone's mind. The mission and the women that we serve. The only group that made this issue political has been Planned Parenthood. "
Karen Handel
Mind
Political
Myself
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" People want to know that I'm a person of conviction. "
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" I don't want to see any taxpayer funding going towards... a couple that is not married. "
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Want
" My pledge is to be part of the solution to focus on governing, to put my experience to work to help solve the very serious issues we're facing in this country. "
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Work
Help
" I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place. "
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" My responsibility is to follow the law. "
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Law
" I do not support a livable wage. "
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Livable
Wage
" I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment. "
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Environment
Family
" In life, sometimes you just lose. "
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" It's clear that Planned Parenthood went out of its way to paint me as some sort of a zealot - a Trojan-horse zealot who came into Komen and within 10 to 11 months had completely turned the place upside down. That's clearly not who I am, and it's not what happened. "
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Down
I Am
Me
" Increasing minimum wage doesn't build a stronger economy. "
Karen Handel
Economy
Build
Minimum Wage
" I will ensure the conservative legacy and leadership of Tom Price, Johnny Isakson, and Newt Gingrich will continue. "
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Leadership
Legacy
Price
" I have much greater faith in the governor and the state legislature to craft a Medicaid system that is going to be the best fit for the people of Georgia rather than someone in Washington dictating it. "
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Best
People
Washington
" I'm a girl: that means I fight like a girl. And there ain't nothing meaner. "
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Girl
Like
Nothing
" Obamacare was passed months before my first day at Komen. "
Karen Handel
Day
Before
Obamacare
" I think, for every phase of your life, you take something out of it, you learn from it, you grow from it. You just have to try to take what you can from it and then move on to the next phase of your life to be better. "
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Think
" I think it's clear that Planned Parenthood has worked to mislead the public about who they are... they do not provide mammograms. They are the middleman, or middle woman, if you will. "
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Will
Woman
" I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity. "
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Overcome
Adversity
Fight
" My time at Komen has been well publicized and scrutinized, especially my departure over the funding of Planned Parenthood. "
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Well
Over
Departure
" It's tabloid. It's 24/7 news - people get in the middle of a news cycle for 24 hours off of things that previously would never have gotten the kind of coverage that is happening. "
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Off
News
Kind
" It's no secret that I'm called to a different place, maybe, for some of the beliefs in the LGBTQ community because of my faith. With that said, I'm also called to be accepting and compassionate. "
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Place
Community
" Clearly, there have been changes in the climate. "
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Clearly
Climate
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Clear
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" Last time I checked, private nonprofit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards and criteria on their own without interference, let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that has occurred by Planned Parenthood. "
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Right
Responsibility