Wendy Davis Defends Controversial Campaign Ad
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Ron T. Ennis/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT via Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis defended the ad her campaign released on Friday featuring an empty wheelchair — a criticism of her opponent, Greg Abbott, who is partially paralyzed.
Davis has received criticism for the ad, which highlights Abbott’s “hypocrisy.” Abbott, Davis says, was the beneficiary of the judicial system that awarded him a large settlement following the accident that caused his paralysis. Later, as Texas’ attorney general, Davis says Abbott sided against victims in similar situations. “Victims of a surgeon were paralyzed,” Davis said Monday, “and he sided with the hospital against them. He has shown time and time again his hypocrisy.”
In a post to her Twitter account, Davis said that Abbott “deserved justice for his terrible tragedy,” but criticized his later decision to build a career on “denying the same justice to fellow Texans.”
Greg Abbott deserved justice for his terrible tragedy, but he turned around and built his career denying the same justice to fellow Texans.
— Wendy Davis (@WendyDavisTexas) October 13, 2014
Davis, who gained notoriety when she filibustered for 11 hours against a bill that would have placed strong restrictions on abortions in the state of Texas in June 2013, faces a tough campaign against Abbott in advance of the November election for governor of Texas.
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