X-posted: DNC chair Wasserman Schultz rips Scott Walker on women's issues

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5. DNC chief walks back Scott Walker ‘words’

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