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Jeb Bush says he 'misspoke' on Planned Parenthood funding after getting slammed by Hillary Clinton on Twitter

Aug 5, 2015, 03:50 IST

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Republican presidential candidate and former Florida governor Jeb Bush speaks at the National Urban League's conference in Fort LauderdaleThomson Reuters

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday seized on comments from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), a potential general-election rival, about the women's health and family-planning organization Planned Parenthood.

The former Secretary of State criticized Bush in a tweet over his calls to defund the organization, following the release of controversial videos showing a company representative discussing harvesting fetal tissue from aborted fetuses.

Bush's comments about Planned Parenthood also included an apparently aside in which he said he was "not sure we need half-billion dollars for women's health issues," a reference to the federal funding Planned Parenthood receives.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton tours the Des Moines Area Rapid Transit Central Station with general manager Elizabeth Presutti, left, and building superintendent Keith Welch, Monday, July 27, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa.AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

Clinton has shown that she's unlikely to play nice with Bush, who she views as a possible general-election matchup next year.

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Speaking before Bush at the National Urban League conference over the weekend, Clinton criticized Bush immediately before he was set to take the stage, slamming him over his opposition to the Affordable Care Act and raising the minimum wage.

"People can't rise if they can't afford health care," Clinton said, mocking the name of the super PAC, "Right to Rise," that supports Bush. 

"They can't rise if the minimum wage is too low to live on."

Tuesday's tweet appears to be part of an emerging Clinton strategy of engaging directly with her Republican rivals online.

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