It's easy to 'puff out your chest and talk about guns and God,' Gaspard said. Gaspard: Ryan like a cat in yarn ball

Democratic National Committee Executive Director Patrick Gaspard said Wednesday that Rep. Paul Ryan “looked like a cat in a ball of yarn” while being asked about abortion and rape during a Tuesday interview.

“I think that Paul Ryan can make these kind of statements on the stage but he’s got to sit down and really explain what he intends to do as a vice president as it relates to the health care of women in this country,” Gaspard said on MSNBC. “Last night, I saw him in an interview. He looked like a cat in a ball of yarn trying not to answer the questions about these health care exclusions.”


Gaspard may have been referring to Pittsburgh TV station KDKA’s interview Tuesday with Ryan, in which a reporter pressed him on his opposition to abortion even in the case of rape.

“Should abortions to be available to women who are raped?” Jon Delano asked.

“Well, look, I’m proud of my pro-life record,” Ryan replied. “And I stand by my pro-life record in Congress. It’s something I’m proud of. But Mitt Romney is the top of the ticket and Mitt Romney will be president and he will set the policy of the Romney administration.”

On Wednesday, Gaspard also addressed Ryan’s statement at a Tuesday rally that he’s “a Catholic deer hunter” who is “happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion” — a reference to controversial remarks Obama made in 2008.

“I have to say,” Gaspard said, “it’s really easy to get up on a stage and puff out your chest and talk about guns and God.”