Joan Walsh: The Reason Sandra Fluke Is a Hero Is Because Limbaugh Slammed Her

‘She became a hero because she was vilified by Rush Limbaugh, who called her a prostitute’

Joan Walsh: Sandra Fluke ‘Became a Hero Because She Was Vilified by Rush Limbaugh’ (Washington Free Beacon)

Salon editor Joan Walsh called birth control activist Sandra Fluke “a hero” Thursday night on Hardball, drawing a derisive response from former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele.

Her reasoning: she “was vilified by Rush Limbaugh” and “spoke truth to power.”

“Spare me,” Steele replied.

Fluke, an advocate of mandating health insurance plans cover birth control, was at the center of a media firestorm in 2012 when Limbaugh called her a “slut” and “prostitute,” in what’s become one of the most frequently played clips in MSNBC history.

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