Cleaver assailed that accusation as “absurd” and took issue with a criticism from evangelical activist Ralph Reed that the president had demonstrated “total insensitivity if not outright hostility to the religious beliefs of millions of Americans.”…

When Reed, the founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, responded by asking if it was similarly wrong for Democrats to accuse Republicans of engaging in a “war on women,” Cleaver said yes.

“Yes, that is wrong, and I have never said it, not one time,” he said. “I condemn it. If it’s a Democrat, if it’s my cousin, then it’s wrong.”