Yes, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is still allowed to talk, and the public at large is still free to wildly mischaracterize his words. The latest salvo in Perry’s “war on women” consists of his direct “attack” on Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, whose filibuster Tuesday helped derail legislation that would restrict abortions in the state after 20 weeks and require physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
Rick Perry just attacked Wendy Davis for being a teen mom http://t.co/vbbckmiGnT #icymi
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 28, 2013
Think Progress is tonight leading the charge, leveled by Davis herself, that Perry attacked her in a statement today at the National Right to Life Convention, and it even has the video to prove it, as well as a transcript. Perry made reference in his remarks to the fact that both Davis and her mother were single mothers who overcame difficult circumstances, with Davis herself managing to graduate from Harvard Law School and be elected a state senator. “Who are we to say that children born into the worst of circumstances can’t grow to live successful lives?” Perry asked.
That was the attack, by the way.
Where's the attack? RT @thinkprogress: Rick Perry just attacked Wendy Davis for being a teen mom http://t.co/RXrHPscYiC #icymi
— Savannah (@thesavvy) June 28, 2013
https://twitter.com/pjswan/status/350423237575983104
False. RT @thinkprogress: Rick Perry just attacked Wendy Davis for being a teen mom http://t.co/qIFHacgAAG #icymi
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 28, 2013
Yeah he destroyed her by telling her life story! Ha! MT @thinkprogress Rick Perry attacked Wendy for being a teen mom http://t.co/QMXX9ACNgu
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 28, 2013
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You right-wingers misunderstand, as usual. While it might seem as though Perry was saying Davis’ own accomplishments are proof that every life has potential, his noting of her own motherhood was actually an example of passive-aggressive slut-shaming.
https://twitter.com/scottEweinberg/status/350295218081374208
https://twitter.com/AlanColmes/status/350314900607877120
Perry may have been attempting to passively aggressively slut-shame Davis in front of an audience of mostly… http://t.co/gM22OkY7Sq
— (((Part of Mars – Human Capital Stock))) (@Flyswatter) June 27, 2013
https://twitter.com/anarchival/status/350285046885785600
This stunning Perry attack on @WendyDavisTexas is 2 parts slut shaming, 1 part general derision of women's rights. https://t.co/6lh9ZhKoD7
— Josh Dorner (@JoshDorner) June 27, 2013
Perry tries to slut-shame @WendyDavisTexas at a National Right to Life Conference, further proving that GOP will not stop waging #WarOnWomen
— Katie Prisco-Buxbaum (@katiepeebee) June 28, 2013
.@GovernorPerry keep retweeting right wing sites Rick (or the lackey that is hired to tweet) you slut shamed @WendyDavisTexas using religon.
— Dale Dudley (@DaleDudley) June 28, 2013
https://twitter.com/TheQueenRegnant/status/350366000530726913
@TheQueenRegnant I don't really consider 19 to be a "teen mom", she was legally an adult.
— socially distant foxxi (@foxxi_loxxi) June 27, 2013
https://twitter.com/TheQueenRegnant/status/350366451170938880
Wow, slut-shaming concern troll @GovernorPerry proves they do everything big in Texas – including the arseholes. http://t.co/NwQE5jHZfP
— Craig Ranapia (@CMRanapia) June 27, 2013
Hey, why stop at claiming Perry was trying to imply it, even passively?
Rick Perry calls Wendy Davis a slut: http://t.co/Mn0cURIXK9 @cspanwj
— Dog Canyon (@dogcanyon) June 28, 2013
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