X-posted: DNC chair Wasserman Schultz rips Scott Walker on women's issues
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DNC chair Wasserman Schultz rips Scott Walker on women's issues
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Source: Milw Journal Sentinel
DNC chair Wasserman Schultz rips Scott Walker on women's issues
By Bill Glauber
Updated: 7:15 p.m.
...........The Florida congresswoman said: "Scott Walker has given women the back of his hand. I know that is stark. I know that is direct. But that is reality."
Wasserman Schultz added: "What Republican tea party extremists like Scott Walker are doing is they are grabbing us by the hair and pulling us back. It is not going to happen on our watch."
Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch said she was "shocked" that Wasserman Schultz used domestic violence language to discuss political disagreements.
"I think the remarks were absolutely hideous and the motive behind them was despicable," Kleefisch said.
Kleefisch called on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke to "denounce these outrageous statements" made by the DNC leader.
Stephanie Wilson, Burke's press secretary, suggested in a statement that Wasserman Schultz's comments went too far.
"That's not the type of language that Mary Burke would use, or has used, to point out the clear differences in this contest," Wilson said.........................
Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/dnc-chair-debbie-wasserman-schultzs-rips-walker-b99343924z1-273792311.html
Perhaps I am off base but I do not see this as all that wrong. DW-S used a form of figurative speech but the RW is going crazy here in Walker's Wisconsin. Perhaps a bit raw but the faux outrage in the comment section is stupid. Perhaps a bit in-artful but....
Gov Walker is already fund raising off this comment on his website. I hate it when things like this happen.
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With the Republicans linking DWSmith's words to domestic violence--I think it was wise for Debbie to walk back her comments.
DNC chief walks back Scott Walker ‘words’
Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Scott Walker are shown in this composite. | AP Photo
Wasserman Schultz says she used words “shouldn’t have” in her attack against Walker. | AP Photo
By LUCY MCCALMONT | 9/4/14 2:45 PM EDT Updated: 9/4/14 6:25 PM EDT
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says she used words she “shouldn’t have” in her attack against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, in which she said he “has given women the back of his hand.”
“I shouldn’t have used the words I used,” Wasserman Schultz wrote in a statement on Thursday. “But that shouldn’t detract from the broader point that I was making that Scott Walker’s policies have been bad for Wisconsin women, whether it’s mandating ultrasounds, repealing an equal pay law, or rejecting federal funding for preventative health care, Walker’s record speaks for itself.”
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The DNC chairwoman slammed the Republican governor and the GOP during a round-table discussion in Milwaukee on Wednesday. Her remarks quickly sparked outrage.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/debbie-wasserman-schultz-scott-walker-110600.html#ixzz3CS3iPr5A
