Wendy Davis Defends Wheelchair Ad
...by calling her opponent a hypocrite.
At an event attended by several disabled supporters, Wendy Davis on Monday brushed aside criticism of her controversial "wheelchair ad" and repeatedly blasted her Republican challenger as a "hypocrite."
"In 1984, Greg Abbott sought out and received justice following a horrible injury, rightly so…receiving millions of dollars. And I'm glad, he deserved justice for the terrible tragedy that he endured," Davis said at her Fort Worth, Texas, field office. "But then he turned around and built his career working to deny the very same justice that he received to his fellow Texans rightly seeking it for themselves."
She added, "Greg Abbott got his justice. Why doesn't he believe that a rape survivor or a person with a disability or a victim paralyzed forever…should get justice too? What makes Greg Abbott think it's okay to deny them, his fellow Texans, the justice that he rightly went to court to receive?"
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I remain confident that the people of Texas will get the political leaders they deserve.
Not possible. Sam Houston is dead.
Abortion Barbie trying to suck out a win in the last trimester!
my classmate's mother-in-law makes $70 /hour on the computer . She has been out of work for eight months but last month her income was $13415 just working on the computer for a few hours. see this.............
http://www.Jobs-spot.com
She added, "Greg Abbott got his justice."
That phrasing is just begging to be taken out of context and put in an ad.
To be clear, when Davis calls Abbott a hypocrite for siding with hospitals over "a victim paralzed forever," what she means is that as attorney general, Abbott argued that Texas's tort reform law did not violate the constition.
http://www.texasmonthly.com/da.....ath-doctor
Apparently, in a Davis administration, she'll chuck any laws that harm people she likes. (That sounds about right).