Story highlights Sanders praised China for providing 14 weeks of paid maternity leave

Woods responded within a few hours: "China has notoriously killed female infants for population control, you utter moron"

Washington (CNN) Actor James Woods, who frequently gets political on his Twitter account, called out Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Monday for a tweet about China.

Sanders tweeted, "China -- not exactly seen as a model when it comes to human rights -- provides 14 weeks of paid maternity leave. The US provides zero."

China -- not exactly seen as a model when it comes to human rights -- provides 14 weeks of paid maternity leave. The US provides zero. — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) October 19, 2015

Woods responded within a few hours: "China has notoriously killed female infants for population control, you utter moron. #ChinaGendercide"

China has notoriously killed female infants for population control, you utter moron. #ChinaGendercide https://t.co/GBNSaNNJaC — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 19, 2015

Sanders did not respond to Woods' tweet on either his senatorial account or his presidential twitter account. In his senator bio, it says that tweets signed by "-B" are from the senator and the rest are from his staff. His tweet about China was not signed.

After that tweet to Sanders, Woods wrote on Twitter, "Basically Bernie is this commie scarecrow put up to make Hillary look palatable by comparison, right? There is no other rationale possible."

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