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Tue Sep 23, 2014, 07:03 PM Sep 2014

GOP strategist gets scolded on Texas TV for calling rape, incest victims ‘minor issues’ [View all]

Source: Raw Story

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wendy Davis said this week that comments made by one of her opponent’s surrogates calling rape and incest “minor issues” prove that the Republican Party does not value women.

During a debate on Lone Star Politics, which is produced by The Dallas Morning News and KXAS, Democratic strategist Matt Angle reminded viewers that Republican candidate Greg Abbott even opposed abortion in cases of rape and incest.

“He would impose himself and others like himself in the government to decide,” Angle said.

GOP strategist Matt Mackowiak shot back that a ban on abortion was “the law of the land” because Davis had not been successful with her attempt to filibuster it.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/gop-strategist-gets-scolded-on-texas-tv-for-calling-rape-incest-victims-minor-issues/

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